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tomtom22 · July 17th, 2008

July 7th

1940: A French naval squadron that has sought refuge at Alexandria is disarmed and interned by the British Navy, while the battleship Richelieu berthed at Dakar is attacked and disabled by British naval forces.
1941: Under the pretext of defending the Western Hemisphere against Nazi incursions, the US 1st Marine Brigade is landed in Iceland to relieve the British garrison that has been there since the previous year.
1942: In the East, units of 4.Panzerarmee (Hoth) capture Voronesh on the Don.
1943: In the battle of Kursk, the German forces engaged are still unable to achieve a major breakthrough in the face of stiffening Soviet resistance reenforced by the arrival of strong tank and infantry reserves. Lt. Hartmann, II/JG 52, downs 7 Soviet aircraft near Kursk, bringing his total to date to 22. Off the coast of Brazil, U-185 (Kptlt. Maus) sinks 3 merchant ships.
1944: In the West, 450 heavy RAF bombers carry out a saturation raid (2,300 tons) on the German defenses in and around Caen. Attacks by the US Seventh Army (Bradley) in the Carentan area of the Cotentin peninsula are blunted by violent German counter-attacks.
source: http://www.feldgrau.com/july.html

1944: Caen France - Highland Light Infantry ordered to attack fortified German positions in Buron, a source of dangerous fire from Germans, while Canadian and British bombers drop 2,572 tons of bombs on Caen.
source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jul&day=07

1798 - Congress rescinds treaties with France; Quasi War begins with Frigate Delaware capturing French privateer, Croyable.
1846 - Commodore John D. Sloat lands at Monterey and claims California for U.S.
1916 - Thomas A. Edison becomes head of Naval Consulting Board which screens inventions for use by the Navy
1948 - First six enlisted women sworn into Regular Navy. The Navy WAVES in Naval Reserve, who were the first to transfer to the Regular Navy, were Kay Louise Langdon, Aviation Storekeeper First Class; Wilma Juanita Marchal, Chief Yeoman; Frances Teresa Dovaney, Storekeeper, Second Class; Edna Earle Young, Yeoman, Second Class; Doris Roberta Robertson, Teleman, Second Class; and Ruth Flora, Hospital Corpsman, First Class.
source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesjul.htm

1942: 9th Division in action at El Alamein - General Rommel's forces had pushed the allies back to El Alamein in June 1942, the July battles involved allied attempts to push German and Italian forces back, none of the three attempts were successful.
1942: Horn Island Bombed - Horn Island was bombed by Japanese aircraft nine times during the Second World War. 1956: Last RAAF transports return from Korea - The last Australian servicemen did not depart Korea until 1957.source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/jul.asp

1846 - Mexican-American War: American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the United States conquest of California.
1915 - World War I: end of First Battle of the Isonzo.
1937 - Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge - Japanese forces invade Beijing, China.
1941 - World War II: U.S. forces land in Iceland to forestall an invasion by Germany.
1941 - World War II: Beirut is occupied by Free France and British troops.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_7

1777: American troops give up Fort Ticonderoga, on Lake Champlain, to the British.
1798: Napoleon Bonaparte’s army begins its march towards Cairo from Alexandria.
1966: The U.S. Marine Corps launches Operation Hasting to drive the North Vietnamese Army back across the Demilitarized Zone in Vietnam.
source: http://www.historynet.com/today_in_history?tihMonth=7&tihDay=7&tdih=GO

1917: British Army Council Instruction Number 1069 formally establishes the British Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC), authorizing female volunteers to serve alongside their male counterparts in France during World War I.
source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=807

July 17th, 2008
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	July 7th 1940: A French naval squadron that has sought refuge at Alexandria is disarmed and interned by the British Navy, while the battleship Richelieu berthed at Dakar is attacked and disabled by British naval forces. 1941: Under the pretext of defending the Western Hemisphere against Nazi incursions, the US 1st Marine Brigade is landed in Iceland to relieve the British garrison that has been there since the previous year. 1942: In the East, units of 4.Panzerarmee (Hoth) capture Voronesh on the Don. 1943: In the battle of Kursk, the German forces engaged are still unable to achieve a major breakthrough in the face of stiffening Soviet resistance reenforced by the arrival of strong tank and infantry reserves. Lt. Hartmann, II/JG 52, downs 7 Soviet aircraft near Kursk, bringing his total to date to 22. Off the coast of Brazil, U-185 (Kptlt. Maus) sinks 3 merchant ships. 1944: In the West, 450 heavy RAF bombers carry out a saturation raid (2,300 tons) on the German defenses in and around Caen. Attacks by the US Seventh Army (Bradley) in the Carentan area of the Cotentin peninsula are blunted by violent German counter-attacks. source: http://www.feldgrau.com/july.html 1944: Caen France - Highland Light Infantry ordered to attack fortified German positions in Buron, a source of dangerous fire from Germans, while Canadian and British bombers drop 2,572 tons of bombs on Caen. source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jul&day=07 1798 - Congress rescinds treaties with France; Quasi War begins with Frigate Delaware capturing French privateer, Croyable. 1846 - Commodore John D. Sloat lands at Monterey and claims California for U.S. 1916 - Thomas A. Edison becomes head of Naval Consulting Board which screens inventions for use by the Navy 1948 - First six enlisted women sworn into Regular Navy. The Navy WAVES in Naval Reserve, who were the first to transfer to the Regular Navy, were Kay Louise Langdon, Aviation Storekeeper First Class; Wilma Juanita Marchal, Chief Yeoman; Frances Teresa Dovaney, Storekeeper, Second Class; Edna Earle Young, Yeoman, Second Class; Doris Roberta Robertson, Teleman, Second Class; and Ruth Flora, Hospital Corpsman, First Class. source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesjul.htm 1942: 9th Division in action at El Alamein - General Rommel's forces had pushed the allies back to El Alamein in June 1942, the July battles involved allied attempts to push German and Italian forces back, none of the three attempts were successful. 1942: Horn Island Bombed - Horn Island was bombed by Japanese aircraft nine times during the Second World War. 1956: Last RAAF transports return from Korea - The last Australian servicemen did not depart Korea until 1957.source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/jul.asp 1846 - Mexican-American War: American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the United States conquest of California. 1915 - World War I: end of First Battle of the Isonzo. 1937 - Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge - Japanese forces invade Beijing, China. 1941 - World War II: U.S. forces land in Iceland to forestall an invasion by Germany. 1941 - World War II: Beirut is occupied by Free France and British troops. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_7 1777: American troops give up Fort Ticonderoga, on Lake Champlain, to the British. 1798: Napoleon Bonaparte’s army begins its march towards Cairo from Alexandria. 1966: The U.S. Marine Corps launches Operation Hasting to drive the North Vietnamese Army back across the Demilitarized Zone in Vietnam. source: http://www.historynet.com/today_in_history?tihMonth=7&tihDay=7&tdih=GO 1917: British Army Council Instruction Number 1069 formally establishes the British Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC), authorizing female volunteers to serve alongside their male counterparts in France during World War I. source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=807 __________________ "It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle." - Norman Schwarskopf, Commander of Desert Storm Operations