Topic: This day in military history..

tomtom22 · July 21st, 2008

July 12th

1940: The Luftwaffe carries out raids on Aberdeen in Scotland and Cardiff in Wales.
1941: The last Vichy French troops in Syria surrender to British and Free French forces. Great Britain and the Soviet Union sign a Mutual Assistance Pact declaring that neither state will make a separate peace with the Axis Powers. In the East, the Luftwaffe launches its first bombing raid on Moscow, but with minimal results.
1942: The Soviet Stavka (Red Army High Command) establishes a Stalingrad Front under Marshal Timoshenko. On the Leningrad front, troops of Heeresgruppe Nord complete the reduction of the Volchov pocket, taking 30,000 Soviet prisoners, including General Vlasov, CO of the Second Guards Army and later to become C-in-C of the anti-Bolshevik Russian Liberation Army.
1943: In the East, while the battle of Kursk is still raging, the Soviet Central (Rokossovsky), Bryansk (Popov) and West Fronts (Sokolovsky) begin a massive counter- offensive in the area of Orel, Bryansk and Kursk. At Krasnograd near Moscow, a group of captured German officers, including Field Marshal Paulus and General von Seydlitz, and exiled German communists form the 'National Committee for a Free Germany' that calls for the overthrow of Hitler and the cessation of hostilities against the Soviet Union. In Sicily, the Allies capture Augusta and Ragusa.
1944: In the West, the US First Army (Bradley) advancing S from the Carentan area toward St. Lo is slowly gaining ground against fierce resistance by the German 7.Armee (Dollmann).
source: : http://www.feldgrau.com/july.html

1965: Last 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, ambush of Malayan Emergency - The last ambush conducted by the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment was mounted from Malaysia against targets at Babang in Kalimantan.
source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/jul.asp

1836 - Commissioning of Charles H. Haswell as first regularly appointed Engineer Officer.
1916 - North Carolina is first Navy ship to carry and operate aircraft
1921 - Congress creates Bureau of Aeronautics to be in charge of all matter pertaining to naval aeronautics.
1951 - Ninth Naval District forces assist in flood relief work in Kansas City through 20 July
1953 - United Nations Fleet launches heavy air and sea attack on Wonsan; Major John Bolt, USMC becomes first jet ace in Marine Corps.
1988 - SECDEF approves opening Navy's Underwater Construction Teams, fleet oiler, ammunition ships, and combat stores ships to women.
1990 - Commander Rosemary B. Mariner becomes first woman to command an operational aviation squadron (VAQ-34).
source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesjul.htm

1812: Windsor Ontario - US Brigadier General William Hull crosses the Detroit River with 2,500 troops and occupies the town of Sandwich; first American invasion in the War of 1812; worried about a new alliance between the British and the Indians led by Tecumseh, Hull will soon retreat to Detroit, and surrenders to the British a month later.
source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jul&day=012

1965: First Marine wins Medal of Honor - Viet Cong ambush Company A of the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, led by U.S.M.C. Lt. Frank Reasoner of Kellogg, Idaho. The Marines had been on a sweep of a suspected Viet Cong area to deter any enemy activity aimed at the nearby airbase at Da Nang. Reasoner and the five-man point team he was accompanying were cut off from the main body of the company. He ordered his men to lay down a base of fire and then, repeatedly exposing himself to enemy fire, killed two Viet Cong, single-handedly wiped out an enemy machine gun emplacement, and raced through enemy fire to rescue his injured radio operator. Trying to rally his men, Reasoner was hit by enemy machine gun fire and was killed instantly. For this action, Reasoner was nominated for America's highest award for valor. When Navy Secretary Paul H. Nitze presented the Medal of Honor to Reasoner's widow and son in ceremonies at the Pentagon on January 31, 1967, he spoke of Reasoner's willingness to die for his men: "Lieutenant Reasoner's complete disregard for his own welfare will long serve as an inspiring example to others." Lieutenant Reasoner was the first Marine to receive the Medal of Honor for action in Vietnam.
source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do

July 21st, 2008
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	July 12th 1940: The Luftwaffe carries out raids on Aberdeen in Scotland and Cardiff in Wales. 1941: The last Vichy French troops in Syria surrender to British and Free French forces. Great Britain and the Soviet Union sign a Mutual Assistance Pact declaring that neither state will make a separate peace with the Axis Powers. In the East, the Luftwaffe launches its first bombing raid on Moscow, but with minimal results. 1942: The Soviet Stavka (Red Army High Command) establishes a Stalingrad Front under Marshal Timoshenko. On the Leningrad front, troops of Heeresgruppe Nord complete the reduction of the Volchov pocket, taking 30,000 Soviet prisoners, including General Vlasov, CO of the Second Guards Army and later to become C-in-C of the anti-Bolshevik Russian Liberation Army. 1943: In the East, while the battle of Kursk is still raging, the Soviet Central (Rokossovsky), Bryansk (Popov) and West Fronts (Sokolovsky) begin a massive counter- offensive in the area of Orel, Bryansk and Kursk. At Krasnograd near Moscow, a group of captured German officers, including Field Marshal Paulus and General von Seydlitz, and exiled German communists form the 'National Committee for a Free Germany' that calls for the overthrow of Hitler and the cessation of hostilities against the Soviet Union. In Sicily, the Allies capture Augusta and Ragusa. 1944: In the West, the US First Army (Bradley) advancing S from the Carentan area toward St. Lo is slowly gaining ground against fierce resistance by the German 7.Armee (Dollmann). source: : http://www.feldgrau.com/july.html 1965: Last 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, ambush of Malayan Emergency - The last ambush conducted by the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment was mounted from Malaysia against targets at Babang in Kalimantan. source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/jul.asp 1836 - Commissioning of Charles H. Haswell as first regularly appointed Engineer Officer. 1916 - North Carolina is first Navy ship to carry and operate aircraft 1921 - Congress creates Bureau of Aeronautics to be in charge of all matter pertaining to naval aeronautics. 1951 - Ninth Naval District forces assist in flood relief work in Kansas City through 20 July 1953 - United Nations Fleet launches heavy air and sea attack on Wonsan; Major John Bolt, USMC becomes first jet ace in Marine Corps. 1988 - SECDEF approves opening Navy's Underwater Construction Teams, fleet oiler, ammunition ships, and combat stores ships to women. 1990 - Commander Rosemary B. Mariner becomes first woman to command an operational aviation squadron (VAQ-34). source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesjul.htm 1812: Windsor Ontario - US Brigadier General William Hull crosses the Detroit River with 2,500 troops and occupies the town of Sandwich; first American invasion in the War of 1812; worried about a new alliance between the British and the Indians led by Tecumseh, Hull will soon retreat to Detroit, and surrenders to the British a month later. source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jul&day=012 1965: First Marine wins Medal of Honor - Viet Cong ambush Company A of the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, led by U.S.M.C. Lt. Frank Reasoner of Kellogg, Idaho. The Marines had been on a sweep of a suspected Viet Cong area to deter any enemy activity aimed at the nearby airbase at Da Nang. Reasoner and the five-man point team he was accompanying were cut off from the main body of the company. He ordered his men to lay down a base of fire and then, repeatedly exposing himself to enemy fire, killed two Viet Cong, single-handedly wiped out an enemy machine gun emplacement, and raced through enemy fire to rescue his injured radio operator. Trying to rally his men, Reasoner was hit by enemy machine gun fire and was killed instantly. For this action, Reasoner was nominated for America's highest award for valor. When Navy Secretary Paul H. Nitze presented the Medal of Honor to Reasoner's widow and son in ceremonies at the Pentagon on January 31, 1967, he spoke of Reasoner's willingness to die for his men: "Lieutenant Reasoner's complete disregard for his own welfare will long serve as an inspiring example to others." Lieutenant Reasoner was the first Marine to receive the Medal of Honor for action in Vietnam. source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do __________________ "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 Last edited by tomtom22; July 21st, 2008 at 03:13..