Topic: This day in military history..

tomtom22 · September 24th, 2008

July 14th

1941: Believing the campaign in the East soon to be concluded in Germany's favor, Hitler orders the German war industry to shift production away from guns and armored vehicles to U-boats and airplanes. In Syria, an armistice is signed at Acre between the Vichy and British-Free French forces.
1942: In the East, the advances by Heeresgruppe A (List) and Heeresgruppe B (von Weichs) toward the Don bend at Kalach and Rostov continue against minimal Soviet resistance. In Egypt, an attack by the British Eighth Army against the positions of the Afrikakorps S of El Alamein is unsuccessful.
1943: Joining in the counter-offensive by the Central, Bryansk and Western Fronts, the Soviet Western Front (Vatutin) launches attacks against 4.Panzerarmee and Armee-Abteilung Kempf in the southern sector of the Kursk salient.
1944: In the East, the Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front (Konev) begins an offensive E of Lvov and recaptures Pinsk.
source: http://www.feldgrau.com/july.html

1918Fighting at Abu Tellul, PalestineA heavy attack by about 1,000 men of the German Asia Corps on Australian Light Horse positions at Abu Tellul, a prominent hill on the west bank of the Jordan River, Palestine, is defeated. This was the only occasion on which the German Asia Corps was known to have carried the primary role in an attack in the Middle East during the First World War.
source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/jul.asp

1940: England - Andrew George Latta McNaughton 1887-1966 put in command of new Anglo-Canadian 7th Army Corps; with British and New Zealand troops as well as Canadian.
source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jul&day=014

1864: At Harrisburg, Mississippi, Federal troops under General Andrew Jackson Smith repulse an attack by General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
1900: European Allies retake Tientsin, China, from the rebelling Boxers.
1940: A force of German bombers attacks Suez, Egypt, from bases in Crete.
1945: American battleships and cruisers bombard the Japanese home islands for the first time.
1964: The United States sends 600 more troops to Vietnam.
source: http://www.historynet.com/today_in_h...Day=14&tdih=GO

September 24th, 2008
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	July 14th 1941: Believing the campaign in the East soon to be concluded in Germany's favor, Hitler orders the German war industry to shift production away from guns and armored vehicles to U-boats and airplanes. In Syria, an armistice is signed at Acre between the Vichy and British-Free French forces. 1942: In the East, the advances by Heeresgruppe A (List) and Heeresgruppe B (von Weichs) toward the Don bend at Kalach and Rostov continue against minimal Soviet resistance. In Egypt, an attack by the British Eighth Army against the positions of the Afrikakorps S of El Alamein is unsuccessful. 1943: Joining in the counter-offensive by the Central, Bryansk and Western Fronts, the Soviet Western Front (Vatutin) launches attacks against 4.Panzerarmee and Armee-Abteilung Kempf in the southern sector of the Kursk salient. 1944: In the East, the Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front (Konev) begins an offensive E of Lvov and recaptures Pinsk. source: http://www.feldgrau.com/july.html 1918Fighting at Abu Tellul, PalestineA heavy attack by about 1,000 men of the German Asia Corps on Australian Light Horse positions at Abu Tellul, a prominent hill on the west bank of the Jordan River, Palestine, is defeated. This was the only occasion on which the German Asia Corps was known to have carried the primary role in an attack in the Middle East during the First World War. source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/jul.asp 1940: England - Andrew George Latta McNaughton 1887-1966 put in command of new Anglo-Canadian 7th Army Corps; with British and New Zealand troops as well as Canadian. source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jul&day=014 1864: At Harrisburg, Mississippi, Federal troops under General Andrew Jackson Smith repulse an attack by General Nathan Bedford Forrest. 1900: European Allies retake Tientsin, China, from the rebelling Boxers. 1940: A force of German bombers attacks Suez, Egypt, from bases in Crete. 1945: American battleships and cruisers bombard the Japanese home islands for the first time. 1964: The United States sends 600 more troops to Vietnam. source: http://www.historynet.com/today_in_h...Day=14&tdih=GO __________________ "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