About This day in military history.. Page 186
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June 24th, 2012
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| | 637 Battle of Moira 972 Battle of Cedynia 1128 Battle of Sao Mamede 1314 Battle of Bannockburn ends 1340 naval Battle of Sluys 1622 Battle of Macau ends 1812 Napoleon invades Russia 1813 Battle of Beaver Dams, Canada 1821 Battle of Carabobo 1859 Battle of Solferino 1862 1st Siege of Vicksburg begins 1864 USS Queen City captured & burned by CS Army @ Clarendon, Ar. 1866 Battle of Custoza 1940 Italian sub Galvani rammed/sunk by HMS Falmouth in Gulf of Oman. 1941 Sloop HMS Auckland sunk by Ju-87s n.e. of Tobruk. Soviet subs M-71, M-80, S-1, Ronis & Spidola scuttled @ Liepaja, Minesweeper T-208 sunk @ Glutova Bank. 1943 U-119 sunk by R.N. ships 1944 Soviet motorboat DB-26 shelled/sunk by U-20 in the Black Sea. IJN sub I-52 sunk by aircraft from USS Bogue in the Atlantic. 1948 Berlin Blockade begins |
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June 25th, 2012
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June 25 524 Battle of Vezeronce 841 Battle of Fontenoy 1862 The Seven Days Battles begins with the Battle of Seven Pines/Fair Oak 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn: Custer's Last Stand 1917 American Expeditionary Force arrives in France 1940 Destroyer HMCS Fraser is accidently rammed/sunk by HMS Calcutta in the Geronde estuary. French Patrol Boat Saint Marguerite scuttled @ Le Verdon-sur-Mer. KM Flackship V1107 sunk by HMS Snapper in the Norwegian Sea south of Stavanger. 1941 German weather ship Lauenberg captured by HMS Tartar off Jan Mayen & scuttled. Vichy French sub Souffleur sunk by HMS Parthian off Beirut 1942 Destroyer Yamakaze sunk by USS Nautilus off Yokosuka 1948 Berlin Airlift begins 1950 Korean Conflict begins with N. Korea invading S. Korea Last edited by George; June 25th, 2012 at 19:43.. |
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June 26th, 2012
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June 26 1723 Russians capture Baku 1862 Seven Days Battles: Battle of Mechanicsburg. Farragut's Squadron bombards Vicksburg 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood ends 1936 1st flight of FW 61 1st practical helicopter 1941 Soviets bomb Hungary. Soviet sub M-83 scuttled @ Liepaja & M-101 sunk in the Baltic Sea. Destroyer Moskva sunk by mine off Constanta. R.N. Trawler HMS Tranio bombed/sunk off Happisburgh 1942 1st flight F6F Hellcat. US Army frieghter Matagalpa burns @ Sydney, not repaired & scuttled after the War. 1944 Battle of Osuchy ends 1945 US Minesweepers YMS 39 & 365 sunk by mines off Balikipapan 1991 10 Day War begins |
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June 27th, 2012
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June 27 1709 Battle of Poltava 1743 Battle of Dettingen: Last battle where English troops were led in battle by reining Monarch 1759 Siege of Quebec begins 1806 British capture Buenos Aires 1862 Seven Days Battles: Battle of Gaine's Mills. Farragut's Squadron run the batteries & pass Vicksburg 1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain 1865 CSS Shenandoah captures 11 US Whalers 1905 Potemkin Mutiny begins 1923 US Army DH-4 aircraft perform 1st aireal refueling 1940 Italian sub Console Generale Luizzi damaged by R.N. ships & then scuttled south of Crete. Sub HMS Orpheus sunk by Italian Destroyer Turbine in the Med. 1941 R.N. Trawler HMS Force bombed/sunk off Great Yarmouth. Italian sub Glauco sunk by HMS Wishart west of Gibraltar, & Scalpa sunk by HMS Triumph off Mersa Matra. Soviet sub M-99 sunk by U-149 in the Baltic, Sub S-10 sunk by E Boats S-59 & S-60 in the Irben Strait. E Boats S-43 & S-106 sunk by mines north of Hiivmaa, Finland. U-556 sunk by HMS Gladioulus off Iceland |
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June 28th, 2012
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June 28 1651 Battle of Berestechko begins 1776 Battle of Ft. Sullivan 1778 Battle of Monmouth 1940 Italian sub Argonauta sunk by R.N. ships off Cape el Hilal, Libya. Troopship Paganini sinks from an explosion during an engine room fire in the Adriatic. Destroyer Espero sunk by R.N. Cruisers sw of Crete 1941 Soviet Destroyer Lenin scuttled @ Leipaja 1942 German offensive Case Blue begins 1950 N. Korea captures Seoul Last edited by George; June 28th, 2012 at 21:42.. |
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June 29th, 2012
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June 29 1149 Battle of Inab 1444 Battle of Torvioll 1644 Battle of Cropredy Bridge 1659 Battle of Konotop 1862 Seven Days Battles: Battle of Savage's Station 1940 Q ship HMS Edgehill sunk by U-51 s.w. of Ireland. Italian sub Rubino sunk by RAF Sunderland in the Ionian Sea, & sub Uebi Scebeli sunk by HMS Dainty & Iley west of Crete 1941 U-651 sunk by R.N. ships in the Atlantic. Destroyer HMAS Waterhen sunk by Ju-87s in the Med, 1st R.A.N. ship lost to enemy action in WWII 1943 Minesweeper USS Redwing sunk by mine off Bizerte, Algeria 1944 Minelayer Tsugaru sunk by USS Darter off Biak, N.E.I. Minesweeper USS Valor sunk in collision with Destroyer Escort USS Richard W Suesens @ the entrance to Buzzards Bay, R.I. 2002 S. Korean Patrol Boat sinks N. Korean Patrol Boat Last edited by George; June 30th, 2012 at 21:25.. |
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June 30th, 2012
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June 30 1422 Battle of Arbedo 1521 Battle of Noain 1651 Battle of Berestechko 1758 Battle of Domstadtl 1794 Battle of Ft. Recovery begins 1815 USS Peacock captures HMS Nautilus, last action of the War of 1812 1862 Seven Days Battles: Battle of Frazier's Farm 1941 Gunboat HMS Cricket bombed/damaged beyond repair off Egypt. Soviet Patrol Boat MO-4 sunk by mine off Mhni 1942 Sub Tender HMS Medway sunk by U-372 in the Med 1943 US Marines invade Rendova. US Navy Transport USS McCawley torpedoed by Japanese aircraft, scuttled by PT Boats off Rendova. Destroyer USS Hulbert driven ashore on Attu by a storm, refloated, repaired, & put back into service 1944 Battle of Cherbourg ends. USCG vessel CG 83421 sunk in a collision off Fla. |
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July 1st, 2012
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July 1 1097 Battle of Dorylaeum 1431 Battle of Higheruela 1690 Battle of the Boyne 1782 Lunenburg, N.S. Raid 1862 Seven Days Battles ends with the Battle of Malvern Hill 1863 Battle of Gettysburg begins 1898 Battle of San Juan Hill 1916 Battle of the Somme begins 1918 Transport USS Covington sunk by U-86 1940 U-26 damaged by HMS Gladiolus & an RAAF Sunderland, sinks from damage July 2nd. U-102 sunk by HMS Van Sittart west of Ireland 1941 KM minelayer Adjutant breaks down off Kent, scuttled. Soviet Destroyer Bystryi damaged by mine @ Sevastopol & beached. Sub M-81 sunk by mine in the Laine Bank, Baltic Sea. Minesweeper Imanta sunk off Saaremaa, Estonia. R.N. Trawler HMS Devon County sunk by mine in Thames Estuary. Armed Boarding Vessel HMS Malverian bombed/damaged in the Atlantic, scuttled July 19. 1942 1st Battle of El Alamein 1947 Philippine Air Force est. |
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July 2nd, 2012
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July 2 1291 Battle of Gollheim 1582 Battle of Yamazaki 1644 Battle of Marston Moor 1853 Russia invades Moldova & Wallachia 1900 1st flight of a Zepplin 1940 E Boat S-23 sunk by mine off Kent 1941 Soviet Destroyer Tashkent sunk off Novorossiysk 1944 U-543 sunk by Avengers from USS Wake Island. Troopship Empire Broadsword sunk by Mine off Normandy. US Minesweeper YMS-350 sunk by mine off Normandy 1945 sub USS Barb bombards Kaihyo, Japan with rockets 1950 USS Juneau & 2 R.N. ships sink 5 of 6 attacking N. Korean torpedo & gunboats. |
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July 3rd, 2012
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July 3 324 Battle of Adrianople 1754 Battle of Ft. Necessity, Pa. 1863 Battle of Gettysburg ends 1866 Battle of Koniggratz 1898 naval Battle of Santiago de Cuba 1940 British bombard French fleet @ Mers el Kebir, destroying Battleship Bretagne & damaging Battleships Dunkerque & Province & Destroyer Mogador. French Destroyer Mistral ineffectivly scuttled @ Plymouth, repaired & put into service as HMS Mistral 1941 R.N. Trawlers HMS Receptive & Rosme sunk by mines in the North Sea 1942 U-153 sunk by USS Lansdowne off Cristobal, Panama 1944 U-154 sunk by Destroyer Escorts USS Frost & Inch and aircraft from USS Croatan. 1950 1st carrier air combat of the Conflict & combat debut of A-1 & F9F, 2 N. Korean aircraft shot down. |
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