About This day in military history.. Page 192
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August 24th, 2012
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| | 1328 Battle of Cassel 1514 Battle of Chaldiran 1595 Battle of Calugareni 1813 Battle of Gassbeeren 1839 British capture Hong Kong 1864 Siege of Ft. Morgan ends 1914 Japan declares War on Germany 1940 KM Naval Trawler Dusseldorf sunk by mine off Dieppe, raised, repaired & returned to service as Flackship V-607. Destroyer HMS Hostile damaged by mine & scuttled off Cape Bon 1941 Corvette HMS Zinnia sunk by U-564 s.w. of Portugal 1942 Battle of Stalingrad begins. USS Blue, damaged the day before, is scuttled. 1943 Kharkov liberated. Finnish Minelayer Riilahti sunk by Soviet M.T.B.s. off Tiiskeri. US Subchasers SC-694 & 696 bombed/sunk off Palermo 1944 Marseille liberated. IJN Destroyer Azakaze sunk by USS Haddo in Paluan Bay 1954 1st flight C-130 1958 2nd Taiwan Strait Crisis begins |
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August 24th, 2012
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Aug 24 49 B.C. Battle of Bagradas River 410 Visigoths sack Rome 455 Vandals sack Rome 1185 Normans sack Thessalonica 1482 English capture Berwick upon Tweed 1812 Siege of Cadiz ends, began Feb 5, 1810 1814 British capture Washington, D.C., Washington Navy Yard & US Warships burned to prevent capture 1940 Sloop HMS Penzance sunk by U-37 s.w. of Iceland. Minesweeper USS Peacock sunk in collision with SS Hindanger off Cartegena, Colombia 1941 Soviet Destroyer Engels sunk by mine n.e. of Cape Juminda, Estonia. R.N. Trawler/Minesweeper Kos XVI sunk in collision with HMS Walney off Hull 1942 Battle of the Eastern Solomons begins: IJN Carrier Ryujo sunk 1943 Soviet Minesweeper Shkval sunk in Black Sea off Cape Kodor. U-84 & 185 sunk by aircraft from USS Core 1944 Sub USS Harder sunk by Siamese Destroyer Pra Ruang off Caiman Point. U-354 sunk in Barents Sea by R.N. ships 1945 USCG Lighthouse Tender Magnolia sunk in collision with S.S. Marguerite LeHand off Mobile |
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August 25th, 2012
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Aug 25 1580 Battle of Alcantara 1758 Battle of Zorndorf 1864 2nd Battle of the Weldon RR ends 1920 Battle of Warsaw ends 1941 British & Soviets invade Iran: Sloop HMS Yarra destroys Iranian Sloop Babr, captures Gunboats Charogh & Simorgh, & Navy Tug Neyrou. Sloop HMS Shorham sinks Sloop Palang. Soviet Minesweeper Dvina sunk by U-752 in the Arctic Sea off Syvatoy Nos. U-452 sunk by RAF Catalina & HMS Visenda south of Iceland 1942 Battle of the Eastern Solomons ends: IJN Destroyer Mutsuki sunk by B-17s. Battle of Milne Bay begins 1944 Paris liberated. KM Sperrbrecher 14 sunk as blockship in the Gerande. IJN Destroyer Yunagi sunk by sub USS Picuda north of Cape Bojeador, Luzon 1991 Siege of Vukovar begins |
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August 26th, 2012
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Aug 26 1071 Battle of Manzikert 1278 Battle of Marchfield 1346 Battle of Crecy 1444 Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs 1813 Battle of Katzbach 1814 Battle of Les Tres Acequias 1862 Battle of 2nd Manassas begins 1914 Battle of Le Cateau. British & French invade Togoland 1942 Fleet Auxillary Cargo ship Thelma sunk by U-162 in the Atlantic 1944 IJN Destroyer Samidare sunk by USS Batfish 1999 2nd Chechnia War begins |
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August 27th, 2012
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Aug 27 410 Sack of Rome ends 1776 Battle of Long Island 1798 Battle of Castlebar 1810 Battle of Grand Port, Madagascar ends 1813 Battle of Dresden ends 1896 Anglo-Zanzibar War: World's shortest War, 45 minutes! 1916 Romania declares War on Austria-Hungary 1918 Battle of Ambos Nogales, only WWI battle on US soil 1922 Turks capture Afyonkarahisar from the Greeks 1939 1st flight He-178, 1st jet aircraft 1941 R.N. Trawler HMS Skudd III bombed/sunk at Tobruk 1943 Japanese evacuate New Georgia. Sloop HMS Egret sunk by a Do-217 using a Henschel 293 glide bomb off Portugal. U847 sunk by aircraft from USS Card 1944 Minesweepers HMS Salamander, Hussar, and Britomart are attacked by RAF Typhoons off La Poterie-Cap-d'Antifer. Salamander is ruled a constructive total loss & the other two are scuttled |
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August 28th, 2012
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Aug 28 489 Battle of Isonzo 663 Battle of Buekgang begins 1189 Siege of Acre begins, ends July 12, 1191 1521 Ottomans occupy Belgrade 1542 Battle of Wofla 1640 Battle of Newburn 1810 Battle of Grand Port ends 1849 Austria captures Venice 1861 Battle of Hatteras Inlet begins 1867 US occupys Midway 1914 Battle of the Heligoland Bight. Germans capture Namur. 1916 Germany declares War on Romania, & Tialy on Germany 1941 Soviets evacuate Tallinn 1944 Toulon & Marseille liberated |
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August 29th, 2012
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Aug 29 1350 naval Battle of Winchelsea 1526 Battle of Mohacs 1541 Ottomans capture Buda 1756 Prussia attacks Saxony 1778 Battle of Quaker Hill 1861 Battle of Hatteras Inlet ends 1863 CS Army sub H L Hunley sinks in Charleston harbor, drowning some of her crew 1940 IJN sub I-67 sinks during an excersize 1941 U-570 captured & grounded on Iceland to prevent sinking. Repaired & returned to service as HMS Graph, only sub to serve in the KM & R.N. 1942 IJN sub I-123 sunk by Destroyer USS Gamble. Sub RO-33 sunk by Destroyer HMAS Arunta Off Port Moresby, P.N.G. 1943 Operation Safari: Germans disarm the Danish Army & try to sieze the Danish Fleet |
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August 30th, 2012
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Aug 30 1363 naval Battle of Lake Poyang 1791 Frigate HMS Pandora sinks after grounding on the Great Barrier Reef the day before 1799 A Dutch fleet surrenders to the British w/o a fight 1813 Battle of Kulm ends. Ft. Mims Massacre 1862 Battle of 2nd Manassas ends. Battle of Richmond, Ky 1914 Battle of Tannenberg ends 1922 Battle of Dumlupinar ends 1941 Soviet Patrol Boat MO-202 sunk by German field artillery in the Baltic Sea 1942 Battle of Alam Halfa begins. Destroyer-Transport USS Colhoun bombed/sunk off Guadalcanal 1945 Hong Kong liberated |
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August 31st, 2012
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Aug 31 1795 British capture Trincomalee from the Dutch 1813 British/Portugese capture Donostia. Battle of San Marcial 1864 Battle of Jonesboro, Ga. begins 1920 Battle of Komarow 1940 Destroyers HMS Express & Ivanhoe damaged, & HMS Esk sunk by mines off Texel. French Naval Trawler Vivagel sunk by mine off Royan 1941 Battle of Loznica 1942 Ro-61 sunk by Destroyer USS Reid off Alaska 1944 3 day Carrier Raid on Iwo Jima begins. IJN Minelayer Shirataka sunk by USS Sealion in the Bashi Channel Last edited by George; August 31st, 2012 at 15:57.. |
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September 1st, 2012
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Sept 1 1644 Battle of Tippermuir 1781 USS Wasp captures HMS Avon 1862 Battle of Chantilly 1870 Battle of Sedan 1939 WWII starts: Germany invades Poland. Polish gunnery training ship Mazur bombed/sunk @ Oksywie, German planes also sink KM Torpedo Boat V1 1940 Destroyer HMS Ivanhoe, damaged by a mine the previous day, is scuttled. R.N. Launch Mesme sunk in collision with HMS Sunfish off Grangermouth. R.N.Trawler HMS Royalo sunk by mine off Pinzance 1944 US Minesweeper YMS 21 sunk by mine off Toulon |
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