This day in military history..

7 Jan
1558 Siege of Calais ends
1863 2nd Battle of Springfield begins
1940 Battle of Raate Road ends. Sub HMS Undine damaged by KM Minesweepers and scuttled, Sub HMS Seahorse sunk by KM Minesweepers, both in the North Sea.
1942 Battle of Bataan begins
1943 Trawler HMS Horatio sunk by E Boat S-58, and Trawler HMS Jura sunk by U-371, both off Algeria.
1944 Frigate HMS Tweed sunk by U-305. KM Seaplane Tenders Bernhard Von Tschirschky and Krischan bombed/sunk at Kiel
1945 Destroyer-Minesweepers USS Hovey and Palmer sunk by aircraft in Lingayen Gulf. Soviet sub S-4 rammed/sunk by KM Torpedo Boat T-3 in Bay of Danzig.
1979 Vietnam captures Phnom Penh
 
Jan 8
871 Battle of Ashdown
1297 Francois Grimaldi captures Monaco
1815 Battle of New Orleans
1847 Battle of San Gabriel
1863 2nd Battle of Springfield ends
1877 Battle of Wolf Mountain
1944 U-426 sunk in the Atlantic by RAAF Sunderland. U-751 sunk by Frigate HMS Bayntun and Corvette HMCS Camrose
1945 KM flackship V-5116 bombed/sunk by RAF in Korsfjord
 
11 Jan
1782 Siege of Brimstone Hill begins
1863 USS Hatteras sunk by CSS Alabama off Galveston. Battle of Arkansas Post begins.
1917 Kingsland Munitions Plant explosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsland_Explosion
1940 Armed Yacht HMS Princess sunk in collision with SS Blairmore in the Bristol Channel
1941 R.N. MTBs 37, 39, 40, 74, 75, and 108 while still under construction are bombed/destroyed on the stocks at the Vosper Thorneycroft Yard in Southampton. Cruiser HMS Southampton bombed/sunk south east of Malta. Trawler HMS Uberous ran aground and sank off Londonderry
1942 Japan declares War on The Netherlands. Japanese invade Tarakan and Celebes, and occupy Kuala Lumpur. Dutch Minelayer Prins Van de Oranje sunk by Destroyer Yamakaze and Patrol Boat PB-38 off Tarakan.
1943 PT-43 and 108 sunk by Destroyers Hatsukaze and Tokitsukaze off Guadalcanal
1944 Cruiser Kuma sunk by sub HMS Tally Ho north west of Penang
1945 Minesweeper USS YMS-145 sunk in a collision with Destroyer USS Herdon in Boston Harbor. Escort Carrier HMS Thane damaged by U-1172 and scrapped. Soviet Minesweeper T-76 sunk by U-745 in the Bay of Tallinn. KM Minesweeper M-273 sunk by R.N. ships off Norway.
1962 Soviet sub B-37 burns at Polyarny
 
12 Jan
1940 Trawler HMS Valdora bombed/sunk with all hands off Cromer
1942 U-374 sunk by sub HMS Unbeaten east of Cape Spartevento. Minesweepers W-13 and 14 sunk by Dutch shore batteries at Tarakan.
1943 Trawler HMS Kingston Jacinth sunk by mine off Plymouth. Patrol Boat PB-1 sunk by USS Guardfish off New Hanover. US PT-28 wrecked at Unimak. US troops land on Amchitka, Destroyer USS Worden wrecked while covering the landing. US Patrol Boat YP-183 runs aground/sinks on the west coast of the big island of Hawaii.
1945 Frigates Chiburi, CD-17, 19, 23, 35, 43, and 51, Sub Chasers CH-31 and 43, Cruiser Kashii, Patrol Boat PB-103, Landing Ship T-140, Minesweeper W-101, Vichy French Cruiser La Motte-Picquet and Survey Ship Octant all bombed/sunk off French Indochina by US carrier aircraft. IJA Landing Craft Depot Ship Nigitsu Maru sunk by USS Hake south east of Okinawa. Minesweeper HMSAS Treen sunk by mine in the Med. USS Swordfish sunk off Okinawa. US LCI(L)-600 sunk by Kaiten manned toepedo at Ulithi. Minesweeper HMS Regulus sunk by mine off Corfu. KM Minesweeper M-1 sunk by RAF Lancasters at Bergen. Finnish Minelayer Louhi sunk by U-370 in the Gulf of Finland.
1962 1st US combat mission in Vietnam, H-21s fly S. Vietnamese troops into combat 10 miles west of Saigon.
 
13 Jan
1797 Naval action in Bay of Biscay results in loss of Frigate HMS Amazon and French Ship-of-the-Line Droits de L'Homme
1815 Battle of Ft. Peter
1842 British retreat from Kabul ends. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Elphinstone%27s_Army
1865 2nd Battle of Ft. Fisher begins
1940 Finnish Armed Yacht Aura II sunk by own Depth Charge in the Baltic. 1st flight Yak-1
1943 U-224 sunk by Corvette HMCS Ville de Quebec west of Algiers. U-507 sunk by USN PBY east of Brazil
1944 U-231 sunk by Wellington north east of The Azores
1945 I-362 sunk by destroyer USS Fleming between Ulithi and Eniwetok.
1951 Battle of Vinh Yen begins
 
20 Jan
1567 Battle of Rio de Janeiro
1785 Battle of Rach Gam-Xoai Mut
1839 Battle of Yungay
1841 British occupy Hong Kong
1918 naval Battle of Imbros: Monitors HMS Raglan and M-28 sunk by Turkish Cruiser Midilli and Battleship Yavuz, during withdrawal Midilli sunk, and Yavuz beached, by mine damage
1941 Trawler HMS Relonzo sunk by mine in the Crosby channel, Liverpool
1942 I-124 sunk by Corvette HMAS Deloraine off Darwin. US Sub S-36 wrecked/scuttled in the Makassar strait. PT-31 scuttled after running aground in Subic Bay the day before
1943 Italian sub Santorre Santa Rosa ran aground off Tripoli and is sunk by MTB-260
1944 KM Minelayer Skagerak I sunk by NZAF aircraft west of Svaholmen. U-263 sank in the Bay of Biscay during diving trials
1945 Hungary signs armistice with the allies.
 
22 Nov
1511 Battle of Ridaniya
1849 Siege of Mutan ends, began April 19, 1848
1879 Battle of Isandlwana. Battle of Rorke's Drift begins
1941 British capture Tobruk, Italian Armored Cruiser San Giorgio scuttled in the Harbor. Rescue Tug HMS St. Cyrus and Trawler HMS Luda Lady sunk by mines in the Humber.
1942 Trawler HMS Rosemonde sunk with all hands by U-203 off Cape Race
1944 Allies land at Anzio, US LCI-20 and 32 bombed/sunk, and Minesweeper USS Portent sunk by mine off Anzio. Sub RO-37 sunk by Destroyer USS Buchanon off the Santa Cruz Islands
1945 IJN river Gunboat Saga bombed/sunk at Hong Kong.
 
23 Jan
1865 Battle of Trent's Reach begins
1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift ends
1900 Battle of Spion Kop begins
1939 1st flight A-20 Havoc
1942 Japanese capture Rabaul and land at Balikipapan. Patrol Ship HMS Larat bombed/sunk at Sabang.
1943 Destroyer Hakaze sunk by USS Guardfish south of Kevieng. Patrol Boat YP-577 sunk by an explosion at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Guadalcanal: Battles of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse and the Sea Horse ends.
1944 Destroyer HMS Janus sunk by glide bomb off Anzio
1945 I-45 sunk by Destroyer USS Conklin north east of Yap.
1968 USS Pueblo captured by N. Korea
 
26 Jan
1564 Battle of Ula
1565 Battle of Talikota
1885 Siege of Khartoum ends, began 13 March, 1884
1940 Stores ship HMS Durham Castle sunk by mine off Cromarty
1942 Patrol ships HMS Shuman bombed/scuttled, and HMS Kelana scuttled, at Endau, Malaya
1944 R.N. LST 411 and 422, US LCT-325 sunk off Anzio. PT-110 sunk in a collision with PT-114 in Albing Harbor, New Britain. PTc-38 and 39 lost as cargo when SS Andrew G. Curtin is sunk by U-715. Destroyer Suzukaze sunk by USS Skipjack north west of Ponape.
1945 Norwegian MTB 712 wrecked in the Shetland Islands. Frigate HMS Manners sunk by U-1051, and U-1051 sunk b y 3 R.N. frigates west of the Isle of Man. US LCT-1151 lost north of Dutch New Guinea.
 
Jan 27
1868 Battle of Toba-Fushimi begins
1918 Finnish Civil War begins
1939 1st flight P-38
1940 Trawler HMS Riant sank off Gigha
1941 Trawler HMS Darogah sunk by mine in the Thames Estuary
1942 Destroyer HMS Thanet sunk by Cruiser Sendai and 3 Destroyers off Endau, Malaya. I-73 sank in diving accident avoiding torpedoes fired by sub USS Gudgeon west of Midway
1944 siege of Leningrad ends
1945 U-1172 sunk by 3 RN frigates in St. George's Channel
1961 Soviet sub S-80 sinks in the Barents Sea
2002 Lagos Munitions explosion
 
28 Jan
1846 Battle of Aliwal
1871 Siege of Paris ends
1918 Red Army Est.
1932 1st Battle of Shanghai begins
1944 U-271 sunk by USN PB4Y south east of Cape Finesterre. U-571 sunk by RAAF Sunderland west of Ireland. Midget sub Ha-49 lost when Neikai Maru was bombed/sunk by Army B-24s and USN PBYs off New Britain.
1945 Frigate Kume sunk by USS Spadefish north east of Shanghai.
1964 USAF T-39 shot down by Soviet Mig over E. Germany
 
29 Jan
1814 Battle of Brienne
1863 Gunboat USS Isaac Smith damaged by shore batteries and captured on the Stono River, S.C. Battle of Bear River
1918 Battle of Kruty
1941 1st flight ANT-58 (Tu-2)
1942 USCG Alexander Hamilton torpedoed by U-132 off Reykjavik, sinks next day. Whaler HMS Sotra sunk by U-431 east of Tobruk. Germans/Italians capture Benghazi
1943 naval Battle of Rennel Island: Cruiser USS Chicago torpedoed by aircraft, torpedoed by aircraft again and sunk next day. Sub I-1 sunk by Minesweepers HMNZS Kiwi and Moa at Guadalcanal. A-A ship HMS Pozarica torpedoed by Italian aircraft off Bougie, sinks in Bougie harbor 13 Feb.
1944 Armed Yacht HMS Oracle burns at Liverpool. Cruiser HMS Spartan sunk by glide bomb off Anzio. U-364 sunk by RAF Halifax in Bay of Biscay
1945 U-763 bombed at Koningsberg, scuttled.
1991 Battle of Khafji begins
 
30 Jan
1862 USS Monitor launched
1911 royal Canadian Navy est
1940 U-15 rammed/sunk by KM Torpedo Boat Iltis off Honfden. U-55 sunk by Sloop HMS Fowey, destroyer HMS Whitshed, and an RAF Sunderland
1942 Japanese invade Ambon. Battle of Malaya ends. Trawler HMS Loch Alsh bombed/sunk off Skegners
1943 naval Battle of Rennel Island ends. Corvette HMS Samphire sunk by Italian sub Platino off Bougie
1944 Aux. sub chasers CHa-18 and 21 bombed/sunk by US carrier aircraft at Kwajalein. Destroyer HMS Hardy sunk by U-278 in the artic Sea. KM Minesweeper M-451 wrecked north of Porkkala, finland. U-314 sunk by Destroyers HMS Whithall and Meteor south east of Bear Island.
1945 motor Minesweeper HMS MMS 248 sunk by mine in the Schelde. KM transport Whilhelm Gustloff sunk by Soviet sub S-13, apx 9,000 killed.
1968 Tet Offensive begins
 
Jan 31
1915 Battle of Bolimow, 1st use of poison gas.
1918 A series of collisions off the Isle of May result in the sinking of subs HMS K-4 and K-17, plus 3 other subs and a Light Cruiser damaged.
1941 Minesweeper HMS Huntley bombed/sunk west of Mersa Matruh
1942 Destroyer HMS Belmont sunk with all hands by U-82 off Newfoundland. Sloop HMS Walney sunk with all hands by U-105 south west of Ireland. Trawler HMS Unicity capsized and sank off Blyth in a storm.
1943 Battle of Stalingrad ends
1944 Battle of Kwajalein begins. Trawler HMS Pine sunk by E Boats off Beachy Head. U-592 sunk by 3 R.N. Frigates.
1945 Destroyer Ume sunk by B-25s south of Formosa. Sub RO-115 sunk by US Destroyers off Mindoro. KM Minesweeper M-381 sunk by Norwegian MTB 715, and M-382 by a mine, both off Kristiansund. U-3520 sunk by a mine in the Baltic off Bulk. US Patrol Craft PC-1129 sunk by Explosive Motor Boats off Luzon.
 
1 Feb
1329 Battle of Medvegalis
1662 Siege of Ft. Zeelandia ends, began 30 March '61
1920 South African Air Arm est.
1943 Destroyer USS De Haven bombed/sunk, Destroyer Makigumo damaged by a mine and scuttled, off Savo Island. PT-37 and 111 sunk by Destroyer Kawakaze, and PT-123 bombed/sunk, off Guadalcanal. Minelayer HMS Welshman sunk by U-616 east of tobruk
1944 Destroyer Umikaze sunk by USs Guardfish at Truk. I-171 sunk by Destroyers USS Guest and Hudson off Green Island. RO-39 sunk by Destroyer USS Walker off Wotje. and Destroyer Escort
1945 sub chaser CH-28 and Landing Ship T-115 sunk by P-51s in the Luzon Channel. USN PT-77 and 79 sunk by Destroyer USS Conyngham and Destroyer Escort Lough off Luzon
 
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2 Feb
1141 Battle of Lincoln
1461 Battle of Mortimer's Cross
1542 Battle of Bacente
1941Trawler HMS Almond sunk by mine off Falmouth
1942 Trawlers HMS Cape Spartel and Cloughton Wyke bombed/sunk in the North Sea. IJN Minesweeper W-9 sunk by mine in Ambon Bay. U-581 sunk by Destroyer HMS Westcott south west of the Azores
1943 R.N. LCT 326 sank off the Isle of Man
1944 Battle of Cisterna ends. Sub I-110 sunk by HMIS Jumna, HMAS Ipswitch, and HMAS Launcerton in the Bay of Bengal
1945 Frigate CD-144 sunk by sub USS Besugo off Cape Laguan, Malaya
 
Feb 3
1509 naval Battle of Diu
1706 Battle of Fraustadt
1781 British capture St. Eustatius
1807 British capture Montevideo
1813 Battle of Caseros
1863 2nd Battle of Ft. Donelson
1940 Minesweeper HMS Sphinx bombed/capsizes, washes ashore north of Lybster
1941 Trawler HMS Arctic Trapper bombed/sunk off Ramsgate. R.N. MGB 12 damaged by mine, sinks on the 6th. Trawler HMS Midas sunk in a collision off Dungeness. Ocean Boarding Vessel HMS Crispin damaged by U-107, sinks the next day.
1943 US Army transport Dorchester sunk by U-223. U-265 sunk by RAF B-17 off Iceland
1944 Battle of Kwajalein ends
1945 2nd Battle of Manila begins. U-1279 sunk by 3 R.N. Frigates north west of Bergen. Trawler HMS Arley damaged by mine in the North Sea, sinks off Cromer while under tow.
1961 Angolan War of Independence begins
 
Feb 4
634 Battle of Dathin
1810 British capture Guadaloupe
1820 Battle of Valvida
1862 Battle of Ft. Henry begins
1899 Battle of Manila begins
1941 Trawler HMS Imbat sunk in a collision at Scapa Flow
1943 U-187 sunk by destroyers HMS Vimy and Beverley.
1944 KM Corvette SG 18 bombed/sunk. I-175 sunk by Destroyer Escort USS Fair off Wotje. U-854 sunk by mine north of Swinemunde
1945 Irrawaddy River Campaign begins. Sub USS Barbel bombed/sunk in Palawan Passage. Motor Minesweeper HMS MMS 68 sunk by mine offCephalonia. U-1014 sunk by 4 R.N. frigates.
 
5 Feb
1782 Siege of Minorca ends
1810 Siege of Cadiz begins
1940 U-41 sunk by Destroyer HMS Antelope off the south coast of Ireland
1941 Battle of Keren begins. Trawler HMS Toutmaline bombed/sunk off North Foreland
1942 Corvette HMS Arbatus sunk by U-136
1943 Trawler HMS Stransay sunk by mine off Algeria. KM Sub Chaser UJ-1108 sunk by sub off Berlevag, Norway
1945 KM Gunboat SAT-15 bombed/sunk off Pillau.
 
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