This day in military history..

Feb 8
1807 Battle of Eylau 2nd day
1862 Ft. Bartow, Roanoke Island is captured by Union troops
1904 Japanese surprise attack on the Russian Navy Base @ Port Arthur starts the Russo-Japanese War
1942 Japanese invade Singapore
 
Feb 9
1864 109 Union Officers escape from Richmond's Libby POW Prison, 59 eventually reach Union lines
1905 naval Battle of Port Arthur ends
1945 British Sub HMS Venturer sinks U-864
1965 Vietnam: 1st US combat troops arive
 
Feb 10
1258 Mongols capture Baghdad
1763 French & Indian War ends
1814 Battle of Champaubert
1846 Battle of Sobraon
1906 HMS Dreadnought launched
1936 Battle of Amba Aradon, Ethiopia
1943 Battle of krasny Bor
 
Feb 12
1429 Battle of Rouvray
1593 Battle of Huengju 2300 Koreans defeat 30,000 attacking Japanese
1817 Battle of Chacabuco
1935 Zepplin USS Macon crashes @ sea
 
Feb 13
1862 Battle of Ft. Donelson begins
1945 Budapest surrenders to the Russians. The R.A.F. begins the firebombing of Dresden.
1951 Battle of Chipyong-ni begins
1971 South Vietnamese troops invade Laos.
 
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Feb 14
1778 1st recognition of US flag when a French Navy ship salutes USS Ranger
1798 naval Battle of Cape St. Vincent
1862 Battle of Ft. Donelson continues. Federal gunboats withdraw temporarily after 2 recive damage
1863 USS Queen of the west captures New Era #5, later runs aground under the guns of Ft. Taylor. Crew abandon ship & flee in New Era #5 & DeSoto. They are pursued by CSS Webb.
1864 Sherman captures Meridian, Miss.
1879 The War of the Pacific begins when Chile invades Bolivia
1900 British invade the Orange Free State
1919 Polish-Soviet War begins
1943 Russians liberate Rostov on Don. Germans counterattack Allied troops in Tunesia
1945 Firebombing of Dresden continues
1951 Battle of Chipyong-ni continues
 
Feb 15
1862 Battle of ft. Donelson continues. Confederates attack out of the Fort before dawn but are pushed back by nightfall.
1863 Pursuit of New Era#5 by CSS Webb ends when the Ironclad USS Indianola shows up.
1898 USS Maine blows up in Havana Harbor, Cuba
1942 Singapore surrenders
1944 Battle of Monte Cassino begins
1951 Battle of Chipyong-ni ends. Chinese high water mark in the Korean War.
 
Feb 16
1646 Battle of Torrington
1804 Lt. Stephen Decatur leads a party of burn captured Frigate USS Philidelphia in Tripoli Harbor
1862 Ft. Donelson surrenders
1865 Confederates evacuate Columbia, S.C.
1940 HMS Cossac captures German tanker Altmark in neutral Norwiegan waters, freeing captives from the raider Adm. Graf Spee.
1943 Red Army captures Kharkov
1945 US troops land on Corrigidor
2006 Last US Army MASH unit disbanded.
 
Feb 17
1370 Battle of Rudau
1500 Battle of Hemmingstedt
1814 Battle of Mormons
1862 CSS Virginia commisioned
1864 Confederate sub H L Hunley sinks USS Housatonic, but sinks mysteriously returning to harbor.
1865 Columbia, S.C. burned by Union troops. Charleston, S.C. & Ft. Sumter evacuated by Confederate forces.
1944 Battle of Eniwetok opens with US Navy bombarding the Island. US Fleet raids Truk.
1979 Sino-Vietnamese War begins when China invades Vietnam
 
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Feb 18
1268 Battle of Rakvere
1637 Spanish destroy or capture half of an anglo-Dutch merchant convoy off England
1797 British invade Trinidad
1814 Battle of Montereau
1865 CSS Shenandoah sails from Melbourne, Australia after finishing a refit
1900 Battle of Paardeberg begins
1946 Royal Indian Navy Mutiny
 
Feb 19
197 Battle of Jugunum
1865 Battle of Wilmington, N.C. begins
1915 Gallipoli Campaign begins
1942 Japanese Air Raid on Darwin, Australia
1943 Battle of Kasserine Pass, Tunisia
1945 US troops land on Iwo Jima
 
Feb 20
1339 Battle of Parabiago
1813 battle of Salta, Arg.
1862 Confederates evacuate Columbus, Ky
1864 Battle of Olustee, Fla.
1865 Battle of Wilmington continues. Union troops push back defenders, US Navy shells main defences
1942 Lt. Butch O'Hare becomes US Navy's 1st Ace of WWII
1944 "Big Week" of US air raids on Germany begins. Eniwetok secured
1959 Canada cancells the AVRO Canada Arrow fighter
 
Feb 21
1543 Battle of Wayna Daga Ethiopian/Portuse defeat Muslim army
1862 Battle of Valverde, New Mexico Territory CS troops defeats Union troops
1865 Battle of Wilmington continues. Confederates begin evacuating or destroying supplys in the City
1916 Battle of Verdun begins
1945 Kamakazes destroy Carrier USS Bismarck Sea & damage USS Saratoga
 
Feb 22
1744 naval Battle of Toulon
1797 Last invasion of the U.K. French force lands @ Fishguard, Wales
1847 Battle of Buena Vista, Mexico
1865 Confedeates evacuate Wilmington during the night, Union troops occupy the City after daylight
1907 US Navy's Great White Fleet returns to the US after its around the world voyage
1915 Germany begins unrestricted submarine warfare.
 
Feb 23
1836 Siege of The Alamo ,San Antonio, texas, begins
1847 Battle of Buena Vista, Mexico
1900 Battle of Hart's Hill
1945 Flag raising on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. Manila, Philippines liberated. Internees freed @ the Los Banos Internment Camp. German Garrison of Poznan surrenders to the Russians.
1991 Coalition Forces enter Iraq
 
Feb 24
1303 Battle of Roslin
1862 Union troops capture Nashville, Tn.
1863 Ironclad USS Indianola captured after being rammed 7 times by CSS Webb, ship run aground & abandond by her crew.
1942 A UFO sighting @ night over Las Angeles starts a barrage of AAA fire, killing 3 people
1944 Merrill's Marauders begin thier 1,000 mile mission in Burma
 
Feb 25
1797 Last invasion of the U.K. ends with surrender of the invasion force
1836 Sam Colt patents his revolver
1921 Red Army captures Tbilisi, Capitol of the Democratic Republic of Georgia
1933 USS Ranger launched, 1st purpose built US Carrier
1945 Turkey declares War on Germany
 
feb 26
1266 Battle of Benevento
1815 Napoleon escapes from Elba
1863 Confederates fall for a ruse featuring a fake Ironclad set adrift above Vicksburg & destroy the Indianola.
 
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