This day in military history..

June 11
1429 Battle of Jargeau begins
1775 Battle of Machias begins
1864 Battle of Trevillian Station begins
1865 naval Battle of Riachuelo
1938 Battle of Wuhan begins
1940 Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa declare War on Italy. French Aux. Patrol ship Patrice II sunk by artillery off Fecamp. Aux. Minesweeper Le Bretonniere scuttled at Le Havre
1943 U-417 sunk by RAF B-17 southeast of Iceland. Corvette HMAS Wallaroo sunk in a collision off Fremantle. I-24 sunk northeast of Shemya by USN Sub Chaser PC-461
1944 USN LST-496 sunk by mine, USN LCI(L)-219 bombed/sunk, Tug USS Partridge sunk by E Boats, R.N. MGB 17 sunk by mine, all off Normandy. Corvette HMS Halsted sunk by either E Boats or Torpedo Boats Jaguar and Mowe off Cherbourg. U-980 sunk by RCAF PBY off Norway. RO-42 sunk by Destroyer Escort USS Bangust east of Roi
 
June 12
1429 Battle of Jargeau ends
1798 Battle of Ballynahinch begins
1864 Battle of Trevilian Station ends. Battle of Cold Harbor ends
1940 Cruiser HMS Calypso sunk by Italian sub Alpino Attilio Bagnolini south of Crete. Italian gunboat Giovanni Berta sunk by Cruisers HMS Liverpool and Glouchester and aircraft from HMS Eagle off Tobruk. French Aux. Sloop Cerons and Aux. Minesweeper Granville sunk off Fecamp. Aux. Patrol ship Etienne Rimbert scuttled at Dieppe. Minesweeper HMS Sisapon sunk by mine near Cork Light ship, Harwich
1942 Destroyer HMS Groves sunk by U-77
1943 U-118 sunk by aircraft from USs Bogue off the Canary Islands. USN Sub R-12 sunk in diving accident off Key West.
1944 Carentan captured. U-490 sunk by 3 USN Destroyers and aircraft from USS Croatan.
1945 IJN subchaser CH-57 sunk by 3 R.N. Destroyers in the Andaman Sea.
 
June 13
1740 Siege of St. Augustine begins
1863 2nd Battle of Winchester begins
1881 Privatly owned ship Jeannette, under Navy Orders and disipline, is crushed by ice during an Arctic Exploration mission off Alaska/Siberia
1940 Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Scotstoun sunk by U-25 west of Scotland. Sub HMS Odin sunk by Italian Destroyers Strale and Baleno in the Gulf of Toranto. French Aux. Minesweeper Marthe Roland and Aux. Harbor Defence ship Reines Des Flots scuttled at Le Havre. R.N. Trawler HMS Ocean Sunlight sunk by mine off Newhaven
1941 Gate Vessel HMS King Henry bombed/sunk at Lowestoft.
1942 U-157 sunk by USCG Thetis south-west of Key West. Soviet sub ShCh-405 sunk by mine in Gulf of Finland. Q Ship HMS Farouk sunk by U-83 off Rankin Island.
1943 USCG Escanaba sunk by an explosion off Greenland. I-9 sunk by Destroyer USS Frazier off Kiska.
1944 I-33 sunk in a diving accident off Kure. U-715 sunk by RCAF PBY west of Norway. Destroyer HMS Boudica sunk by aircraft in the English Channel. R.N. LCT 967 sunk by mine. R.N. Motor Minesweeper MMS 229 sunk by mine off Normandy. RO-36 sunk by Destroyer USS Melvin east of Saipan. Torpedo Boat Otori and Aux. Netlayer Kokko Maru sunk by USN aircraft north-east of Saipan.
1967 Operation Great Bend begins. Operation Arizona begins
1978 Israel withdraws from Lebanon
 
June 14
1216 French captures Winchester
1285 naval Battle of Chuong Duong
1645 Battle of Nasby
1667 Raid on the Medway ends
1775 Continental Army Est.
1800 Battle of Marengo
1807 Battle of Friedland
1830 France invades Algeria
1940 Germans occupy Paris and Le Havre. R.N. Trawler HMS Myrtle sunk by mine with all hands in the Thames Estuary.
1941 Croatia joins the Axis.
1942 R.N. MTB 259 sank under tow between Malta and Alexandria. Destroyer HMS Hasty damaged by E Boat S-55 off Egypt, scuttled next day.
1943 R.N. MGB 648 bombed/sunk off Pantelleria. U-334 sunk by Frigate HMS Jed and Sloop HMS Pelican south-west of Iceland. U-564 sunk by RAF Whitley in the Bay of Biscay, Whitley was downed also.
1944 KM Minesweeper M-83 sunk off Auderville, France. M-343 sunk off Jersey. R.N. Trawler HMS Birdlip sunk by U-547 in the Atlantic. Sub USS Golet sunk by Guardship Miya Maru and Aux. Sub Chaser Bunzan Maru off northern Honshu.
1982 Falklands War ends
 
June 15
1184 naval Battle of Fimreite
1219 Battle of Lyndanisse
1389 Battle of Kosovo
1863 2nd Battle of Winchester ends
1864 2nd Battle of Petersburg begins
1913 Battle of Bud Bagsak ends
1940 Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Andania sunk by Sub U-A off Iceland. French sub Morse sunk by mine off Sfax. Italian sub Macalle wrecked near Port Sudan
1942 Destroyer HMS Airedale bombed/scuttled south of Crete. Destroyer HMS Beduoin shelled by Italian Cruisers, torpedoed by Italian aircraft, and sunk off Pantellaria. Destroyer HMAS Nestor bombed/scuttled east of Malta. R.N. Trawler HMS Kingston Ceylonite sunk by mine off Virginia Beach, Virginia. R.N. MTB 201 damaged by German surface craft, sank under tow.
1943 Soviet Minesweeper BTSC-411 Zashhitnick sunk by U-24 in the Black Sea. KM Minesweeper M-483 bombed/sunk off the Channel Islands
1944 Battle of Saipan begins. IJN Aux. Netlayer/Minelayer Ma-101 sunk at Saipan by Destroyer USS Halsey Powell. Ro-44 sunk by Destroyer Escort USS Burden R. Hastings east of Eniwetok. Frigates HMS Blackwood and Mourne sunk by U-767 in the English Channel. KM ships bombed/sunk: Torpedo Boats Falke, Jaguar and Mowe, Patrol Ship V-1506, Corvettes PA-1, 2, and 3 at Le Havre, Minesweepers M-402 and 507 at Bolougne, M-3802 off St. Nazaire, M-103 off De Marne. U-987 sunk by sub HMS Satyr west of Narvik. U-860 sunk by aircraft from USS Solomons south of St. Helena
 
June 16
1487 Battle of Stoke Field
1745 1st Siege of the Louisbourg Fortress ends
1746 Battle of Pracenza
1795 1st naval Battle of Groix
1815 Battle of Ligny. Battle of Quatra Bras
1862 Battle of Secessionville
1864 2nd Battle of Bermuda Hundred
1940 Soviets invade Latvia and Estonia. Sub HMS Grampus sunk by 4 Italian Torpedo Boats in the Med.
1941 Vichy French Destroyer Chavalier Paul sunk by Swordfish off Latakia, Syria. KM Patrol Ship V-5706 wrecked/sunk off Norway.
1942 Cruiser HMS Hermione sunk by U-205 north of Sollum. Polish Destroyer Escort Kujawiak sunk by mine off Malta. R.N. Trawler HMS Tranquil sunk in a collision off The Downs
1943 U-97 sunk by an RAAF Hudson off Haifa
1944 U-998 damaged by Norwegian Mosquitos at Bergen, scrapped. R.N. LCT 589 sunk to prevent capture in the Med. R.N. Whaler HMS Southern Pride wrecked near Freeport, Sierra Leone
1945 Destroyer USS Twiggs sunk by a Kamakaze off Okinawa.
 
June 17
1497 Battle of Depthford Bridge
1775 Battle of Bunker Hill
1861 Battle of Vienne, Va.
1862 Battle of St. Charles, Mo.: A shell explodes the boiler of Ironclad USS Mound City, killing 125, and wounding 25, of her 175 crewmembers. Single deadliest shot of the War.
1863 Ironclad CSS Atlanta captured by Monitors USS Weehawken and Nahant near Savannah. Battle of Aldie
1870 USS Mohican burns Mexican Pirate ship Forward.
1876 Battle of Rosebud
1937 Spanish Republican Battleship Jaime I blows up at Cartagena
1940 Soviets invade Lithuania. Troopship HMS Lancastria bombed/sunk off St. Nazaire. R.N. Trawler HMS Murmansk runs aground and is abandond, put in KM service as FB-06. Italian sub Andrea Provano captured by French Sloops La Curieuse and Commandant Bory, but sinks off Oran.
1942 Destroyer HMS Wild Swan Bombed/sunk in Bay of Biscay
1943 USN Sub Chaser SC-740 ran aground and sinks on the Great Barrier Reef.
1944 RO-117 sunk by USN PB4Y east of Saipan
1945 Minelayer Eijo sunk by USS Spadefish off Hokkaido in the Sea of Japan
 
June 18
1053 Battle of Civiate
1429 Battle of Patay
1757 Battle of Kolin
1778 British evacuate Philadelphia
1799 Naval Action of June 18th
1812 War of 1812 begins
1815 Battle of Waterloo
1940 French Sloop Vauquois damaged by mine off Brest & is scuttled.
French ships scuttled at Brest: Battleship Clemanceau, Destroyer Cyclone, Subs Pastuer Achille, Agosta, Ouessant, Sloops Etouadi, Vasquois, Patrol Ship Mouette, Aux. Minelayer Alexis de Tocqueville, Aux. Minesweepers Ingenieur Reibel, Roche Noire, Tugs Athlete and Lutteur, Tanker Dordorgne.
Lorient: Sloop Enseigne Henry, Aux. Minesweeper Kergroise, Pluvose, Water ship Ondine II, Tug La Valette. KN Minesweeper M-5 sunk by mine off Fro Havet
1941 U-138 sunk by 5 R.N. ships west of Cadiz
1943 R.N. LCT 358 lost in the Med. R.N. LCT 395 damaged by mine and wrecked in the Med.
1944 USN PT-63 and 107 burned in a refueling accident in Hamburg Bay Emirau USN LCI(G)-468 torpedoed by aircraft east of Guam and scuttled.
1981 1st flight F-117
 
June 19
1179 Battle of Kalvskinnet
1306 Battle of Methven
1821 Battle of Dragashani
1864 CSS Alabama sunk by USS Kearsarge off Cherbourg
1940 French Subs Roland Morillot and Le Martinique, scuttled at Cherbourg. KM Minesweeper M-1802 sunk by mine off Helgoland. Sub HMS Orpheus sunk by Italian Destroyer Turbine off Tobruk. Italian sub Galeleo Galelei captured by R.N. Trawler HMS Moonstone off Aden.
1942 Gunboat HMS SGB 7 sunk by KM surface ships in Seine Bay US Sub S-27 ran aground St. Makarias Point, Kiska. Soviet sub ShCh-214 sunk by Italian MAS-571 in the Black Sea.. USN Patrol Ship YP-389 sunk by U-701 off Cape Hatteras
1943 KM Patrol Ship UJ-1708 sunk by aircraft off Norway
1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea begins: Carrier Shokaku sunk by USS Cavalla and Carrier Taiho sunk by USS Albacore. USN Rescue Tug ATR-15 wrecked, and USN LST-523 sunk by mine, off Normandy. I-184 sunk by USN aircraft in the Philippine Sea.
1945 USS Bonefish sunk by 4 IJN Frigates off Honshu
 
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June 20
451 Battle of Chalons
1756 British troops imprisoned in the "Black Hole of Calcutta".
1813 naval battle in Hampton Roads.
1863 Battle of La Forche, La
1864 Siege of Petersburg begins
1900 Siege of the Peking Legation Quarter begins
1940 Italy invades France. Dutch sub O XIII probably sunk in a collision with Polish sub Wilk. Italian sub Diamante sunk by sub HMS Pathian off Tobruk. Captured Dutch Coast Defence Vessel Vliereede bombed/sunk by RAF Hudson at Den Helder, raised, rebuilt as KM Anti-Aircraft Battery ship Ariadne. Sub USS O-9 sank in a diving accident off Portsmouth, N.H.
1941 R.N. Trawler HMS Resmilo bombed/sunk off Peterhead
1942 R.N. Harbor Defence Motor Launches HDML 1039 and 1069 captured at Tobruk, LCT 119 and 150 lost off Tobruk
1943 U-388 sunk by USN PBY south-east of Cape Farewell.
1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea ends: Carrier Hiyo bombed/torpedoed/sunk. KM Torpedo Boat T-31 sunk off Finland. USN LCT-208 ran aground and sank off Algeria
 
June 21
217 B.C. Battle of Trasimene
1529 Battle of Landriano
1798 Battle of Vinegar Hill
1813 Battle of Votoria
1824 Egyptians capture Psara
1826 Battle of Mani
1864 Battle of Jerusalem Plank Rd begins
1898 USS Charleston captures Guam
1919 High Seas Fleet scuttled at Scapa Flow
1936 1st flight Handley Page Hampden.
1940 Q Ship HMS Cape Howe sunk south of Ireland. French Aux Patrol Ship Mercedita mined/beached/scuttled off Le Verdon. KM E Boats S-21 and S-32 sunk by mines, S-21 raised, repaired, returned to service. R.N. Trawler HMS Charde sank at Portsmouth.
1941 Free French capture Damascus
1942 R.N. sub P 514 rammed and sunk by Minesweeper HMCS Georgian off Newfoundland. Whaler HMSAS Parktown sunk by Italian MAS boats off Tobruk
1944 USCG Patrol Boats CG 83415 and 83477 wrecked in a storm off Normandy. Damaged and out of service Cruiser Bolzano sunk by British and Italian frogmen at La Spezia
1945 Battle of Okinawa ends. US LCT-59 sunk by Kamakazes off Okinawa. R.N. Trawler HMS Hildasay wrecked near Kilindili, Kenya
 
June 22
217 B.C. Battle of Raphia
168 B.C. Battle of Pydna
1593 Battle of Sisak
1622 Battle of Macau begins
1807 Chesapeake Affair
1893 HMS Camperdown rams/sinks HMS Victoria
1940 France signs armistice with Germany. Armed Yacht HMS Campeador V sunk by mine off Bembridge, Isle of Wight. French Destroyer Bastiase sunk by mine off Hartlepool.
1941 Operation Barbarossa begins. Germany, Italy and Romania declare War on the USSR. R.N. Trawler HMS Beech bombed/sunk at Scrabaster. Soviet Patrol Boat MO-238 sunk by E Boat S-44 off Hango.
1943 US invades Woodlark Island, the Trobriands. Free French Oiler Lot sunk by U-572 in mid-Atlantic. USN LST-333 damaged by U-593 off Algeria and beached, sank on July 6 during attempted refloat. USN Sub Chaser SC751 ran aground and sank off Cape Range, Australia. I-7 damaged by Destroyer USS Monaghan, ran aground and sank off Kiska.
1944 Operation Bagration begins. I-185 sunk by Destroyers USS Chandler and Newcomb
2012 Syria shoots down Turkish F-4
 
June 24
637 Battle of Moira. naval Battle of the Mull of Kintyre
972 Battle of Cedynia
1128 Battle of Sao Mamede
1230 Siege of Jaen begins
1314 Battle of Bannockburn ends
1340 naval Battle of Sluys
1622 Battle of Macao ends
1812 Napoleon invades Russia
1813 Battle of Beaver Dams
1821 Battle of Carabobo
1859 Battle of Solferino
1862 1st Siege of Vicksburg begins
1864 Battle of Clarendon,Ark: Tinclad Gunboat USS Queen City captured
1940 Italian sub Galvani sunk by Sloop HMS Falmouth
1943 U-119 sunk by Sloop HMS Starling in Bay of Biscay. U-194 sunk by USN PBY s.w. of Iceland. U-200 sunk by RAF B-24 s.w. of Iceland. U-449 sunk by 4 R.N. Sloops n.w. of Cape Ortigal
1944 I-52 sunk in the Atlantic by US aircraft and ships. U-971 sunk by Destroyers HMS Eskimo, HMCS Haida and a Czech B-24 in the English Channel. R.N. Trawler Lord Austin, Minesweeper MMS 8, and Destroyer HMS Swift sunk by mines off Normandy. USN PT-193 ran aground and was burned off Noemfoor, New Guinea.
1866 Battle of Custoza
1954 Battle of An Khe begins
 
June 25
524 Battle of Vezeronce
841 battle of Fontenoy
1658 Battle of Rio Nuevo
1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn begins
1940 Destroyer HMCS Fraser rammed/sunk by Cruiser HMS Calcutta in the Geronde Estuary. French Aux. Patrol ship St. Marguerite scuttled at Le Verdan. KM Flackship V-1107 sunk by HMS Snapper off Norway
1941 Vichy French sub Souffleur sunk by sub HMS Pathian off Beirut
1942 Destroyer Yamakaze sunk by USS Nautilus off Yokosuka
1944 Battle of Tali-Ihantala begins. U-269 sunk by Frigate HMS Bickerton south east of Torquay. Frigate HMS Goodson damaged by U-984, scrapped
1945 R.N. Minesweeper MMS-168 sunk by mine off Genoa
1950 Korean Conflict begins
1996 Khobar Tower bombing
 
June 26
1723 Russia captures Baku
1740 Battle of Ft. Mose
1862 Battle of Mechanicsville
1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn ends
918 Battle of Belleau Wood ends
1936 1st flight FW-61 helicopter
1941 Destroyer Moskva sunk by mine off Constanta. Soviet Sub M-3 scuttled at Libau. Soviet Sub M-101 sunk in the Baltic. R.N. Trawler HMS Tranio bombed/sunk off Happisburgh
1942 1st flight F6F Hellcat. US Army cargo ship Matagorda burns out at Sydney. Soviet Sub A-1 scuttled at Sevastopol. Soviet Sub S-32 sunk off Sevastopol. Destroyer Bezuprechny bombed/sunk south of The Crimea
1944 Battle of Osuchy ends. U-317 sunk by RAF B-24 north-east of the Shetland Islands. U-719 sunk by Destroyer HMS Bulldog off Scotland
1945 US Minesweeper YMS -39 sunk by mine, and YMS-365 damaged by a mine and scuttled, off Balikpapan
 
June 28
1098 2nd Siege of Antioch ends
1651 Battle of Berestechko
1776 Battle of Ft. Sullivan
1778 Battle of Monmouth Courthouse
1814 USS Wasp captures HMS Reindeer
1863 Battle of Donaldsonville, Ms.
1914 Franz Ferdinand assasinated
1922 Irish Civil War starts
1940 Italian Sub Argonauta sunk by 5 R.N. ships north of Cape Ras el Hilal, Libya, and Destroyer Espero sunk by 5 Cruisers north of Libya.
1941 Soviet Destroyer Lenin scuttled at Liepaja
1942 German Case Blue Offensive begins
1943 Italian Cruiser Bari bombed at Livoro, sinking on the 30th
1944 LSI(H) HMS Maid of Orleans sunk by mine south-east of the Isle of Wight. Frigate CD-24 sunk by USS Archerfish off Iwo Jima.
1950 N. Korea captures Seoul
 
June 29
1149 Battle of Inab
1444 Battle of Torvioll
1644 Battle of Cropredy Bridge
1659 Battle of Konotop
1776 Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet
1807 Battle of Lemnos
1862 Battle of Savage's Station
1940 Italian sub Uebi Scebeli sunk by Destroyers HMS Dainty and Ilex south-west of Crete, and Sub Rubino sunk by RAF Sunderland in the Ionian Sea. Norwegian MTB No. 6 sank in a storm off Beachy Head. Q Ship HMS Edgehill sunk by U-51 south-west of Ireland
1941 U-651 sunk by 5 R.N. ships south of Iceland. Destroyer HMAS Waterhen bombed off Sidi Barani, sank next day.
1943 Minesweeper USS Redwing sunk by mine off Bizerte. USCG Patrol Boat CG 83421 sunk in a collision
1944 Minelayer Tsugaru sunk by USS Darter off Biak. Minesweeper USS Valor sunk in a collision with Destroyer Escort USS Richard Suessans in Buzzard's Bay. U-988 sunk by 4 R.N. ships and an RAF B-24 west of Guernsey.
2002 2nd naval Battle of Yeonpyeong
 
June 30
1422 Battle of Arbedo
1521 Battle of Noain
1651 Battle of Berestechko ends
1758 Battle of Domstadt
1794 Battle of Ft. Recovery begins
1815 USS Peacock captures HMS Nautilus, last action of the War of 1812
1862 Battle of Frazier's Farm
1917 Greece declares War on the Central Powers
1941 Gunboat HMS Cricket bombed off of Egypt, used for parts. Soviet Patrol Boat MO-143 sunk by mine in the Baltic
1942 Minesweeper USS Hornbill sunk in a collision with lumber schooner Esther Johnson in San Francisco Bay. Submarine Depot Ship HMS Medway sunk by U-372 off Port Said. U-158 sunk by USN PBM Mariner west of Bermuda
1943 US invades Rendova. Seaplane Tender USS Hulbert grounds on Attu during a storm, refloated, repaired, returned to service. Attack Transport USS McCawley torpedoed by Japanese aircraft, then sunk by USN PT Boats off Rendova
1944 Battle of Cherbourg ends. KM Torpedo Boat Kondor bombed/wrecked in dry dock at Le Havre. U-478 sunk by RCAF PBY and an RAF B-24 north-east of the Faroe Islands
 
July 1
1097 Battle of Dorylaeum
1431 Battle of La Higueruela
1690 Battle of the Boyne
1862 Battle of Malvern Hill
1863 Battle of Gettysburg begins
1898 Battle of San Juan Hill
1914 Royal Navy Air Service Est.
1916 Battle of the Somme begins
1940 U-26 damaged by RAF Sunderland and Corvette HMS Gladiolus, scuttled south-west of Ireland. U-102 sunk by Destroyer HMS Vansittart south-west of Ireland.
1941 Flying Tigers formed. Norwegian MTB No. 5 sunk off Dover by an explosion. KM Naval Whaler Adjutant scuttled after engine failure off Chatom Islands, New Zealand by KM Raider Komet. R.N. Trawler HMS Devon County sunk by mine in the Thames Estuary. Armed Boarding Vessel HMS Malvernian bombed/abandond, sunk on July 19th by an R.N. ship. Soviet Destroyer Bystry mined/beached at Sevastopol
1942 1st Battle of El Alamein
1944 R.N. Motor Launches ML 265 and 287 burned at Freetown. HMCS MTB 460 sunk by mine off Normandy
1945 Battle of Balikpapan begins. Frigate CD-75 sunk by sub USS Haddo west of Changshan, Korea
1947 Philippine Air Force Est.
 
July 2
1298 Battle of Gollheim
1582 Battle of Yamazuki
1644 Battle of Marston Moor
1853 Crimean War starts
1918 Transport USS Covington sinks after being damaged by U-86 the day before.
1940 KM E Boat S-23 sunk by mine off Foreland
1942 Soviet Destroyers Taskent and Bditelnyi bombed/sunk at Novorossiyk
1943 US troops invade New Georgia. PT-153 and 158 run aground and are abandoned off Munda Point, New Georgia
1944 US troops invade Noemfoor Island. U-543 sunk by an Avenger from USS Wake Island. USN Minesweeper YMS-350 sunk by mine off Utah Beach.
1950 naval Battle of Chumonchin Chun
 
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