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Today in Military History May 7

Today in Military History May 7

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May 7 1592 – Battle of Okpo ends (Imjin War) (Naval) https://amzn.to/3bb5fbE
May 7 1862 – Battle of West Point (also Barhamsville or Eltham’s Landing) (US Civil War)
May 7 1864 – Sherman’s March on Atlanta begins; Battle of Rocky Face Ridge begins; Battle of Port Walthall Junction ends (US Civil War) https://amzn.to/3xT566k

May 7 1937 – German Condor Legion Fighter Group arrives in Spain

May 7 1941 – German weather ship München captured near Iceland; Battle of South Shanxi begins (Second Sino-Japanese War) https://amzn.to/3xUARvS
May 7 1943 – Allies take Tunis and Bizerta; Japan takes Buthidaung (WWII) https://amzn.to/3f5giEr
May 7 1950 – Battle of Yiwu ends (Chinese Civil War) https://amzn.to/3f0HZhz
May 7 1954 – Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends (First Indochina War) https://amzn.to/3uyNbQk
May 7 1970 – Medal of Honor recipient Kenneth M. Kays actions occur this day
May 7 1975 – The official end of the “Vietnam Era” per US law https://amzn.to/2R4MDDl
May 7 2006 – Second Battle of Mogadishu begins (Somali Civil War)
May 7 2009 – Battle of Am Dam begins (Civil War in Chad)
May 7 2011 – Battle of Kandahar begins (War in Afghanistan) https://amzn.to/3uGqJFb

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How the OSS supported Yugoslav independence movements in WWII – Interview with Blaz Torkar

Blaž Torkar is an assistant professor of history at the Military Schools Centre of the Slovenian Armed forces. He researches the history of intelligence services, Allied military missions in Yugoslavia during WWII, the Yugoslav People’s Army and Territorial Defense, and the Slovenian War of Independence in 1991. He wrote a book on the OSS in Yugoslavia during WWII and we spoke about the book, the OSS, and Yugoslavian resistance movements. Mission Yugoslavia (McFarland, 2020)

 

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Today in Military History May 6

Today in Military History May 6

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May 6 1856 Explorer and US Navy Officer Robert Edwin Perry born https://amzn.to/3eoPtf7

May 6 1527 – Sack of Rome (War of the League of Cognac)

May 6 1537 – Siege of Cuzco begins (Spanish conquest of Peru)

May 6 1592 – Battle of Okpo begins (Imjin War) (Naval) https://amzn.to/2PTLg9R

May 6 1622 – Battle of Wimpfen (Thirty Years’ War) https://amzn.to/3f21Xs6

May 6 1646 – Newark taken (English Civil War) https://amzn.to/3uqtJVX

May 6 1757 – Battle of Prague (Seven Years’ War) https://amzn.to/3eXBrAh

May 6 1780 – Battle of Leund’s Ferry (American Revolutionary War) https://amzn.to/3urLMee

May 6 1782 – British Nassau surrenders to Spain (American Revolutionary War)

May 6 1813 – Raid at Georgetown and Fredericktown, MD (War of 1812) https://amzn.to/3nOdHCR

May 6 1814 – Battle of Fort Oswego ends (War of 1812)

May 6 1827 – Battle of Phaleron (Greek War of Independence) https://amzn.to/3xO7uLE

May 6 1861 – State of war between North and South made official (US Civil War) https://amzn.to/3eT8zsZ

May 6 1864 – Battle of the Wilderness ends; Battle of Port Walthall Junction begins (US Civil War) https://amzn.to/33pChAg

May 6 1915 – Second Battle of Krithia begins (WWI) https://amzn.to/3xQkMr4

May 6 1941 – The German Greenock Blitz on Scotland begins; Operation Tiger begins (WWII) (Naval)

May 6 1942 – Surrender at Corregidor (WWII) https://amzn.to/3tqmSu8

May 6 1945 – US forces liberate the Ebensee concentration camp; US forces take Pilsen (WWII) https://amzn.to/3emKsnC

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