Category: All Industrial War

The study of warfare from the 19th century up to WWII.

Today in Military History May 8

Today in Military History May 8

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May 8 1063 – Battle of Graus (Reconquista) https://amzn.to/33piWPS

May 8 1450 – Possible date of Jack Cade’s Rebellion https://amzn.to/3h8GS24

May 8 1648 – Battle of St. Fagans (Second English Civil War) https://amzn.to/2RAdZkz
May 8 1781 – Battle of Pensacola ends; Battle of Fort Motte begins (American Revolutionary War) https://amzn.to/3uJ1OAs

May 8 1825 – Siege of Montevideo (Cisplatine War) https://amzn.to/3exdX6d
May 8 1846 – Battle of Palo Alto (Mexican-American War) https://amzn.to/2R3oxc5
May 8 1862 – Battle of McDowell, VA (Also Bull Pasture Mountain) (US Civil War) https://amzn.to/3tpXwg4
May 8 1864 – Battle of Spotsylvania Court House begins (US Civil War) https://amzn.to/2SxwlmJ

May 8 1927 – French WWI aviation heroes Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli disappear in their attempt to fly the first non-stop flight between Paris and New York City https://amzn.to/3vRtNhQ

May 8 1915 – Second Battle of Krithia ends; Battle of Frezenberg (WWI) https://amzn.to/3xZuPtI

May 8 1941 – Action of May 8 1941 (WWII Naval); Assault on Rutbah Fort begins (Anglo-Iraqi War/WWII) https://amzn.to/3ur2z17

May 8 1942 – Battle of the Coral Sea ends (Naval); Battle of the Philippines ends (WWII); Battle of the Kerch Peninsula (WWII Eastern Front) https://amzn.to/3vRhxh7
May 8 1945 – Battle of the Atlantic ends (Naval); VE Day, Official German surrender; some German units continue fighting (WWII) https://amzn.to/3xX4I6U

May 8 1970 – Actions occurred that resulted in Marine Miguel Keith being awarded the Medal of Honor
May 8 2005 – Operation Matador begins (Iraq War) https://amzn.to/3o1lJIk
May 8 2009 – Battle of Am Dam ends (Civil War in Chad) https://amzn.to/3nY1n2O

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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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Today in Military History: April 30

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1305 – Catalan Company battle with the Alans (Turkey)

1524 – Battle of Sesia Romagnano (Italy)
1781 – Battle of Fort Royal ends (American Revolutionary War) (Naval)
1794 – Battle of Boulou (War of the Pyrenees)
1803 – Louisiana Purchase Treaty between the US and Napoleon signed
1848 –Skirmish of Pastrengo (First Italian War of Independence)
1849 – Battle in Rome (First Italian War of Independence
1860 – Second Battle of Fort Defiance (Navajo Wars)

1861 – Federals evacuate Fort Washita and the Indian Territory (US Civil War)
1863 – Stoneman cavalry raid begins (US Civil War); Battle at Camerone (Second Franco-Mexican War)
1865 – Confederates in Alabama and Mississippi agree to truce (US Civil War)
1904 – Battle of the Yalu River begins (Russo-Japanese War)
1942 – Destruction of Telavag (WWII)
1943 – Operation Husky corpse released near Spanish port (WWII)
1945 – Adolf Hitler commits suicide; Battle of Triest begins; Mar Ostrava taken (WWII)
1951 – CCF Offensive stopped north of Seoul (Korean War)
1952 – Wonsan Harbor Naval duel (Korean War)
1967 – Operation Francis Marion ends (Vietnam War)
1968 – Battle at Dai Do (Vietnam War)
1972 – North Vietnam invades South Vietnam (Vietnam War)

1975 – 1975 Spring Offensive ends; Operation Frequent Wind ends; Saigon taken (Vietnam War)

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