May 11, 2021May 11, 2021

Today in Military History May 11

Today in Military History May 11

May 11 1560 – Battle of Djerba (Mediterranean Sea) (Naval) https://amzn.to/3o69iLD
May 11 1571 – Japanese daimyo Niwa Nagashige born https://amzn.to/33xl7B5
May 11 1745 – Battle of Fontenoy (War of the Austrian Succession) https://amzn.to/3eCZDJ8
May 11 1862 – CSS Merrimack scuttled (US Civil War) https://amzn.to/3o7lgEy
May 11 1864 – Battle of Yellow Tavern; J.E.B. Stuart shot (US Civil War) https://amzn.to/3tAHaRP
May 11 1888 – US Admiral Willis Augustus Lee born https://amzn.to/2RMBtCZ
May 11 1898 – Second Battle of Cardenas; Battle of Cienfuegos (Spanish-American War) (Naval) https://amzn.to/3uG7JGL
May 11 1905 – Mauritian espionage agent Lise de Baissac born https://amzn.to/3eCIJL1
May 11 1940 – Eben Emael is taken by Germans; Battle of the Grebbeberg begins (WWII) https://amzn.to/3eBfQ1G
May 11 1941 – Allied Operation Josephine B begins (WWII) https://amzn.to/3wbE0G7
May 11 1943 – Battle of Attu begins (WWII) https://amzn.to/33yXsjx
May 11 1945 – Battle of West Henan-North Hubei ends (Second Sino-Japanese War); Date of Action for which Robert J. Archer received the Navy Cross (WWII) https://amzn.to/3tByVF1
May 11 1950 – Battle of Dongshan Island (Chinese Civil War) https://amzn.to/3tDluEL
May 11 1967 – Operations Malheur I and II begin (Vietnam War) https://amzn.to/3o9Mdrb
May 11 2000 – Ambush in Ingushetia (Second Chechen War) https://amzn.to/3uRiBSl

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May 10, 2021May 10, 2021

Today in Military History May 10

Today in Military History May 10

May 10 1775 – Second Continental Congress convenes; Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (American Revolutionary War) https://amzn.to/3eyPgGt
May 10 1779 – Chesapeake raid begins (American Revolutionary War)
May 10 1796 – Battle of Lodi (French Revolutionary Wars); Battle at Derbent (Russo-Persian Wars) https://amzn.to/3y0ohLK
May 10 1799 – Assault on Acre repulsed (French Revolutionary Wars)
May 10 1801 – Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war against the U.S. (First Barbary War) https://amzn.to/33xtZXa
May 10 1838 – John Wilkes Booth born https://amzn.to/3uAXSlu
May 10 1857 – Indian sepoys revolt against the British https://amzn.to/2SGqlIw
May 10 1862 – Battle of Plum Run Bend, TN (also Plum Point) (US Civil War) (Naval) https://amzn.to/3exiAgo
May 10 1863 – Stonewall Jackson dies https://amzn.to/3hg1qpi
May 10 1864 – Battle of Cove Mountain; Battle of Chester Station (US Civil War)
May 10 1865 – Confederate President Davis captured (US Civil War) https://amzn.to/2R5RKTC
May 10 1869 – Naval Battle of Hakodate ends (Boshin War) (Naval) https://amzn.to/33sifp4
May 10 1917 – Tenth Battle of the Isonzo begins (WWI) https://amzn.to/3hk7sVZ
May 10 1940 – Battle of France begins; Battle of Rotterdam begins; Battle for the Hague; Battle of Maastricht (WWII) https://amzn.to/3tAplST
May 10 1941 – Luftwaffe carries out devastating bombing mission on London including destruction of the House of Commons (WWII) https://amzn.to/3xYbQjt
May 10 1942 – Philippines surrendered (WWII)
May 10 1945 – Sark liberated from Germany (WWII) https://amzn.to/3fdbr4e
May 10 1951 – Strike on Sinuiju (Korean War) (Air) https://amzn.to/2SA0jXb
May 10 1960 – Nuclear submarine USS Triton completes first underwater circumnavigation of the globe https://amzn.to/3hf87rL
May 10 1968 – Battle of Kham Duc begins (Vietnam War) https://amzn.to/3o1F4cH
May 10 1969 – Battle of Hamburger Hill begins; Operation Apache Snow begins (Vietnam War) https://amzn.to/3o2LnN3
May 10 1970 – Actions occurred which resulted in the award of the Medal of Honor to Leslie H. Sabo
May 10 2002 – Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem (Second Intafada)
May 10 2008 – Attack on Omdurman and Khartoum begins (Darfur War) https://amzn.to/33vZEIG

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May 8, 2021May 10, 2021

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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