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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