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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