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On this day in military history....
1951 United Nations forces again move northward across the 38th Parallel in Korea.
1948 The Berlin Airlift begins, relieving the surrounded city from the Soviet siege.
1945 U.S. forces begin the invasion of Okinawa.
1942 The U.S. Navy begins a partial convoy system in the Atlantic.
1939 The Spanish Civil War effectively ends with the official recognition of Franco's government.
1918 England's Royal Air Force is formed.
1865 At the Battle of Five Forks, Gen. Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive.
1863 The first wartime conscription law goes into effect in the United States.
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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On this day in military history....
1982 Argentina invades the Falkland Is, a 72-day war with Britain begins (see Did you know, on this day in British history)
1944 Merrill's Marauders heavily engaged at Nhpum Ga, Burma
1944 US Fifth Air Force raids Hansa Bay, New Guinea.
1942 US bombers from India attack Japanese shipping in the Andaman Islands.
1917 U.S. President Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany.
1916 Zeppelin bombs Rosyth distillery, causing a flood of fine whiskey 
1915 Battle of the Wasaa: Good Friday riot by ANZAC troops in Cairo's Red Light District.
1865 US Maj Gen James H Wilson's cavalry captures Selma
1865 Battles of Petersburg/Ft Gregg/Sutherland's Station, Va: Robert E. Lee is forced to evacuate Richmond
1794 The French Committee of Public Safety authorizes the activation of the "1ere Compagnie d'Aérostiers", a balloon unit -- the first "air force" in history
1781 US Frigate 'Alliance 'captures British privateers 'Mars' and 'Minerva' “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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On this day in military history....
1982 Security Council demands Argentina withdraw from the Falkland Islands
1945 USSR renounces Apr '41 non-aggression pact with Japan
1944 British bombers attack the German battleship 'Tirpitz' in Norwegian waters
1865 Union forces occupy Richmond & Petersberg, to the tune of "Dixie" “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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On this day in military history....
1949 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty is signed.
1941 Field Marshal Erwin Rommel captures the British held town of Benghazi in North Africa.
1918 The Battle of the Somme ends.
1917 The U.S. Senate votes 90-6 to enter World War I on Allied side.
1862 The Battle of Yorktown begins as Union gen. George B. McClellan closes in on Richmond.
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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On this day in military history....
1943 The British 8th Army attacks the next blocking position of the retreating Axis forces at Wadi Akarit.
1941 German commandos secure docks along the Danube River in preparation for Germany's invasion of the Balkans.
1908 The Japanese Army reaches Yalu River as Russians retreat.
1865 As the Confederate army approaches Appomattox, it skirmishes with Union forces at Amelia Springs and Paine's Cross Road.
1242 Russian troops repel an invasion by Teutonic knights.“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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On this day in military history....
1941 German forces invade Greece and Yugoslavia.
1938 The United States recognizes Nazi Germany's conquest of Austria.
1917 The United States declares war on Germany and enters World War I on Allied side.
1814 Granted sovereignty in the island of Elba and a pension from the French government, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates at Fountainebleau. He is allowed to keep the title of emperor.
1199 King Richard I of England is killed by an arrow at the siege of the castle of Chaluz in France.“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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On this day in military history....
1945 The Japanese battleship Yamato, the world's largest battleship, is sunk during the battle for Okinawa.
1943 British and American armies link up between Wadi Akarit and El Guettar in North Africa, forming a solid line against the German army.
1862 General Ulysses S. Grant defeats Confederate forces at Battle of Shiloh.
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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On this day in military history....
1962 Bay of Pigs invaders get thirty years imprisonment in Cuba.
1942 The Soviets open a rail link to the besieged city of Leningrad.
1939 Italy invades Albania.
1898 British General Horatio Kitchner defeats the Khalifa, leader of the dervishes in Sudan, at the Battle of Atbara.
1864 In the Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana, Federals are routed by Confederate Gen. Richard Taylor.
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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On this day in military history....
1945 The Red Army is repulsed at the Seelow Heights on the outskirts of Berlin.
1942 In the Battle of Bataan, American and Filipino forces are overwhelmed by the Japanese Army.
1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark.
1921 Russo-Polish conflict ends with signing of the Riga Treaty.
1917 The Battle of Arras begins as Canadian troops begin a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
1916 The German army launches its third offensive during the Battle of Verdun.
1900 British forces route Boers at Kroonstadt, South Africa.
1865 General Robert E. Lee surrenders his rebel forces to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse
1731 British Captain Robert Jenkins loses an ear to a band of Spanish brigands, starting a war between Britain and Spain: The War of Jenkins' Ear.
1241 In the Battle of Liegnitz, Mongol armies defeat Poles and Germans.
193 In the Balkans, the distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum.“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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On this day in british history....
1945 Allied troops liberate the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald north of Weiner, Germany.
1945 In their second attempt to take the Seelow Heights, near Berlin, the Red Army launches numerous attacks against the defending Germans. The Soviets gain one mile at the cost of 3,000 men killed and 368 tanks destroyed.
1941 U.S. troops occupy Greenland to prevent Nazi infiltration.
1902 South African Boers accept British terms of surrender.
1865 At Appomattox Court, General Robert E. Lee issues his last orders to the Army of Northern Virginia.
1809 Austria declares war on France and her forces enter Bavaria.
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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On this day in military history....
1996 Forty-three African nations sign the African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty.
1991 The U.N. Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq.
1961 Israel begins the trial of Adolf Eichman, accused of war crimes during WWII.
1951 President Truman fires General Douglas MacArthur as head of United Nations forces in Korea.
1945 After two frustrating days of being repulsed and absorbing tremendous casualties, the Red Army finally takes the Seelow Heights north of Berlin. The determination of the German forces and civilians to hold back the advancing army continues to surprise the Allies.
1942 Detachment 101 of the OSS–a guerrilla force–is activated in Burma.
1941 Germany bombers blitz Conventry, England.
1898 American President William McKinley asks Congress for declaration of war with Spain.
1783 After receiving a copy of the provisional treaty on 13 March, Congress proclaims a formal end to hostilities with Great Britain.
1713 The Treaty of Utrecht is signed, ending the War of Spanish Succession. France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain.
1512 The forces of the Holy League are heavily defeated by the French at the Battle of Ravenna.“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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On this day in military history.... 1944 The U.S. Twentieth Air Force is activated to begin the strategic bombing of Japan. 1916 American cavalrymen and Mexican bandit troops clash at Parrel, Mexico. 1861 Fort Sumter is shelled by Confederacy, starting America's Civil War. 1782 The British navy wins its only naval engagement against the colonists in the American Revolution at the Battle of Saints, off Dominica. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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On this day in military history....
1945 Vienna falls to Soviet troops.
1941 German troops capture Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
1919 British forces kill hundreds of Indian nationalists in the Amritsar Massacre.
1865 Union forces under Gen. Sherman begin their devastating march through Georgia.
1861 After 34 hours of bombardment, Union-held Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederates.
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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On this day in military history....
1953 The Viet Minh invade Laos with 40,00 troops in their war against French colonial forces.
1945 American B-29 bombers's damage the Imperial Palace during firebombing raid over Tokyo.
1471 The Earl of Warwick, who fought on both sides in the War of the Roses, is killed at the Battle of Barnet with the defeat of the Lancastrians.“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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On this day in military history.....
1986 U.S. warplanes attack Libya.
1971 North Vietnamese troops ambush a company of Delta Raiders from the 101st Airborne Division near Fire Support Base Bastogne in Vietnam. The American troops were on a rescue mission.
1952 President Harry Truman signs the official Japanese peace treaty.
1948 Arab forces are defeated in battle with Israeli forces.
1940 French and British troops land at Narvik, Norway.
1917 British forces defeat the Germans at the battle of Arras.
1813 U.S. troops under James Wilkinson siege the Spanish-held city of Mobile in future state of Alabama.
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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On this day in military history....
1945 American troops enter Nuremberg, Germany.
1944 The destroyer USS Laffey survives horrific damage from attacks by 22 Japanese aircraft off Okinawa.
1746 Prince Charles (Bonny Prince Charley) is defeated at the battle of Culloden, the last pitched battle fought in Britain.
1065 The Norman Robert Guiscard takes Bari, ending five centuries of Byzantine rule in southern Italy.
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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On this day in military history....
1975 Khmer Rouge forces capture the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh.
1961 Some 1,400 Cuban exiles attack the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. Ultimately the invasion fails as the President kennedy refuses to use American forces to back the assault.
1895 China and Japan sign peace treaty of Shimonoseki.
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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On this day in military history....
1954 Colonel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
1943 Traveling in a bomber, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mastermind of the attack on Pearl Harbor, is shot down by American P-38 fighters.
1885 The Sino-Japanese war ends.
1861 Colonel Robert E. Lee turns down an offer to command the Union armies.
1847 U.S. forces defeat Mexicans at Cerro Gordo in one of the bloodiest battle of the war.
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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On this day in military history....
1943 The Warsaw Ghetto uprising against Nazi rule begins.
1938 General Francisco Franco declares victory in the Spanish Civil War.
1880 The Times war correspondent telephones a report of the Battle of Ahmed Khel, the first time news is sent from a field of battle in this manner.
1861 President Lincoln orders a blockade of Confederate ports.
1794 Tadeusz Kosciuszko forces the Russians out of Warsaw.
1775 The American Revolution begins as fighting breaks out at Lexington, Massachusetts.“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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On this day in military history....
1967 U.S. planes bomb Haiphong for first time during the Vietnam War.
1953 Operation Little Switch begins in Korea, the exchange of sick and wounded prisoners of war.
1945 Soviet troops begin their attack on Berlin.
1919 The Polish Army captures Vilno, Lithuania from the Soviets.
1809 Napoleon defeats Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria.
1792 France declares war on Austria, Prussia, and Sardinia.
1775 British troops begin the siege of Boston.
1657 English Admiral Robert Blake fights his last battle when he destroys the Spanish fleet in Santa Cruz Bay.“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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