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On this day in military history....
1969 Viet Cong sappers try unsuccessfully to overrun Landing Zone Snoopy in Vietnam.
1949 The Berlin Blockade ends.
1943 Axis forces in North Africa surrender.
1942 The Soviet Army launches its first major offensive of the war, taking Kharkov in the eastern Ukraine
1940 The Nazi conquest of France begins with the crossing Muese River.
1865 The last land battle of the Civil war occurs at Palmito Ranch, Texas. It is a Confederate victory.
1863 With a victory at the Battle of Raymond, Mississippi, Union General Ulysses S. Grant closes in on Vicksburg.
1780 Charleston, South Carolina falls to British forces.
“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....
1958 French troops take control of Algiers.
1944 Allied forces in Italy break through the German Gustav Line into the Liri Valley.
1912 The Royal Flying Corps is established in Britain
1846 The United States declares war on Mexico after fighting has already begun.
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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 Hi Jase Its interesting you mention the USS Maine , as its sinking blamed on sabotage at the time caused a war between the USA and Spain, the american's were spoiling for a fight here. There is a new theory though that the explosion was caused by a fire in a coal bunker that was adjacent to a magazine Andy  Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Thanks Andy for dropping in. i was not aware of this theory although it is more likley “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Hi Jase There is a documentary on the investigation its sometimes shown on the discovery history channel regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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On this day in military history....
1969 Three companies of the 101st Airborne Division fail to push North Vietnamese forces off Hill 937 in South Vietnam.
1942 The British Army, in retreat from Burma, reach India.
1940 Holland surrenders to Germany.
1509 At the Battle of Agnadello, the French defeat the Venitians in Northern Italy.
1264 King Henry III is captured by his brother-in-law, Simon de Montfort, at the Battle of Lewes. “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....
1988 Soviets forces begin their withdrawal from Afghanistan.
1968 U.S. Marines relieve army troops in Nhi Ha, South Vietnam after a fourteen-day battle.
1918 Pfc. Henry Johnson and Pfc. Needham Roberts receive the Croix de Guerre for their services in World War I. They are the first Americans to win France's highest military medal.
1916 U.S. Marines land in Santo Domingo to quell civil disorder.
1864 At the Battle of New Market, Virginia Military Institute cadets repel a Union attack.
1862 The Union ironclad Monitor and the gunboat Galena fire on Confederate troops at the Battle of Drewry's Bluff, Virginia.
1849 Neapolitan troops enter Palermo, Sicily.
1795 Napoleon enters the Lombardian capital of Milan in triumph.
“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....
1951 Chinese Communist Forces launch second step, fifth-phase offensive and gain up to 20 miles of territory.
1943 A specially trained and equipped Royal Air Force squadron destroys two river dams in Germany. (see on this day in military history Dambusters special in general chat.
1879 The Treaty of Gandamak between Russia and England sets up the Afghan state.
1863 At the Battle of Champion's Hill, Union General Ulysess S. Grant repulses the Confederates, driving them into Vicksburg. “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....
1940 Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium and begins the invasion of France.
1863 Union General Ulysses Grant continues his push towards Vicksburg at the Battle of the Big Black River Bridge.
1756 Britain declares war on France.
1681 Louis XIV sends and expedition to aid James II in Ireland. As a result, England declares war on France.
1540 Afgan chief Sher Khan defeats Mongul Emperor Humayun at Kanauj. “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....
1974 India becomes sixth nation to explode an atomic bomb.
944 The Allies finally capture Monte Cassino in Italy.
1917 The U.S. Congress passes the Selective Service act, calling up soldiers to fight World War I.
1828 The Battle of Las Piedras, between Uruguay and Brazil, ends.
1802 Britain declares war on France.
1792 Russian troops invade Poland.
“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 Hanoi for the first time.
1964 U.S. diplomats find at least 40 microphones planted in the American embassy in Moscow.
1863 Union General Ulysses S. Grant's first attack on Vicksburg is repulsed.
1643 The French army defeats a Spanish army at Rocroi, France.
1588 The Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon, Spain.
1568 Defeated by the Protestants, Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England where Queen Elizabeth imprisons her.
“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....
1969 In South Vietnam, troops of the 101st Airborne Division reach the top of Hill 937 after nine days of fighting entrenched North Vietnamese forces.
1942 Japan completes the conquest of Burma.
1941 Germany Paratroopers lead the invasion of Creat.
1902 The U.S. military occupation of Cuba ends.
1799 Napoleon Bonaparte orders a withdrawal from his siege of St. Jean d'Acre in Egypt.
1520 Hernando Cortes defeats Spanish troops sent against him in Mexico.
1303 A peace treaty is signed between England and France. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Interesting stuff Jase, keep em coming..
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On this day in military history....
1951 The U.S. Eighth Army counterattacks to drive the Communist Chinese and North Koreans out of South Korea.
1941 The ship, the S.S. Robin Moor is the first U.S. ship to be sunk by a U-boat in WWII.
1940 British forces attack German General Rommel's 7th Panzer Division at Arras, slowing his advance into France.
1863 The siege of the Confederate Port Hudson, Louisiana, begins.
“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....
1987 An Iraqi missile hits the American frigate USS Stark in the Persian Gulf.
1939 Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini sign a "Pact of Steel" forming the Axis powers.
1455 King Henry VI is taken prisoner by the Yorkists at the Battle of St. Albans, during the War of the Roses.“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....
1960 Israel announces the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.
1945 Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Nazi Gestapo, commits suicide after being captured by British forces.
1915 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.
1900 Civil War hero Sgt. William H. Carney becomes the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor, thirty-seven years after the Battle of Fort Wagner.
1864 Union General Ulysses Grant attempts to outflank Confederate Robert E. Lee in the Battle of North Anna
1862 Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson takes Front Royal
1701 Captain William Kidd, the Scottish pirate, is hanged on the banks of the Thames.
1618 The Thirty Years War begins.
1430 Burgundians capture Joan of Arc and sell her to the English. “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 The British battleship HMS Hood is sunk by the German battleship Bismarck. There are only three survivors. (see on this day in military history Bismarck special in general chat)
1798 Believing that a French invasion of Ireland is imminent, Irish nationalists rise up against the British occupation.
“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 HMS Coventry was sunk by Argentine Skyhawks during the Falklands War. Nineteen of her crew were lost and a further thirty injured.
1953 The first atomic cannon is fired in Nevada.
1810 Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain.
1085 Alfonso VI takes the town of Toledo in Spain from the Muslims.
“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....
1946 A patent is filed in the United States for the H-bomb.
1940 The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk begins. The evacuation is run by the Royal Navy to lift fleeing British French and Belgian troops of the beaches. The evacuation symbolised the utter defeat of the British expeditionary forces ( the most advanced army in the world at that point) and the all but collapse of the French army (the largest ground force in the world) Following the evacuation resistance to german advance collapsed. British Propaganda focused on the heroism of the ordinary man in the 'little ships' helping rescue the troops which helped take the focus of the fact that Britain had just had one of its most humiliating defeats of all time.
1865 The last Confederate army surrenders in Shreveport, Louisiana.
1831 The Russians defeat the Poles at the Battle of Ostrolenska.
1670 Charles II and Louis XIV sign a secret treaty in Dover, England, ending hostilities between England and France.
17 Germanicus of Rome celebrates his victory over the Germans. “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....
1999 The international war crimes tribunal indicts Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic for war atrocities.
1972 President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet Communist Party chief Leonid Brezhnev sign an arms reduction agreement.
1960 A military coup overthrows the democratic government of Turkey.
1944 American General MacArthur lands on Biak Island in New Guinea.
1942 German General Rommel begins a major offensive in Libya with his Afrika Korps.
1941 The German battleship Bismarck is sunk by the Royal Navy. (see more at on this day in military history Bismarck special in General chat)
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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