Today in military history: April 15, 2014

69 – Battle of Bedriacum (Roman Civil War)

1450 – Battle of Formigny (Hundred Years' War)

 15th century - Battle of Formigny

1632 – Battle of Rain (River Lech or Lech) (Thirty Years' War)
1689 – French declare war on Spain (War of the Grand Alliance)
1715 – Pocotaligo Massacre (Yamasee War)
1716 – Wismar occupation (Great Northern War)
1796 – Battle of Dago (French Revolutionary Wars)
1844 – Battle of Tortuguero (Dominican War of Independence)
1858 – Battle of Azimghur (Indian Mutiny)
1862 – Battle of Picacho Pass (US Civil War) 
1864 – Occupation of Camden, Arkansas (US Civil War) 
1916 – Battle of Verdun (WWI)
1917 – British capture Villeret

(WWI)

1918 – Germany takes Bailleul and Wulverghem, Helsingfors

(WWI)

1944 - Russians take Tarnapol (WWII)
1945 – British take Taungdwingyi, Canadians take Arnhem

(WWII)

 April 15, 1945 -
Private H.E. Goddard, of the Perth Regiment, carrying a Bren gun as he advances through a forest north of Arnhem with the 5th Canadian Armoured Division

1952 – Final Day of Battle of Nanri Island (Chinese Civil War) 
1986 – US air raids against Libya (Cold War)