Today in military history: May 12, 2014

Military history timeline

 

1780 – Siege of Charleston ends (American Revolutionary War)

 1860 - A depiction of the Siege of Charleston (1780) by Alonzo Chappel.

1781 – Battle of Fort Motte ends (American Revolutionary War) 

1809 – Battle of Porto (Peninsular War) 

1863 – Battle of Raymond (US Civil War) 

1864 – Battle of Proctor’s Creek begins (US Civil War)

 1864 - Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Interior of Confederate Fort Darling on the James

  

1865 – Battle of Palmito Ranch, TX (US Civil War) 

1885 – Battle of Batoche ends (North-West Rebellion) 

1898 – Bombardment of San Juan (Spanish-American War) (Naval) 

1940 – Battle of Sedan begins; Battle of the Afsluitdijk begins (WWII) 

1941 – Operation Tiger ends (WWII) (Naval) 

1942 – Second Battle of Kharkov begins (WWII)

May 1942 - Kharkov, Russian M3 tank with guns

  

1943 – Battle of West Hubei begins (Second Sino-Japanese War) 

1944 – Allies take Monte Faito (WWII) 

1948 – Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Campaign begins (Chinese Civil War) 

1949 – Shanghai Campaign begins (Chinese Civil War) 

1968 – Battle of Kham Duc ends; Battle of Coral-Balmoral begins (Vietnam War)

1982 – Liberation of Khorramshahr ends (Iran-Iraq War)   2004 – Operation Rainbow begins (Second Intifada) 

2008 – Attack on Omdurman and Khartoum ends (Darfur War)