Today in military history: June 11, 2014

1125 – Battle of Azaz (Syria) 

1183 –Aleppo taken (Syria)

12th century mural of Crusaders

   

1289 - Battle of Campaldino (Conflict between the Guelphs and Ghibellines 

1329 – Battle of Pelekanon ends (Byzantine-Ottoman Wars) 

1429 – Battle of Jargeau begins (Hundred Years’ War) 

1488 - Battle of Sauchieburn (Second Rebellion against James III) 

1775 – Battle of Machias (also Margaretta) begins (American Revolutionary War) (Naval) 

1829 – Battle of Kulevicha (Russo-Turkish War) 

1861 – Skirmish at Romney (US Civil War) 

1862 – Battle at Monterey (US Civil War) 

1864 – Battle of Trevilian Station begins (US Civil War) 

1865 – Battle of Riachuelo (Paraguayan War) (Naval) 

1871 – Battle of Ganghwa ends (Korean Expedition) (partly Naval) 

1900 – Boxer Rebellion begins (China)

 17 June 1900 - A newspaper from "Le Petit Parisien". The Chinese Boxers destroys a railroad during the Boxer Rebellion.

1940 – Germans take Reims (WWII) 

1942 – Battle of Bir Hakeim ends (WWII) 

1943 – Allies take Pantelleria (WWII) 

1944 – US takes Carentan and Lison: French troops take Montefiascone, Italy (WWII) 

1947 – Siping Campaign begins (Chinese Civil War) 

1951 – Chorwon captured (Korean War) 

1953 – Siege of Outpost Harry; Assault at Kumsong begins  (Korean War)

14 June 1953 - A U.S. Navy Grumman F9F-5 Panther jet fighter (BuNo 126204) from Fighter Squadron 111 (VF-111) Sundowners in flight over mountainous Korean terrain. VF-111 was assigned to Air Task Group 1 (ATG-1) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CVA-21) for a deployment to Korea from 30 March to 30 June 1953.  The F9F-5 126204 was lost five days after this photograph was taken as it ran out of fuel and ditched at sea on 19 June 1953.

   

1967 – Six-Day War ends (Arab-Israeli Conflict) 

1982 – Battle of Mount Harriet begins; Battle of Two Sisters begins; Battle of Mount Longdon begins (Falklands War)