Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Today in military history: September 24, 2014


1454 – Battle of Leskovac (Ottoman wars in Europe) 
1645 – Battle of Rowton Heath (First English Civil War) 
1762 – Battle of Manila begins (Anglo-Spanish War of 1761-1763) 
1812 – Battle of Tucuman begins (Argentine War of Independence) 
1846 – Battle of Monterrey ends (Mexican-American War) 
1864 – Confederates capture Athens, Alabama (US Civil War) 
1877 - Satsuma Rebellion ends (Japan); Battle of Shiroyama (Satsuma Rebellion) 
1907 – Battle of Tarafiyah (Saudi-Rashidi War) 
1914 – Siege of Przemysl begins (WWI) 
1937 – Battle of Pingxingguan begins (Second Sino-Japanese War) 
1940 – Bombing of Berlin ends (Air) (WWII) 
1943 – Soviets take Borispol (WWII) 
1946 – Linfen – Fushan Campaign ends (Chinese Civil War) 
1949 – Ningxia Campaign ends (Chinese Civil War) 
1952 – Battle at Outpost Kelly ends (Korean War) 
1968 – Operation CAMPAIGN GROVE ends (Vietnam War)

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