This Day in History

[Radar]

On this day 27nd Oct 1644, it was Second Battle of Newbury

[pbeccas (Paul)]

31 October 1917.  Beersheba.  The last great mounted charge in history.

https://youtu.be/_udGcKMhbtc

[martin goddard]

Thanks chaps.

Paul, Beersheba is Dave's favourite charge I think?


martin

[Wardy64]

It is Martin, something I really want to do in 15mm one day. When I was out in South Australia for work many years ago, one of the lads who I was with, his grand dad had taken part in the charge. He still had his slouch hat and bits of the uniform, quite a privilege to be shown. He remembered his grand dad getting really emotional at having to shoot his horse at the end of the war, before they shipped back home.

Dave

[Sean Clark]

81 years ago today, Churchill became Prime Minister and the first bombs fell on the UK in Kent.

In Europe, the phoney war ended, with Hitler invasion of Western Europe, through the low countries and France.

Quite a day!

[Leman (Andy)]

Battle of Pinkie 1547 - English victory over the Scots.

[martin goddard]

Nice weather?
Does that get the fighting spirit going?


martin

[Moggy]

Also the Battle of Lake Erie (1813) where Commodore Perry wins the day, The Germans start falling back ending the Battle of the Marne, Canada declares war on Germany, a Bomb hits Buckingham Palace and the 8th Army occupies Taranto.

My co-workers have an ongoing this day in history thing on "teams" but tend not to appreciate the militry side of things so much


Derek

[pbeccas (Paul)]

Battle of Bita Paka 1914.  Australian army invaded German New Britain. Island captured after heavy fighting around wireless station. British flag raised.  Invasion force moved to German New Guinea and expelled German army.

[pbeccas (Paul)]

9/11.  New York.  20 years ago today.  So many people lost theirs lives at the time, and many more in the 20 year aftermath. 

[Flaminpig0]

9/11.  New York.  20 years ago today.  So many people lost theirs lives at the time, and many more in the 20 year aftermath.

Hard to calculate just how many people died to from its' ramifications.

[Leman (Andy)]

1709 - Battle of Malplaquet.

[Moggy]

Stirling Bridge 1297, Drogheda in 1649, Brandywine 1777, and a first - St Mihiel France - the first ever US tank attack led by our very own wild card Col George S Patton. Never a quite day.

so 1 loss, a wine either way as no one else was involved and a win over our colonial cousins.


Derek

[Leman (Andy)]

1683 - Battle of Vienna - Austria and allies defeat Ottomans.

[Moggy]

Today 12 Sep:

Battle of Marathon 490BC (how do they know, was bad enough to have an accurate year!)
Battle of Northpoint (saving/losing Baltimore) 1814
Battle of Harpers Ferry 1862
Italians invade Egypt 1940
Skorzeny liberates Mussolini 1943
Coupe in Ethiopia unseating Heile Sellasi

and finally

Belarussian armed forces shoot down a balloon in an international race, 2 Americans die 1995.

Derek