This Day in History

[Leman (Andy)]

1759 - Battle of Quebec.

[Leman (Andy)]

1914 - End of First Aisne - Race to the Sea begins.
1940 - Battle of Britain Day - tide turns in favour of the RAF

[Leman (Andy)]

1861 - Battle of Princeton, (W)west Virginia

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

For those of us intrigued by the events of the Russian Civil War, current world events seem to be repeating themselves 100 years on. A Russian Army once again in and around the Crimea and Ukraine... It seems the Don will never run quietly 

[Flaminpig0]

1861 - Battle of Princeton, (W)west Virginia

Putin was criticising Lenin for being too libral and tolerant

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

The men of Snake Island will join the long list of soldiers bravely uttering defiance in the face of overwhelming odds...
"Then we shall have our battle in the shade"... (Dienekes, Thermopylae, 480BC)
"Bole So Nihal, Sat Sri Akal!" (Sepoy Gurumukh Singh, Saragarhi, 1897)
"N U T S !" (Gen. Anthony McAulliffe, Bastogne Ardennes, Dec 1944)
"Go F yourselves"  (Ukrainian Border guards, Snake Isl., Feb 2022)
They will not be the last... and History won't forget them.

[Leslie BT]

Neil, you missed The Battle of the Java Sea 1942.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-eXwJRLhFs
And Operation Biting 1942  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ_141vpelM

[Leman (Andy)]

German invasion of Denmark 1940. Also title of the film depicting the event, which is a "must see."

[Stewart 46A]

9th April 1982
P&O cruise ship Canberra sailed from Southampton with 3Cdo Brigade on board
Destination - Falkland Islands


Stewart

[Leman (Andy)]

Aaaargh! Madre de Dios!

[John Watson]

Just as well it was back then and not now. You can imagine the news. British invasion of Falklands delayed as P & O ferries sack staff without notice. Maritime Health and Safety regs prevent troop ships from sailing.
John

[Leman (Andy)]

5th May 1945 - Last German troops in the Netherlands surrender.

[pbeccas (Paul)]

80 years ago today, in the early hours of 9 August 1942, HMAS Canberra was sunk by a Japanese naval force during the Battle of Savo Island.

The RAN heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra was hit 24 times in less than two minutes and 84 of her crew were killed including Captain Frank Getting. Following an order to abandon ship, Canberra was sunk the next day by a torpedo from a US destroyer.

At the time of the action, Canberra had formed part of a US Navy-RAN force screening American transports during the landing operations of US marines at Guadalcanal, which begun on 7 August 1942.

A failure of Allied intelligence and vigilance resulted in this screening force being surprised by a determined group of seven Japanese cruisers and a destroyer near Savo Island just before 2am on the morning of the 9 August 1942.

HMAS Canberra, as the lead ship of the screening force, was the first to be engaged and received the full force of the Japanese opening bombardment.

[John Watson]

I can't believe that the Americans sunk something with one of their torpedoes! They certainly weren't sinking many Japanese with torpedoes at that time.
John

[Smoking gun]

The target was stationary (sitting) so relatively easy to hit. The above post only says it was sunk by one torpedo, it doesn't state how many torpedoes were launched to achieve that one hit.

Best wishes,
Martin Buck