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April 4: This Day in World Military History
« on: April 04, 2015, 12:48:05 am »
431 BC Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (431-303 BC) [Trad]
0     Feast of St. Isidore of Seville, Patron of the Internet
1081     Alexius I Comnenus becomes Byzantine Emperor (1081-1118), father of the learned Anna
1541     Ignatius of Loyola is appointed the first Superior-General of the Jesuits
1581     Frances Drake completes the second circumnavigation of the world
1588     Christian IV, aged 10, ascends the throne of Denmark & Norway (1588-1648)
1655     Battle at Porto Farina, Tunis: English fleet defeats the Barbary pirates
1745     Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Prussians defeat the Austrians & Dutch
1776     First USN victory at sea: USS 'Columbus' captures HM Tender 'Hawke'
1854     Sloop 'Plymouth' lands a party to protect U.S. citizens in Shanghai
1862     Yorktown: First serious fighting of the Peninsular Campaign
1865     Lincoln sits in Jeff Davis' chair, in the Confederate White House
1898     First Chief of USN's Bureau of Yards and Docks appointed, Mordecai Endicott
1920     Jerusalem: Arab rioters attack Jews
1933     USN Airship 'Akron' (ZRS-4) crashes off New Jersey, 73 die
1939     King Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq (murdered 1958)
1941     RAdm Claude Bloch, COM 14th Naval District, warns Midway against Japanese surprise attack
1941     Rommel takes Benghazi
1942     Bataan: Fil-American forces fall back after Japanese break through
1942     Indian O: Japanese carrier a/c sink HM Heavy Cruisers 'Cornwall" & 'Dorsetshire'
1943     4th Marine Div is activated at San Diego
1944     Burma: Heavy fighting around Nhpum Ga
1944     Japanese move on Kohima, having cut the road from Imphal.
1945     Heavy fighting begins in southern Okinawa.
1945     Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation
1949     North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed
1958     Aldermaston, England: 1st anti-nuclear weapons demonstration

http://www.strategypage.com/today-in-military-history.aspx
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Re: April 4: This Day in World Military History
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2015, 03:03:09 am »
The five carriers of KIDO BUTAI active in the Indian Ocean/ Ceylon campaign were AKAGI, SORYU, HIRYU, SHOKAKU, and ZUIKAKU. KAGA was undergoing repairs. If I remember correctly, the Japanese also sank H.M.S Hermes, an aircraft carrier, and several other ships.
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