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War/Selected anniversaries
August 6
1862
-
American Civil War
: The
Confederate
ironclad
CSS
Arkansas
is scuttled on the
Mississippi River
after suffering damage in a battle with
USS
Essex
near
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
.
1914
- Ten German
U-boats
leave their base in
Heligoland
to attack
Royal Navy
warships in the
North Sea
, beginning the
First Battle of the Atlantic
.
1914 - Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
World War I
begins.
1914 - Denis Patrick Dowd Jr. enlists in the French Foreign Legion, becoming the first American to fight in World War I.
1915
-
World War I
: The
Battle of Sari Bair
begins - The
Allies
mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at
Suvla Bay
.
1945
-
World War II
: An
atomic bomb
, codenamed
Little Boy
, is dropped on
Hiroshima
,
Japan
killing an estimated 70,000–146,000 civilians.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
User:Hawkeye7
|
War/Selected anniversaries
August 6
1862
-
American Civil War
: The
Confederate
ironclad
CSS
Arkansas
is scuttled on the
Mississippi River
after suffering damage in a battle with
USS
Essex
near
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
.
1914
- Ten German
U-boats
leave their base in
Heligoland
to attack
Royal Navy
warships in the
North Sea
, beginning the
First Battle of the Atlantic
.
1914 - Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
World War I
begins.
1914 - Denis Patrick Dowd Jr. enlists in the French Foreign Legion, becoming the first American to fight in World War I.
1915
-
World War I
: The
Battle of Sari Bair
begins - The
Allies
mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at
Suvla Bay
.
1945
-
World War II
: An
atomic bomb
, codenamed
Little Boy
, is dropped on
Hiroshima
,
Japan
killing an estimated 70,000–146,000 civilians.
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