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1780:
Charleston, South Carolina falls to British forces.
1864: Close-range firing and hand-to-hand combat at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, result in one of the most brutal battles of the Civil War. 1864: Union General Benjamin Butler attacks Drewrys Bluff on the James River. 1865: The last land battle of the Civil war occurs at Palmito Ranch, Texas. It is a Confederate victory. 1885: In the Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against the Canadian government. 1940: The Nazi conquest of France begins with the crossing Muese River. 1941: Adolf Hitler sends two bombers to Iraq to support Rashid Ali al-Gailani in his revolt against Britain, which is trying to enforce a previously agreed upon Anglo-Iraqi alliance. 1942: The Soviet Army launches its first major offensive of the war, taking Kharkov in the eastern Ukraine. 1943: Axis forces in North Africa surrender. 1949: The Berlin Blockade lifted. |