Posted on 09/08/2017 7:21:24 AM PDT by fugazi
1740: Some 800 volunteers from the American colonies board transports to take part in the disastrous British/American colonial expedition to capture the Spanish territory of Cartagena (modern-day Colombia).
1781: 2,000 Continental soldiers commanded by Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene meet with Lt. Col. Alexander Stewart's 2,200-man force of British troops near present-day Eutawville, S.C.. Although both sides claim victory in the Battle of Eutaw Springs, the British must abandon much of their previously gained ground in the south.
1863: When the Union attempts an amphibious invasion in Texas to prevent the Mexican government from supplying the Confederacy, well-trained artillerymen at Fort Griffin blast the Union ships as they unsuccessfully attempt to navigate the shallow waters of the Sabine River. Two gunboats are captured and the Union suffers 200 casualties in one of the most one-sided engagements of the Civil War.
1925: As Destroyer Squadron 11 cruises from San Francisco to San Diego, several ships run aground at Honda Point. Unusually strong swells and currents from a massive earthquake in Japan, together with darkness and fog contribute to the largest loss of U.S. Navy ships during peacetime. Seven destroyers are destroyed, another two damaged, and 23 sailors die.
1939: Just days after Germany invades Poland, kicking off what will become World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt declares a national emergency - increasing the size of the Armed Forces - in part by recalling many retired enlisted troops and officers.
1942: The 1st Raider Battalion lands on Guadalcanal and begins operations to disrupt the Japanese advance by attacking supplies and a radio tower, despite orders to avoid contact.
1943: When Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces Italy's surrender, the Nazis invade, beginning a bloody campaign to disarm their former ally and prevent Italy from falling into Allied hands. The next day, eight divisions
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What brutal beasts are these Germans, that they would do such a thing?
FDR’s proclamation: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=15806
The second Battle of Sabine Pass.
Saved Texas from the ruin visited upon the rest of the South by the Northern Horde.
46 men with 6 old smoothbore cannon held off a force of several thousands (5K infantry alone) and saved their home from destruction. They destroyed two ships, captured 315 Union Navy troops and several ‘modern’ cannon.
The Wiki does a decent job of laying out the battle and aftermath (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Sabine_Pass) of this key battle.
There is a good reason the artillery is called the “King of the battlefield”
Amazing the madness that gripped the German empire under Hitler. My family is of German heritage, and I deeply respect the many positive qualities of the German people, but they succumbed to a terrible despot who led them to ruin.
And now they have Angela Merkel and her muslim horde.
Not much different than Hitler and his brownshirts. Only real difference is Merkel is taking the long view she learned from her Soviet masters.
My mothers family originated in the Rhine valley. Hired to drain swampland in England they elected to stay when the job was finished. Rumor is they found the English gov’t to exhibit more sanity than the German rulers.
They make it sound like it was an American War, but that is not the case at all.
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