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1813: U.S. troops under William Henry Harrison take Fort Meigs from British and Canadian troops.

1859: Threatened by the advancing French army, the Austrian army retreats across the River Sesia in Italy.

1864: Union troops secure a crucial pass during the Atlanta campaign. In the spring and summer of 1864, Union General William T. Sherman and Confederate General Joseph Johnston conducted a slow and methodical campaign to seize control of Atlanta.

1915: German and French forces fight the Battle of Artois.

1936: Fascist Italy captures the city of Addis Abba, Ethiopia and annexes the country.

1941: The German submarine U-110 is captured at sea along with its Enigma machine by the Royal Navy.

1945: Herman Goering is captured by the U.S. Seventh Army.

1951: Three hundred and twelve Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy planes hit Sinuiju Airfield in one of the largest air raids of the war.

1955: Ten years after the Nazis were defeated in World War II, West Germany formally joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).