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    On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seed that on other days and other fields will bear the fruits of victory.

    -- General Douglas MacArthur

    Amiens, Peace of; 27th March 1802

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    Treaty bringing a cessation of hostilities between Britain and France. The general peace lasted for just over a year, ending on 16 May 1803.
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    1813: Americans capture Fort George, Canada.

    1919: A U.S. Navy seaplane completes the first transatlantic flight.

    1940: Units from Germanys SS Deaths Head division battle British troops just 50 miles from the port at Dunkirk, in northern France, as Britains Expeditionary Force continues to fight to evacuate France.

    1941: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk by British naval and air forces.

    1942: German General Rommel begins a major offensive in Libya with his Afrika Korps.

    1944: American General MacArthur lands on Biak Island in New Guinea.

    1965: Augmenting the vital role now being played by U.S. aircraft carriers, whose planes participated in many of the raids over South and North Vietnam, U.S. warships from the 7th Fleet begin to fire on Viet Cong targets in the central area of South Vietnam.


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