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1813:
U.S. troops under James Wilkinson siege the Spanish-held city of Mobile in the future state of Alabama.
1858: At the Battle of Azimghur, the Mexicans defeat Spanish loyalists. 1861: President Lincoln mobilizes the Federal army. 1917: British forces defeat the Germans at the battle of Arras. 1940: French and British troops land at Narvik, Norway. 1944: The Soviet Red Army occupies Tarnopol, one of the principal cities of Eastern Galicia, across the former Polish border. 1948: Arab forces are defeated in battle with Israeli forces. 1952: President Harry Truman signs the official Japanese peace treaty. 1970: As part of the third phase of U.S. troop withdrawals announced by President Nixon, the 1st Infantry Division departs Vietnam. 1971: North Vietnamese troops ambush a company of Delta Raiders from the 101st Airborne Division near Fire Support Base Bastogne in Vietnam. The American troops were on a rescue mission. |