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War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms. -- Machiavelli |
889th Transportation Detachment(51 total words in this text)(2347 Reads)  Constituted 15 January 1997 in the Army Reserve as the 889th Transportation Detachment Activated 16 June 2001 at Salt Lake City, Utah 889th Transportation Detachment Honors Campaign Participation Credit None Decorations None |
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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. |
