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Military History Anniversaries 01 thru 14 Feb

Events in History over the next 14 day period that had U.S. military involvement or

impacted in some ay on U.S military operations or American interests

Feb 01 1781 American Revolution: American Brigadier General William Lee Davidson dies in

combat attemting to revent General !"arles !orn#allis$ arm% &rom crossing t"e !ata#ba Riverin 'ec(lenburg !ount%) *ort" !arolina+

Feb 01 18,1 !ivil War: -e.as /ucceeds+ -e.as becomes t"e sevent" state to secede &rom t"e

nion #"en a state convention votes 1,, to 8 in &avor o& t"e measure+

Feb 01 10 +/+ troos leave !uba a&ter installing 2ose 'iguel Gome3 as resident+ Feb 01 117 WW4: -"e let"al t"reat o& t"e German 5boat submarine raises its "ead again) as

German% returns to t"e olic% o& unrestricted submarine #ar&are it "ad reviousl% susended inresonse to ressure &rom t"e nited /tates and ot"er neutral countries+

Feb 01 16 WW: +/+ *av% conducts 'ars"allsGilberts raids) t"e &irst o&&ensive action b%

t"e nited /tates against 2aanese &orces in t"e aci&ic -"eater+

Feb 01 169 WW: 2aanese &orces on Guadalcanal 4sland) de&eated b% 'arines) start to

#it"dra# a&ter t"e 2aanese emeror &inall% gives t"em ermission+

Feb 01 16 WW: +/+ Rangers and Filiino guerrillas rescue 19 American survivors o& t"e

Bataan Deat" 'arc"+

Feb 01 11 !old War: B% a vote o& 66 to 7) t"e nited *ations General Assembl% asses a

resolution condemning t"e communist government o& t"e eole$s Reublic o& !"ina &or acts o&aggression in ;orea+ 4t #as t"e &irst time since t"e nited *ations &ormed in 16 t"at it "adcondemned a nation as an aggressor+

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Feb 09 117 WW4: A da% a&ter German% announced a ne# olic% o& unrestricted submarine

#ar&are resident Woodro# Wilson sea(s &or t#o "ours be&ore a "istoric session o& !ongress toannounce t"at t"e nited /tates is brea(ing dilomatic relations #it" t"em+

Feb 09 169 WW: -"e /A- Dorc"ester is sun( b% a German 5boat+ =nl% 90 o& 0 men

aboard survived+ !ongress declares t"is as Four !"alains Da%+ -"e !"ael o& t"e Four!"alains) dedicated b% resident arr% -ruman) is one o& man% memorials establis"ed tocommemorate t"e Four !"alains stor%+

Feb 09 166 WW: Beginning o& t"e German Arm% o&&ensive against t"e An3io bridge"ead in

4tal%+ Feb 09 166 WW: American &orces invade and ta(e control o& t"e 'ars"all 4slands) long

occuied b% t"e 2aanese and used b% t"em as a base &or militar% oerations+

Feb 09 166 WW: -"e nited /tates s"ells t"e 2aanese "omeland &or t"e &irst time at ;urile

4slands+

Feb 09 16 WW: As art o& =eration -"undercla) 1000 B17s o& t"e @ig"t" Air Force

bomb Berlin) a raid #"ic" (ills bet#een )00 to 9)000 and de"ouses anot"er 10)000+

Feb 09 16 WW: -"e nited /tates and t"e "iliine !ommon#ealt" begin a mont"5long

battle to reta(e 'anila &rom 2aan+

Feb 09 16 WW: /in(ing o& allied troo s"i Dorc"ester results in !ongress declaring t"is

as Four !"alains Da%+ ,76 o& 06 aboard dro#n+

Feb 09 10 !old War: ;laus Fuc"s) a German5born Britis" scientist #"o "eled develoed

t"e atomic bomb) is arrested in Great Britain &or assing to5secret in&ormation about t"e bomb tot"e /oviet nion+ -"e arrest o& Fuc"s led aut"orities to several ot"er individuals involved in a s%ring) culminating #it" t"e arrest o& 2ulius and @t"el Rosenberg and t"eir subseCuent e.ecution+

Feb 09 1,1 !old War: -"e nited /tates Air Forces begins =eration Loo(ing Glass) and

over t"e ne.t 90 %ears) a HDoomsda% laneH is al#a%s in t"e air) #it" t"e caabilit% o& ta(ingdirect control o& t"e nited /tates bombers and missiles in t"e event o& t"e destruction o& t"e/A!s command ost+

Feb 06 18,1 !ivil War: -"e !on&ederac% is oen &or business #"en in 'ontgomer%) Alabama)

delegates &rom si. brea(5a#a% +/+ states convene t"e rovisional !on&ederate !ongress and&orm t"e !on&ederate /tates o& America+ -"e &irst order o& business #as dra&ting a constitution+-"e congress used t"e +/+ !onstitution as a model) ta(ing most o& it verbatim+ 4n ust &our da%s)a tentative document to govern t"e ne# nation #as "ammered out+

Feb 06 18 -"e "iliine5American War begins #it" t"e t#o da% Battle o& 'anila+ !asualties

and losses: / 8 5 4 )000

Feb 06 161 WW: -"e nited /ervice =rgani3ation >/=? is created to entertain American

troos+

Feb 06 16 WW: Ialta !on&erence+ President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister

Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet to discuss the Allied war

eort a!ainst "erman# and Japan and to tr# and settle some na!!in! diplomatic

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issues. While a num$er o% important a!reements were reached at the con%erence,

tensions over &uropean issues'particularl# the %ate o% Poland'%oreshadowed the

crum$lin! o% the "rand Alliance that had developed $etween the (.S, "reat )ritain,

and the Soviet (nion durin! World War ** and hinted at the Cold War to come.

Feb 06 16 WW: /anto -omas 4nternment !am is liberated &rom 2aanese aut"orit%+

Feb 06 16 WW: First &irebombing raid against 2aan at ;obe+

Feb 06 16 WW: -"e Ialta !on&erence bet#een t"e HBig -"reeH >!"urc"ill) Roosevelt) and

/talin? oens at t"e Livadia alace in t"e !rimea+

Feb 06 16 WW: -"e Britis" 4ndian Arm% and 4merial 2aanese Arm% begin a series o&battles (no#n as t"e Battle o& o(o(u and 4rra#add% River oerations+

Feb 06 16 WW: // Barbel >//91,? sun( b% 2aanese naval aircra&t in /out" !"ina /ea

in ala#an assage+ 81 (illed

Feb 06 17 -"e &irst nuclearo#ered submarine) t"e // *autilus >//*71?) logs its

,0)000t" nautical mile+

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Feb 0 118 WW4: /te"en W+ -"omson s"ot do#n a German airlane+ 4t #as t"e &irst aerial

victor% b% t"e +/+ militar%+

Feb 0 161 WW4: Adol& itler scolds "is A.is artner) Benito 'ussolini) &or "is troos$

retreat in t"e &ace o& Britis" advances in Lib%a) demanding t"at t"e Duce command "is &orces toresist+

Feb 0 161 WW: Allied &orces begin t"e Battle o& ;eren to cature ;eren) @ritrea >A&rica?+

!asualties and losses: ;K4*KFR 9)7, 5 4tal% 99)867+

Feb 0 16 WW: General Douglas 'acArt"ur returns to 'anila+

Feb 0 18 A "%drogen bomb (no#n as t"e -%bee Bomb is lost b% t"e / Air Force o&& t"e

coast o& /avanna") Georgia) never to be recovered+

A M! 1" nuclear #$00 pound bomb

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Feb 0, 1778 American Revolution: Reresentatives &rom t"e nited /tates and France sign t"e

-reat% o& Amit% and !ommerce and t"e -reat% o& Alliance in aris+ -"e -reat% o& Amit% and!ommerce recogni3ed t"e nited /tates as an indeendent nation and encouraged trade bet#eenFrance and t"e America) #"ile t"e -reat% o& Alliance rovided &or a militar% alliance againstGreat Britain) stiulating t"at t"e absolute indeendence o& t"e nited /tates be recogni3ed as acondition &or eace and t"at France #ould be ermitted to conCuer t"e Britis" West 4ndies+

Feb 0, 18, !ivil War: -"e +/+ *av% gives t"e nited /tates its &irst victor% o& t"e #ar) b%

caturing Fort enr%) -ennessee) (no#n as t"e Battle o& Fort enr%+ !asualties and losses: / 605 !/A 7+

Feb 0, 18 /anis" American War: -"e -reat% o& aris >188?) a eace treat% bet#een t"e

nited /tates and /ain) is rati&ied b% t"e nited /tates /enate+

Feb 0, 117 WW4: 2ust t"ree da%s a&ter +/+ resident Woodro# Wilson$s seec" o& Februar%

9) 117in #"ic" "e bro(e dilomatic relations #it" German% and #arned t"at #ar #ould&ollo# i& American interests at sea #ere again assaulteda German submarine toredoes andsin(s t"e Anc"or Line assenger steamer !ali&ornia o&& t"e 4ris" coast+

Feb 0, 1 -"e Was"ington *aval -reat% #as signed in Was"ington) D!) limiting t"e naval

armaments o& nited /tates) Britain) 2aan) France) and 4tal%+

Feb 0, 169 WW: War% o& "is gro#ing anti#ar attitude) Benito 'ussolini removes !ount

Galea33o !iano) "is son5in5la#) as "ead o& 4tal%$s &oreign ministr% and ta(es over t"e dut%"imsel&+ A&ter "umiliating de&eats in Greece and *ort" A&rica) !iano began arguing &or a eaceagreement #it" t"e Allies+

Feb 0, 169 WW: -"e +/+ government reCuired t"e 110)000 disosessed 2aaneseAmericans &orcibl% "eld in concentration >internment? cams to ans#er lo%alt% surve%s+

%he Man&anar 'elocation (enter) a one o* the concentration camps here +apanese,Americans ere *orced to live

throu-hout orld ar //.

Feb 0, 16 WW: 'acArt"ur reorts t"e &all o& 'anila) and t"e liberation o& )000 risoners+

Feb 0, 1 !old War: -"e nited /tates success&ull% test5&ired its &irst intercontinental

ballistic missile >4!B'?) (no#n as -itan) &rom !ae !anaveral+ 4t #as a t#o5stage roc(etdesigned to carr% nuclear #ar"eads

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Feb 0, 1,, 4!!/?) delegated to oversee t"e cease5&ire) start to ta(e u t"eir ositions+ -"ecease5&ire "ad gone into e&&ect as a rovision o& t"e aris eace Accords+

Feb 07 177 American Revolution: 4n London Benamin Fran(lin ublis"es An 4maginar%

/eec" in de&ense o& American courage+ Fran(lin$s seec" #as intended to counter an unnamedo&&icer$s comments to arliament t"at t"e Britis" need not &ear t"e colonial rebels) becauseAmericans are uneCual to t"e eole o& t"is !ountr% MBritainN in Devotion to Women) and in!ourage) and #orse t"an all) t"e% are religious+E Fran(lin resonded to t"e t"ree5ronged critiCue#it" "is usual #it and acuit%+ *oting t"at t"e colonial oulation "ad increased #"ile t"e Britis"oulation "ad declined) Fran(lin concluded t"at American men must t"ere&ore be moree&&ectuall% devoted to t"e Fair /e.E t"an t"eir Britis" bret"ren+

Feb 07 18, !ivil War: =ne da% a&ter t"e &all o& Fort enr% on t"e -ennessee River)

!on&ederate General Albert /idne% 2o"nston) commander o& Rebel &orces in t"e West) orders1)000 rein&orcements to Fort Donelson+ -"is &ort la% on t"e !umberland River ust a &e# miles&rom Fort enr%+ 2o"nston$s decision turned out to be a mista(e) as man% o& t"e troos #erecatured #"en t"e Fort Donelson &ell to t"e Ian(ees on Februar% 1,+

Feb 07 11 WW4: 4n a blinding sno#storm) General Frit3 von Belo# and German%$s @ig"t"

Arm% launc" a surrise attac( against t"e Russian lines ust nort" o& t"e 'asurian La(es on t"e@astern Front) beginning t"e Winter Battle o& t"e 'asurian La(es >also (no#n as t"e /econdBattle o& t"e 'asurian La(es?+ -"e Russians su&&ered ,)000 casualties in t"e Winter BattleJ anestimated 100)000 more "ad been ta(en risoner+ German losses #ere comarativel% small)t"oug" man% German troos su&&ered &rom e.osure due to t"e e.treme cold+

Feb 07 169 WW: 4merial 2aanese naval &orces comlete t"e evacuation o& 10), 4merial

2aanese Arm% troos &rom Guadalcanal during =eration ;e) ending 2aanese attemts to reta(et"e island &rom Allied &orces in t"e Guadalcanal !amaign+

Feb 07 166 WW: 4n An3io) 4tal%) German &orces launc" a countero&&ensive during t"e Allied

=eration /"ingle+

Feb 07 11 5 ;orea: /anc"eong5am%ang massacre: /out" ;orean Arm% 11t" Division (illed

70 unarmed citi3ens in /anc"eong and am%ang) /out" G%eongsang district o& /out" ;orea+

-"e victims #ere civilians and 8O o& t"em #ere #omen) c"ildren and elderl% eole+ Feb 07 1,


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Feb 08 168 !old War: 2ose" !ardinal 'inds3ent%) t"e "ig"est !at"olic o&&icial in ungar%)

is convicted o& treason and sentenced to li&e imrisonment b% t"e !ommunist eole$s !ourt+=utraged observers in Western @uroe and t"e nited /tates condemned bot" t"e trial and'inds3ent%$s conviction as erversionsE and l%nc"ings+E

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Feb 0 10 !old War: /enator 2ose" 'c!art"% claims t"at "e "as a list #it" t"e names o&

over 00 members o& t"e Deartment o& /tate t"at are (no#n communists+E -"e seec" vaulted'c!art"% to national rominence and sar(ed a nation#ide "%steria about subversives in t"eAmerican government+

Feb 0 1,6 -"e G+4+ 2=@ action &igure made its debut as an 11+ inc" HdollH &or bo%s #it" 1

moving arts) named a&ter t"e movie) -"e /tor% o& G+4+ 2=@+

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Feb 10 17,9 Frenc" and 4ndian War: -"e 17,9 -reat% o& aris ends t"e #ar and France cedes

uebec to Great Britain+

Feb 10 177 American Revolution: Battle o& !arr$s Fort 5 A &orce o& more t"an 960 men &rom

t"e /out" !arolina and Georgia militias) led b% !olonel Andre# ic(ens o& /out" !arolina #it"!olonel 2o"n Dool% and Lieutenant !olonel @lia" !lar(e o& Georgia) attac( a grou o&aro.imatel% 00 Lo%alists under t"e command o& !olonel 2o"n amilton at Robert !arr$s Fort)in Wil(es !ount%) Georgia+

Feb 10 11, WW4: As a result o& bitter disagreements #it" resident Woodro# Wilson over

America$s national de&ense strategies) Lindle% '+ Garrison resigns "is osition as t"e nited/tates secretar% o& #ar+

Feb 10 16 WW: A 2aanese submarine launc"es a brutal attac( on 'id#a%) a coral atoll

used as a +/+ *av% base+ 4t #as t"e &ourt" bombing o& t"e atoll b% 2aanese s"is sinceDecember

Feb 10 16 resident D#ig"t @isen"o#er #arns against nited /tates intervention in W'D? t"ere+

U,8 Spy 9lane

Feb 11 18, 5 !ivil War: General l%sses /+ Grant commences t"e , da% Battle o& Fort

Donelson) -ennessee+

Feb 11 198 2aan re&uses to reveal naval data reCuested b% t"e +/+ and Britain.

Feb 11 16 WW: // /"ar( >//176? sun( b% 2aanese destro%er Iama(a3eJ 'a(assar

/trait) 10 miles east o& 'enado) !elebes+ (illed+

Feb 11 16 WW: -"e German battles"is Gneisenau and /c"arn"orst) as #ell as t"e "eav%

cruiser rin3 @ugen) escae &rom t"e Frenc" ort o& Brest and ma(e a mad das" u t"e @nglis"!"annel to sa&et% in German #aters+

Feb 11 169 WW: General D#ig"t @isen"o#er is selected to command t"e allied armies in

@uroe+

Feb 11 1, !old War: Donald 'aclean and Gu% Burgess) &ormer members o& t"e Britis"

Foreign =&&ice #"o "ad disaeared &rom @ngland in 11) resur&ace in 'osco#+ -"eir surriseaearance and &ormal statement to t"e ress ut an end to one o& t"e most intriguing m%steries o&t"e earl% !old War+

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Slobodan Milosevic durin- his ar crimes trial

Feb 19 177, American Revolution: atric( enr% becomes colonel o& t"e First eCuivalent to nearl% 70)000 tons o& -*-?+

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ascension to o#er o& t"e re&orm5minded 'i("ail Gorbac"ev in 18+!"ernen(o$s brie& rule #asc"aracteri3ed b% a return to t"e "ard5line olicies o& Bre3"nev+

Feb 19 11 Gul& War: -#o recision5guided missiles destro%ed t"e Amiri%a" subterranean

bun(er in Bag"dad #"ile being used as an air5raid s"elter b% 608 4raCi civilians during t"e &irstGul& War+ -"e resulting deat"s o& all inside made it t"e single most let"al incident &or non5combatants in modern air #ar&are+ -"e +/+ "ad detected signals coming &rom t"e bun(er and

considered it a militar% command and control center+

+:isitors tour the Amiriyah 3un!er. %he /ra;i -overnment has preserved the bun!er as a public memorial.

Feb 16 1778 American Revolution: -"e nited /tates Flag is &ormall% recogni3ed b% a &oreign

naval vessel &or t"e &irst time) #"en Frenc" Admiral -oussaint5Guillaume icCuet de la 'otterendered a nine gun salute to // Ranger) commanded b% 2o"n aul 2ones+

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Feb 16 177 American Revolution: Battle o& ;ettle !ree( 5 A atriot militia &orce o& 960 led

b% !olonel Andre# ic(ens o& /out" !arolina #it" !olonel 2o"n Dool% and Lieutenant !olonel@lia" !lar(e o& Georgia de&eats a larger &orce o& 700 Lo%alist militia commanded b% !olonel2ames Bo%d 177 at ;ettle !ree() Georgia+ !asualties and losses / 9 GB T16+

Feb 16 18,6 !ivil War: nion General William -+ /"erman enters 'eridian) 'ississii)during a #inter camaign t"at served as a recursor to /"erman$s 'arc" to t"e /ea camaign inGeorgia+ -"is o&ten5overloo(ed 'ississii camaign #as t"e &irst attemt b% t"e nion at total#ar&are) a stri(e aimed not ust at militar% obectives but also at t"e #ill o& t"e /out"ern eole+

Feb 16 16 WW: Battle o& asir anang contributes to t"e &all o& /ingaore+

Feb 16 169 WW: Battle o& t"e ;asserine ass 5 German General @r#in Rommel and "is

A&ri(a ;ors launc" an o&&ensive against an Allied de&ensive line in -unisia) *ort" A&rica+ -"e;asserine ass #as t"e site o& t"e nited /tates$ &irst maor battle de&eat o& t"e #ar+'ore t"an1)000 American soldiers #ere (illed b% Rommel$s o&&ensive) and "undreds #ere ta(en risoner+

Feb 16 16 WW: =n t"e &irst da% o& t"e bombing o& Dresden) t"e Britis" Ro%al Air Force

and t"e nited /tates Arm% Air Forces begin &ire5bombing Dresden) t"e caital o& t"e Germanstate o& /a.on%+

Feb 16 16 WW: *avigational error leads to t"e mista(en bombing o& rague)

!3ec"oslova(ia b% an American sCuadron o& B517s assisting in t"e /oviets


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