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| 1775 | Montgomery, Richard |  |
| Saint Johns Americans under General Richard Montgomery capture the British fort of Saint Johns
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| 1779 | Lee, Henry | |
| 19th Aug Paulus Hook Drives the British from their last major garrison in New Jersey
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| 1779 | Wayne, Anthony | |
| 15th July Stony Point Recaptures Stony Point, New Jersey
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| 1805 | Eaton, William | |
| Derna Captures Pasha Yusuf's capital
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| Derna Raises the stars & stripes at Derna leading to Yusuf's defeat & overthrow
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| 1812 | Hull, William | |
| 16th Aug Detroit William Hull surrenders Detroit to the British General Sir Isaac Brock
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| 1812 | Porter, David | |
| Galapagos Commands the Essex & captures 3 British whaling ships off the Galapagos
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| 1813 | Gamble, John Marshall | |
| Seringapatam Cammands the USS Greenwich which captures an armed British whaler
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| 1813 | Harrison, William Henry | |
| Detroit Harrison captures Detroit from the British
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| 1845 | Polk, James Knox | |
| 1st Mar Texas The USA captures Texas
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| 1846 | Edson, Alvin | |
| 14th Nov Tampico Capures Tampico
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| 1846 | Polk, James Knox | |
| 12th April Rio Grande Negotiations breakdown for the purchase of New Mexico
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| 12th April Rio Grande Orders US troops into the Rio Grande to acquire California for the Union
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| 1846 | Taylor, Zacharay | |
| 16th Nov Saltillo Captures Saltillo
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| 1847 | Nicholson, Augustus | |
| 14th Sep Mexico City Cuts down the Mexican colours & raises the Stars & Stripes
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| 1847 | Scott, Winfield | |
| 27th Mar Vera Cruz Captures Vera Cruz
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| 1847 | Terret, George | |
| 14th Sep Mexico City Breaks up a counter attack by the Mexican lancers before Mexico City is taken
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| 1859 | Brown, John | |
| 16th Oct Harper's Ferry The abolitionist, John Brown, captures the Government arsenal at Harper's Ferry
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| 1862 | Foote, Andrew | |
| Fort Henry Captures Fort Henry for the Union
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| 1862 | Grant, Hiram Ulysses | |
| Fort Donelson Captures Fort Donelson for the Union
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| 1863 | Grant, Ulysses Simpson | |
| 4th July Vicksburg Captures Vicksburg
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| 1863 | Lee, Robert Edward | |
| Vicksburg Captures Vicksburg at the 2nd attempt
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| 1863 | Sherman, William Tecumseh | |
| 1st Sep Atlanta Marches the Unionists through Georgia & takes Atlanta 1 Sept & Savannah 22 Dec
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| 22nd Dec Savanah Marches the Unionists through Georgia & takes Atlanta 1 Sept & Savannah 22 Dec
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| 1864 | Sherman, William Tecumseh | |
| Atlanta Sherman captures Atlanta
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| 1898 | McKinley, William | |
| 13th Aug Manila Manila surrenders to the US
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| 1898 | Merritt, Wesley | |
| 13th Aug Manila Accepts the surrender of Manila
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| 1914 | Wilson, Thomas Woodrow | |
| 22nd April Veracruz US forces bombard & seize the Mexican port of Veracruz
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| 1942 | Fredenall, Lloyd | |
| Nov Oran Captures Oran during the North African landings
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| 1943 | Clark, Mark | |
| 9th Sep Salerno Units of the 5th Army land on the Italian mainland at Salerno
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| 1943 | Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 11th June Pantelleria Eisenhower's forces capture the Italian island of Pantelleria
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| 16th Aug Sicily The Allies complete the capture of Sicily
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| 9th Sep Salerno The 5th US Army lands in the Gulf of Salerno as part of an operation to capture Naples
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| 1943 | Patton, George Smith | |
| 22nd July Palermo Caputres the Sicillian capital of Palermo
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| 11th Aug Gela Captures Gela during the 1st American landings on Sicily
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| 17th Aug Messina Arrives at Messina 2 hours ahead of Montgomery
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| 17th Aug Sicily Sicily is in Allied hands after a campaign lasting 38 days & costing 31,000 casualties
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| 1944 | Bradley, Omar Nelson | |
| 11th June Carentan Carentan is captured, uniting all the American forces
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| 18th June St Lo An attack of St Lo is launched but is slowed down by the Normandy countryside, bocage
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| 18th June Barneville The Americans capture Barneville
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| 18th June Barneville The Cotentin Peninsular is sealed isolating 4 German Divisions & the port of Cherbourg
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| 21st June Cherbourg The US forces arrive at the hills overlooking Cherbourg
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| 26th June Cherbourg The US Army captures the Fort du Roule, the key to the defences of Cherbourg
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| 27th June Cherbourg Cherbourg falls to the Allies
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| 1st July La Haye Captures La-Haye-du-Puits
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| 25th July St Lo The US advances across St Lo to Periers Road
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| 30th July Avranches Avranches is captured by Patton
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| 13th Dec Schmidt Dam Launches an offensive for the Schmidt Dam to stop the Germans flooding the Roer Valley
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| 1944 | Dunn, Edward | |
| 6th June St Marcouf Captures the Islands of St-Marcouf off Utah beach
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| 1944 | Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 21st Oct Aachen The US 1st & 30th divisions of infantry capture Aachen
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| 24th Nov Strasbourg The Allies capture Strasbourg
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| 1944 | Hodges, Courtney Hicks | |
| Liege Captures Liege & liberates it from the Germans
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| Sep Siegfred Line Breaches the Siegfred Line
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| 1944 | Patton, George Smith | |
| Morlaix Captures Morlaix
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| Nantes Captures Nantes
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| Quimper Captures Quimper
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| St Brieuc Captures St Brieuc
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| 28th July Countance Captures Coutance
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| 31st July Avranches Arrives at Avranches
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| 31st July Granville Captures Granville
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| 1st Aug Avranches Patton captures Avranches
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| 4th Aug Rennes Patton captures Rennes
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| 21st Aug Mantes Mantes is captured & the Seine crossed, Patton hopes to head directly for Germany
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| 13th Dec Metz Captures Metz
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| 1944 | Woodrun, Clifton | |
| 25th Aug Paris After the capture of Paris Woodrun estimates that the war will be over by October
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| 1945 | Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 7th Mar Remagen The Allies capture the Remagen Bridge, still intact, just South of Bonn
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| 1945 | Hodges, Courtney Hicks | |
| Remagen Captures the Bridge across the Rhine at Remagen
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| 1945 | Hoge, William Morris | |
| Remagen 1st Allied bridgehead over the Rhine
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| Remagen Combat Command B of the US 9th Armored Division captures the bridge at Remagen
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| 7th Mar Remagen Commands Combat Command B of the US 9th Armored Div which captures the Remagen bridge
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| 1945 | Patch, Alexander McCarrell | |
| April Munich Captures Munich
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| April Nuremburg Captures Nuremburg
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| 1950 | Almond, Edward | |
| 15th Sep Inchon Directs the Inchon landings
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| 1950 | Clark, Eugene | |
| 1st Sep Inchon Put ashore near Inchon to gain information about the harbour prior to the US landings
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| 15th Sep Inchon Turns on a lighthouse beacon to help guide the X corps to their beacheads
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| 1950 | MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 25th July Yongdok The Nth Koreans capture Yongdok, only 1/4 of Sth Korea is under UN control
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| 23rd Aug Tokyo From his Tkyo HQ MacArthur poposes plans for the US capture of Inchon
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| 28th Aug Tokyo The JCS gives its approval for the Inchon landings
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| 13th Sep Inchon US destroyers & cruisers shell enemy positions 2 days before the landings
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| 15th Sep Inchon The US forces launch a surprise landing at Inchon 150 miles nth of the Pusan perimeter
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| 16th Sep Kimbo Airport The 5th Marines capture Kimbo Airport, Sth Korea's largest airport
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| 22nd Sep River Han The US reaches the Han River near Seoul
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| 23rd Sep Inchon Nth Korean units begin withdrawing to the nth
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| 27th Sep Pusan Communist supply lines are broken
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| 27th Sep Seoul MacArthur formally restores Seoul to President Rhee as the seat of government
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| 27th Sep Pusan Nth Korean forces around the Pusan perimeter retreat
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| 27th Sep Seoul Seoul is captured by the 1st Cavalry Division & the 7th Infantry Division
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| 27th Sep Seoul The 2 week struggle to take Seoul ends, 130,000 nth Koreans had been captured
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| 1st Oct Pyongyang 1 October-24 November, the North Koreans are driven North as far as the Yalu River
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| 11th Oct Wonsan The ROK 3rd Division captures the Nth Korean port of Wonsan
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| 20th Oct Pyongyang Captures Pyongyang for the UN
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| 20th Oct Pyongyang Pyongyang is captured by the ROK & US 187th Regimental Combat Team
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| 26th Oct Wonsan US Marines secure the port of Wonsan
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| 1950 | Truman, Harry S | |
| 28th Mar Seoul North Korea captures Seoul, it has destroyed most of the South Korean Army
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| 15th Sep Inchon US forces capture Inchon
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| 1951 | MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 14th Mar Seoul Counter-attacking Allied forces retake Seoul
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| 1951 | Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 14th Mar Chunshon Recaptures Cunshon from the communists
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| 14th Mar Seoul Recaptures Seoul from the communists
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| 14th Mar Seoul Seoul is recaptured by the Americans
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| 1968 | Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Jan The Nth Koreans capture USS Pueblo, Johnson sends 26 more B-52s to the Pacific
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| 2001 | Bush, George Walker | |
| 12th Nov Kabul Taliban forces leave Kabul
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| 2003 | Bush, George Walker | |
| 9th April Baghdad Bush declares the end of major combat operations, terminating the Baath Party's rule and removing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from office
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| 9th April Baghdad The Iraqi military is defeated & Baghdad falls
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