19 MARCH Today in Military History 1279 Battle of Yamen: Mongols oust Chinas Song Dynasty 1452 German King Frederick IV of Hapsburg is crowned Holy Roman Emperor as Federick III (1452-1493) 1563 Peace of Amboise: ends the French First War of Religion (1562-1563) 1571 The Spanish capture Manila 1793 Battle of Le-Pont-Charron: Vendean rebels rout French Revolutionary troops by singing La Marseillaise 1815 Louis XVIII flees Paris, as Napoleon nears 1823 Abdication of Emperor Agustin I of Mexico (May 19, 1822-March 19, 1823), executed 1824 1865 Battle of Bentonville: Last major Civil War engagement in the East 1898 USS Oregon (BB-3) begins 14,000 mile voyage from San Francisco to Key West 1920 US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for the second time 1925 Former Sgt Angelo Roncalli is made a bishop, a stepping-stone to the papacy as John XXIII 1927 Bloody Nazi-Communist street brawls in Berlin 1940 Daladier Cabinet falls in France, as the Phony War continues 1942 Central Burma: Japanese attack the Chinese 200th Div 1942 FDR orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non-military duty 1942 William Slim takes command of the British Burma Corps. 1945 Adolf Hitler orders total destruction of German infrastructure 1945 Burma: British 36th Division captures Mogok 1945 USS Franklin (CV-13) is hit by Japanese air attack, 724 die, 265 wounded 1945 Kure Naval Base: USN air raids destroy last of the IJN. 1947 Chiang Kai-Sheks forces captures Jenan from the Communists 1951 Herman Wouks novel The Caine Mutiny is published 1965 Nicolae Ceausescu becomes 1st Secretary of Romanian CP 1989 Maiden flight of the Boeing V-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft 2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom begins (2003-2011)
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