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- General Douglas MacArthur

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Today in Military History

August 30



1813:

Battle of Kulm - French forces defeated by Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.


1862:

Battle of Richmond, Kentucky - Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout a Union army under General Horatio Wright.


1914:

Battle of Tannenberg


1922:

Battle of Dumlupinar, final battle in Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) ("Turkish War of Independence")


1941:

Siege of Leningrad begins.


1944:

MONTECCHIO, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 31 Aug 44)


1945:

British naval fore arrives in Hong Kong to reoccupy colony


1945:

Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.




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