Today in Military History:
April 9

Events of Military significance on this day:
  641Battle of al-Fustat, Amr ibn-al-As captures Babylon from the Byzantines.
 1241Battle of Wahlstatt. Henry II, Duke of Silesia attempted to block Monguls - not one man of Henry's force survived.
 1388Battle of Naefels. 500 Swiss, roll boulders on 6,000 Austrians, then a attack and route them. The Austrians lost 80 knights and 2,000 soldiers.
 1865Lee surrenders at Appomattox.
 1940Germans invade Norway.
 1940Germans invade Denmark.
 1940Battle of Calabria. Naval skirmish between British and Italian forces.
 1945Königsberg taken by Russian army.


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