Today in Military History:
April 25

Events of Military significance on this day:
 1464Battle of Hedgeley Moor. Yorkists rout Lancastrians, killing Sir Ralph Percy.
 1707Battle of Almanza. Franco-Spanish forces defeat English-Dutch-Portuguese leaving Philip V secure on the Spanish throne.
 1815British forces capture the mountain fortress of Almorah during British-Gurkha War.
 1846U.S. declares war on Mexico.
 1945United Nations Conference starts.
 1945Soviet and American armies meet at the Elbe river.


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