Today in Military History:
February 15

Events of Military significance on this day:
 1258Mongols under Hulago, grandson of Ghengis Kahn, sacked Baghdad.
 1780British assault and capture fortress at Ahmedabad,
 1871French surrender fortress of Belfort during the Franco-Prussian War.
 1898USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor. Probable cause: spontaneous ignition of coal in fuel bunker.
 1942Singapore falls to the Japanese in World War II.
 1989Soviets withdraw from Afghanistan.


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