Today in Military History: March 10
Events of Military significance on this day:
|   |  241 B.C. | Battle of Aegates, Roman ships defeat Carthaginian navy during First Punic War.  This defeat cost Carthage its claim to Sicily. |  
|   | 1705 | Battle of Marbella. English squadron destroyed French squadron enabling British and Dutch troops to land and lay siege to Barcelona. |  
|   | 1905 | Following three weeks of battle and 50,000 casualties, Japanese capture Mukden, a place of little strategic value. |  
|   | 1939 | Germany annexes Chechloslovakia. |  
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