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World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper 27 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
Admiral Franz von Hipper (right) elected to pursue a career in the Kaiserliche Marine in 1879. Proving a skilled officer, he rose through the ranks and by the dawn of World War I was commanding the H...
Spanish-American War: USS Iowa (BB-4) 25 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
Commissioned in 1897, USS Iowa (BB-4) (right) was the US Navy's first modern, ocean-going battleship. With the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in April 1898, Iowa and the North Atlantic Squadron...
War of 1812: Perry is Born 23 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
August 23, 1785 - Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (right) is born in Rhode Island. The son of a naval officer, Perry entered the US Navy in 1799 and saw action during the Quasi-War with France and the ...
Wars of the Roses: Richard Slayed at Bosworth Field 21 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
August 22, 1485 - King Richard III is defeated and killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field. Invading England in August 1485, to prevent the marriage of King Richard III and Elizabeth of York, Henry Tud...
World War II: Dieppe Raid Fails 19 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
August 19, 1942 - Allied efforts to raid Dieppe, France (right) fail completely. The brainchild of the British Chief of Combined Operations, Lord Louis Mountbatten, the Dieppe Raid was intended to sei...
World War II: Bombers Hit Schweinfurt & Regensburg 17 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
August 17, 1943 - American bombers (left) launch the first Schweinfurt-Regensburg raid. In accordance with the Pointblank Directive, which called for the destruction of the Luftwaffe prior to the inva...
World War I: HMS Queen Mary 15 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
August 1913 - HMS Queen Mary (right) is completed. The last British battlecruiser commissioned prior to World War I, Queen Mary was built at Jarrow by Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company. Sailing w...
World War II: Heinkel He 111 13 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
The Heinkel He 111 (right) was covertly designed in early 1930s as a fast medium bomber. Prohibited by the Treaty of Versailles from operating an air force, German officials had the He 111 publically...
Spanish-American War: USS Oregon (BB-3) 11 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
The third of the Indiana-class battleships, USS Oregon (BB-3) (right) was the only one to built on the West Coast. Constructed at San Francisco's Union Iron Works, Oregon entered commission in July 1...
American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek 9 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
August 10, 1861 - Union and Confederate forces clash at the Battle of Wilson's Creek (right). In the summer of 1861, Union forces under Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Lyon pursued Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Mi...
