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Battle of Issus 1st May 0333 BC The Battle of Issus occurred in southern Anatolia, in November 333 BC. The invading troops, led by the young Alexander of Macedonia, defeated the army personally led by Darius III of Achaemenid Persia in the… Read more...
Maiden voyage of RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 2nd May 1967 RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, often referred to simply as the 'QE2', is a former Cunard ocean liner. She was named after the earlier Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth and served as the flagship of the… Read more...
German Submarine U-110 captured by Royal Navy 9th May 1941 U-110 was captured by the Royal Navy on 9th May 1941 which provided a number of secret cipher documents to the British. U-110's capture, later given the code name "Operation Primrose", was one of the… Read more...
WWII: German Afrika Korps surrender to Allied forces 13th May 1943 The Afrika Korps was derived and formed upon Adolf Hitler's personal choice of Erwin Rommel to its command. Following the defeat at El Alamein and the Allied invasion in Morocco and Algeria, The German Armed… Read more...
Spanish Armada sets Sail 19th May 1588 Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon in Portugal to attack England. The subsequent defeat of the Spanish Armada is one of the turning points in English history, and it was perhaps the defining episode in… Read more...
Battle of Ramillies 23rd May 1706 On Sunday 23 May 1706, near the village of Ramillies in modern Belgium, the Anglo-Dutch army commanded by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, inflicted a devastating defeat on the French army of the Duke… Read more...
