#OTD General Henry Clinton's British forces evacuated Philadelphia on June 18, 1778, after a nine-month occupation. Prompted by France's entry into the war and fears of a naval blockade, the British marched overland toward New York City, ending the campaign before the Battle of Monmouth.
#history
On June 18, 1940, Hitler and Mussolini met in Munich in the midst of the Fall of France.Mussolini, whose country had entered the war days prior, sought to demand massive French territorial concessions.However, Hitler curbed these demands, seeking a swift armistice to neutralize the French fleet
#WW2
#OTD The Reinsurance Treaty, signed on June 18, 1887, was a secret pact to prevent a Franco-Russian alliance. It mandated that Germany and Russia remain neutral if attacked by a third power, except if Germany attacked France or Russia attacked
#history #reinsurancetreaty #bismarck #politics
#OTD On June 18, 1940, the Soviet occupation of the Baltic States was underway. Following the June 15 invasion of Lithuania, thousands of Red Army troops entered Latvia and Estonia, taking control under the secret protocols of the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
#WW2 #WWII #history #militaryhistory
#OTD President Carter and Soviet Leader Brezhnev signed the SALT II treaty on June 18, 1979, but it was withdrawn from Senate consideration following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Despite this, both nations honored the treaty's terms until its expiration in 1985.
#history #coldwar #usa
#OTD On June 18, 1965, the United States launched its first B-52 strategic heavy bomber raid of the Vietnam War, marking the combat debut of the B-52 Stratofortress. Thirty B-52 bombers deployed from Guam struck a Viet Cong stronghold in Binh Duong Province, northwest of Saigon
#history #vietnamwar
#OTD RMS Lancastria was a British ocean liner requisitioned by the UK Government during the Second World War. She was sunk on 17 June 1940 during Operation Aerial. An estimated 4,000–7,000 people died in the sinking.
#WW2 #WWII #navalhistory #history #militaryhistory
#OTD The Treaty of Shimoda (Japan-US Additional Treaty) was concluded on June 17, 1857, expanding the 1854 Convention of Kanagawa. Negotiated by Townsend Harris, it granted Americans the right to permanently reside in Shimoda and Nagasaki, buy supplies,open consulates and fix exchange rates
#history
#OTD The battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815) was fought in Belgium between Napoleon’s French Army and a coalition led by Britain’s Duke of Wellington and Prussian field marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. #Napoleon was defeated and the battle brought an end to the Napoleonic Wars
#history
#OTD On June 17, 1579, Sir Francis Drake anchored the Golden Hinde in Drakes Bay, California. Reminded of Dover's white cliffs, he named the land Nova Albion and claimed it for Queen Elizabeth I as an English foothold in the new world.
#history #britishhistory #maritimehistory
