Offensive - Notable Historical Events
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Offensive - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1256-12-15 |
Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran as part of the Mongol offensive on Islamic southwest Asia. |
1579-01-07 |
England signs an offensive & defensive alliance with Netherland |
1862-01-26 |
Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a Union offensive, General George McClellan ignores order |
1900-07-16 |
Russia launch an offensive against the Chinese in Manchuria |
1914-08-21 |
French offensive in the Ardennen/Sambre |
1914-08-25 |
-26] Belgian offensive at Antwerp |
1914-09-09 |
-12] Belgian offensive from Antwerp |
1914-10-30 |
Allied offensive at Ypres (Belgium), aka 'Wipers', begins |
1914-12-16 |
French offensive in Artois (Pétain) |
1915-04-05 |
French begin Woëvre-offensive |
1915-06-20 |
German offensive in Argonnes |
1915-07-15 |
The Austro-German forces launch an offensive along the Eastern Front |
1915-07-17 |
Italian offensive at Isonzo |
1915-10-11 |
Bulgarian anti Serbian offensive begins |
1915-10-18 |
3rd Italians offensive at Isonzo |
1916-01-05 |
Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro |
1916-01-10 |
Russian offensive in Kaukasus |
1916-06-04 |
General Aleksei Brusilov begins a massive Russian offensive on the Eastern Front (WWI) |
1916-07-02 |
Russian offensive in Armenia |
1916-07-11 |
Germany launches final offensive in the Battle of Verdun |
1916-08-17 |
Bulgarian offensive in Macedonia |
1916-11-13 |
British offensive at Ancre, Belgium |
1918-03-21 |
-28] During WW I Germany launches Somme offensive |
1918-07-18 |
US & French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I |
1918-08-20 |
Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I |
1918-08-29 |
Bapaume taken by Australian Corps and Canadian Corps in the Hundred Days Offensive |
1920-06-06 |
Gen Wrangel opens offensive against red Army |
1937-03-20 |
Franco offensive at Guadalajara, Spain |
1937-07-05 |
Republican offensive by Brunete in Spain |
1937-08-24 |
Republican offensive near Belchite, Spain |
1938-07-25 |
Revolutionary offensive of Ebro Spain (Hollander Piet) |
1939-08-20 |
Russian offensive under General Zjoekov against Japanese invasion in Mongolia |
1939-12-22 |
Finnish counter offensive at Petsamo |
1939-12-23 |
Finnish counter offensive at Summa |
1940-01-05 |
Finnish offensive at Suomossalmi against Russia |
1940-02-01 |
Russia begins new offensive against Finland |
1940-06-05 |
Gen Von Bock starts German offensive in Somme |
1940-12-07 |
North Africa: British counter offensive under general O'Connor |
1940-12-09 |
British assault on Banghazi Libya: 1st major offensive in North Africa |
1940-12-10 |
British anti-offensive in Libya (Sidi Barrani) |
1941-01-03 |
Italian counter offensive in Albania |
1941-01-19 |
British offensive in Eritrea |
1941-03-30 |
German counter offensive in North-Africa |
1941-11-27 |
USSR begins a counter offensive, causes Germany to retreat |
1941-12-05 |
Russian anti offensive in Moscow drives out nazi army |
1942-03-26 |
German offensive in North Africa under General Erwin Rommel |
1942-05-08 |
German summer offensive opens in Crimea |
1942-06-05 |
British offensive in North Africa under General Ritchie |
1942-07-04 |
US air offensive against nazi-Germany begins |
1942-08-07 |
1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is |
1942-08-08 |
Russian anti-offensive of Voronezh under marshal Timosjenko |
1942-08-26 |
Russian counter offensive begins in Moscow |
1942-09-23 |
Russian counter offensive at Stalingrad |
1942-10-23 |
During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt |
1942-10-25 |
3rd day of battle at El Alamein: British offensive |
1942-10-28 |
6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery |
1942-11-11 |
-12] last German offensive in Stalingrad |
1942-11-19 |
Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along Don front |
1942-11-20 |
Soviet army offensive during WWII, 1 million Russians breach German lines |
1942-12-12 |
German offensive in South Western Stalingrad |
1943-01-10 |
Russian offensive against German 6th/4th Armies near Stalingrad |
1943-01-13 |
Russian offensive at Don under general Golikov |
1943-02-14 |
German offensive through de Faid-pass Tunisia |
1943-02-21 |
German offensive at Western Dorsalgebergte Tunisia |
1943-04-06 |
British offensive at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia |
1943-04-23 |
British & US offensive directed at Tunis/Bizerta |
1943-04-28 |
German-Italian counter offensive in North-Africa |
1943-07-12 |
Russian offensive at Orel |
1943-10-30 |
Soviet forces under Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin commenced offensive on the 4th Ukranian Front |
1944-01-14 |
Soviet army begins offensive at Oranienbaum/Wolchow |
1944-03-07 |
Japans begins offensive in Burma |
1944-05-05 |
Russian offensive against Sebastopol, Crimea |
1944-05-10 |
Chinese offensive in West-Yunnan |
1944-05-23 |
Chinese counter offensive at Hunan front |
1944-06-09 |
Russian offensive in Carelia |
1944-06-23 |
Russian offensive in central front sector |
1944-07-07 |
Heavy Japanese counter offensive on Saipan |
1944-07-20 |
Heavy storm hampers British offensive at Caen |
1944-07-26 |
US offensive at St-Lo/2nd Armour div occupies St Gilles |
1944-08-07 |
Canada/Polish offensive direction Falaise: Total Cooperation |
1944-08-10 |
US/French offensive at Alencon |
1944-08-14 |
Operation Tractable: new Canadian offensive |
1944-08-14 |
Russian offensive at Weichsel |
1944-08-20 |
Russian offensive at Jassy & Kisjinev |
1944-08-31 |
Allied offensive at "Gothen-linie" Italy |
1944-10-09 |
Canadian offensive in West-Zeeuws-Flanders |
1945-01-12 |
The Soviets begin a large offensive against the Nazis in Eastern Europe |
1945-04-19 |
US offensive against Shuri-barrier on Okinawa |
1945-04-26 |
World War II: Battle of Bautzen - last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht. |
1945-05-05 |
World War II: Admiral Karl Dönitz, leader of Germany after Hitler's death, orders all U-boats to cease offensive operations and return to their bases. |
1945-05-14 |
US offensive on Okinawa, Sugar Loaf conquered |
1948-10-18 |
Operation 10 Plagues - Israeli offensive against Egyptian army |
1950-01-01 |
Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China |
1950-07-19 |
French/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh |
1950-09-16 |
Viet Minh-offensive against French bases in Vietnam |
1950-11-06 |
Chinese offensive halts at Chongchon River, North Korea |
1951-01-16 |
Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi |
1951-01-25 |
UN begins counter offensive in Korea |
1951-03-20 |
Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java |
1951-05-19 |
UN begins counter offensive in Korea |
1952-02-19 |
French offensive at Hanoi |
1952-03-18 |
Communist offensive in Korea |
1952-10-08 |
Chinese offensive in Korea |
1953-04-14 |
Viet-Minh offensive in Laos |
1953-07-14 |
Communist offensive in Korea |
1957-06-16 |
French offensive in Algeria |
1957-08-03 |
British offensive against imam Galeb Ben Ali of Oman |
1958-05-24 |
Cuban President Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion |
1965-05-30 |
Viet Cong offensive against US base Da Nang, begins |
1967-02-23 |
US troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War |
1967-08-09 |
Biafran offensive against Nigerian army |
1967-09-19 |
Nigeria begins offensive against Biafra |
1968-01-30 |
Vietcong launches Tet offensive on US embassy in Saigon |
1968-01-31 |
Viet Cong Tet offensive begins |
1970-06-29 |
US ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia |
1970-09-17 |
Jordan launches offensive against guerrilla army |
1973-01-15 |
Pres Nixon suspends all US offensive action in N Vietnam |
1973-10-12 |
Israeli counter offensive in southern Syria |
1973-10-27 |
Alabama sets offensive record (828 yds), beats Virginia Tech 77-6 |
1975-02-02 |
Army offensive against rebels in Eritrea |
1978-02-07 |
Ethiopian offensive in Ogaden desert |
1978-03-15 |
-21] operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon |
1979-08-23 |
Iranian army opens offensive against Kurds |
1979-11-03 |
Marocco offensive against Polisario |
1981-01-10 |
El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "general offensive" |
1981-11-20 |
El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "limited offensive" |
1981-11-29 |
Major Iranian offensive mounted on central front |
1982-03-22 |
Iran offensive against Iraq |
1982-04-30 |
Iranian offensive in Khusistan |
1982-08-14 |
Iran "Ramadan-offensive" in Iraq |
1984-03-02 |
Iran offensive against Iraq fails |
1984-04-20 |
Russian offensive in Panshirvallei Afghanistan |
1985-11-17 |
NY Jets best offensive production beating Tampa Bay 62-28 |
1986-02-11 |
Iran begins Fajr-8 offensive against Iraq |
1986-12-24 |
Iran offensive against Iraqi islands of Shatt al-Arab |
1987-05-26 |
Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka |
1992-10-15 |
Charles Taylor launches an offensive against Monrovia Liberia |
1993-07-25 |
Israeli offensive against terrorist bases in South Lebanon |
1998-02-28 |
Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo. |
2008-08-07 |
Georgia launches a military offensive to surround and capture the capital of South Ossetia, Tskhinvali, from Russian control, starting the South Ossetia War. |
2014-11-04 |
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko orderes army reinforcements to key southern and eastern cities in case of a new rebel offensive in the regions |
2016-09-23 |
Syrian army announces start of a new major offensive in Aleppo |
2016-10-17 |
Iraq launches Mosul offensive to drive out Islamic State |
2017-02-19 |
Iraq Starts Offensive to Retake Western Mosul From ISIS |
2017-02-19 |
Iraqi planes drop leaflets on west Mosul to say offensive is imminent |
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Offensive - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1930-06-21 |
Mike McCormack, NFL offensive tackle (NY Yankees, Cleveland, Phila) |
1934-10-05 |
Ken Taylor, Our Man in Tehran/Iran's Charm Offensive |
1940-05-04 |
Dick Curl, Chester Pa, offensive coordinator coach (Barcelona Dragons) |
1947-03-19 |
Vince Martino, Schenectady NY, WLAF offensive asst (Barcelona Dragons) |
1950-08-29 |
Mark McHale, WLAF offensive line coach (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1951-06-12 |
Dean Unruh, Riverton Wyoming, WLAF offensive line coach (Rhein Fire) |
1956-01-27 |
Fred Quillan, Portland Oregon, WLAF offensive coach (Frankfurt Galaxy) |
1962-06-11 |
Michael Kenny, WLAF offensive assistant (Scottish Claymores) |
1962-10-27 |
Thomas Balou Martin, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
1963-08-23 |
Blaine Schmidt, CFL offensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats) |
1965-01-04 |
John Jackson, NFL offensive tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers) |
1965-08-24 |
Vince Alcalde, WLAF offensive assistant (Scottish Claymores) |
1966-04-22 |
Glenn Parker, NFL offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills, KC Chiefs) |
1966-09-28 |
Scott Adams, NFL offensive linesman (Chic Bears) |
1967-05-01 |
Bill Schultz, NFL/WLAF offensive tackle (Den Broncos, Scot Claymores) |
1967-06-24 |
Olaf Hampel, WLAF offensive linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy, Rhein Fire) |
1968-01-03 |
Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) |
1968-07-13 |
Kai Bjorn, CFL offensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes) |
1968-08-16 |
Eric Jonassen, offensive linesman (Arizona Cardinals) |
1968-08-18 |
Justin Strzelczyk, NFL guard/offensive tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers) |
1968-10-31 |
Russ McCullough, WLAF offensive linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy) |
1969-03-11 |
John Fina, NFL offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills) |
1969-12-21 |
Leon Searcy, NFL offensive tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers, Jackson Jaguars) |
1970-10-30 |
Stefan Gamlin, WLAF offensive linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy) |
1970-11-26 |
Mark Dixon, CFL offensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes) |
1970-12-27 |
Steve Hoyem, WLAF offensive tackle (Rhein Fire) |
1971-01-30 |
Derek Allen, NFL/WLAF offensive linebacker (NY Giants, Rhein Fire) |
1971-03-01 |
Tim Prinsen, CFL offensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats) |
1971-05-07 |
Jose Munoz, WLAF offensive tackle (Rhein Fire) |
1971-05-18 |
Ben Coleman, guard/offensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars) |
1971-06-25 |
Mike Sutherland, CFL offensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes) |
1971-10-10 |
Corey Louchiey, NFL offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills) |
1971-12-30 |
Steve Hardin, NFL/WLAF offensive tackle (Ind Colts, Rhein Fire) |
1972-01-17 |
Rohn Meyer, CFL offensive linebacker (Calgary Stampeders) |
1972-02-15 |
Lance Scott, NFL offensive linesman (Arizona Cardinals) |
1972-02-29 |
Mark Farraway, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) |
1972-03-28 |
Derek West, offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts) |
1972-04-05 |
Shigemasa Ito, WLAF offensive linebacker (Rhein Fire) |
1972-04-17 |
Tony Boselli, NFL offensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars) |
1972-06-09 |
Steven Salter, CFL offensive linebacker (Toronto Argonauts) |
1972-07-23 |
Seth Dittman, NFL offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colt, London Monarchs) |
1972-10-05 |
Derek Sholdice, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) |
1972-10-12 |
Jeroen Egge, WLAF offensive linesman (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1972-12-04 |
Jude St John, CFL offensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats) |
1973-03-11 |
Mike Mihelic, CFL offensive tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) |
1973-03-23 |
Rob Lazeo, CFL offensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders) |
1973-04-04 |
Ryan Coughlin, CFL offensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes) |
1973-04-05 |
Spencer Folau, NFL/WLAF offensive tackle (Balt Ravens, Rhein Fire) |
1973-04-17 |
Gene Makowsky, CFL offensive linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders) |
1973-05-11 |
Patrick Sapp, NFL offensive linebacker (San Diego Chargers) |
1973-05-22 |
Leslie Ratliffe, WLAF offensive tackle (Rhein Fire) |
1973-06-08 |
Michael Sheldon, NFL offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills) |
1973-06-22 |
Benjamin Fairbrother, CFL offensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders) |
1973-08-17 |
Paul Wiggins, offensive linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers) |
1973-08-30 |
Jimmy Herndon, offensive tackle (Chicago Bears) |
1973-12-20 |
Barry Stokes, WLAF offensive linesman (Rhein Fire) |
1974-01-09 |
Jamain Stephens, NFL offensive tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers) |
1974-01-17 |
Marcus Spriggs, offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills) |
1974-01-25 |
Adam Meadows, offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts) |
1974-02-02 |
J R Conrad, offensive tackle/guard (NY Jets) |
1974-08-31 |
Jeremy O'day, CFL offensive linebacker (Toronto Argonauts) |
1975-06-03 |
Jamie Nails, offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills) |
1975-09-24 |
Kyle Turley, former National Football League offensive lineman |
1976-05-25 |
Tarik Glenn, offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts) |
1977-09-15 |
Leander Jordan, National Football League offensive lineman |
1979-09-23 |
Bryant McKinnie, Woodbury, NJ, NFL Offensive Tackle (Minnesota Vikings) |
Offensive - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
2015-10-15 |
Ken Taylor, Our Man in Tehran/Iran's Charm Offensive |
