30th April to 6th May

30th April
1794   Battle of Boulou, French forces defeat Spanish in War of the First Coalition
1945   Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin
1975   Saigon falls to Communist forces.

1st May
1778   Battle of Crooked Billet, British surprise and defeat sleeping American forces
1898   Battle of Manila Bay, US navy destroys Spanish Pacific fleet
1982   First Vulcan bomber raid on Argentinian held Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

2nd May
1863   Stonewall Jackson launches devastating flank attack at Chancellorsville
1863   Stonewall Jackson wounded by own side after reconnaissance trip
1982   HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentinian Cruiser, General Belgrano  

3rd May
1808   Swedish defenders in the Fortress of Sveaborg surrender to Russians

4th May
1471   Battle of Tewkesbury, House of York defeats House of Lancaster
1942   Battle of the Coral Sea, USS Yorktown attacks Japanese forces
1982   HMS Sheffield burnt out by Argentinian air launched Exocet missile

5th May
1864   Battle of the Wilderness starts
1945   All German U-Boats ordered to return to Germany
1980   SAS troops storm the Iranian Embassy in London, killing 5 out of 6 terrorists

6th May
1527   Rome sacked by soldiers of Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor
1863   Battle of Chancellorsville ends as Union forces withdraw across Rappahannock