21st May to 27th May

21st May
1879   Battle of Iquique, Peruvian Ironclad sinks Chilean Corvette
1879   Battle of Punta Gruesa, Peruvian Armoured Frigate strikes reef and is disabled
1941   SS Robin Moor is the first US ship sunk by a U-Boat in World War II
1982   British forces land at San Carlos, Falkland Islands
1982   HMS Ardent sunk by Argentinians

22nd May
334BC Battle of Granicus, Alexander the Great defeats Persians
1939   Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel
1968    USS Scorpion, an American Submarine, lost in the Atlantic, cause unknown

23rd May
1706   Battle of Ramillies, allied army commanded by Marlborough defeats French
1900   Sgt W H Carney becomes first African American to receive the Medal of Honor
1945   Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS, commits suicide in Allied custody

24th May
1218   The First Crusade leave Acre for Egypt
1900   The British annex The Orange Free State in the Second Boer War
1940   Hitler halts Panzer Divisions outside Dunkirk
1941   HMS Hood sunk by the Bismarck
1982   HMS Antelope sunk by Argentinians

25th May
1940   Lord Gort, commander of the BEF, decides to evacuate British Army
1982   HMS Coventry sunk by Argentinian bombs

26th May
1972   The USA and USSR sign the Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty

27th May
1905   Battle of Tsu-Shima, Japanese destroy Russian fleet
1940   Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Dunkirk begins
1941   Bismarck attacked and sunk by Royal Navy
1982   2 Para set off for Goose Green