13th August to 19th August

13th August
1704   Battle of Blenheim, English and Austrians defeat French and Bavarians
1940   Battle of Britain begins as Luftwaffe launches major attacks
1941   Tosef Jakobs, a German spy, is last person executed at the Tower of London

14th August
1040   King Duncan I of Scotland killed in battle by Macbeth
1912   US Marines invade Nicaragua
1969   British troops deployed to Northern Ireland

15th August
1057   Battle of Lumphanan, Macbeth killed by forces of Malcolm III
1309   Rhodes surrenders to the Knights of St John
1945   Japan surrenders ending the Second World War

16th August
1777   Battle of Bennington, American forces defeat the British
1812   American forces in Fort Detroit surrender to British troops
1943   Messina, Sicily, falls to US 3rd Division

17th August
1862   Lakota Sioux uprising begins inMinnesota
1864   Battle ofGainesville, Confederates defeat Union forces
1943   US 8th Airforce looses 60 bombers attacking Schweinfurt ball bearing plant

18th August
1965   US Marines start Operation Starlite against the Viet Cong
1966   Battle of Long Tan, Australian troops engage Viet Cong
1971   Australia and New Zealand withdraw their troops fromVietnam

19th August
1388   Battle of Otterburn,Scotish forces defeat English troops
1942   Canadian forces launch major raid against Dieppe
1944   Paris Uprising against German forces as Allied troops liberate the City