12th May to 18th May

12th May
1264   Battle of Lewes in the Barons War
1780   Charleston, South Carolina, captured by British forces
1949   Blockade of Berlin lifted by Soviet Union

13th May
1865   Battle of Palmito Ranch, Confederates win last battle of American Civil War
1940   Rommel's 7th Panzer division crosses Meuse at Dinant
1943   Afrika Korps and Italian forces surrender in North Africa

14th May
1509   Battle of Agnadello, Louis XII of France defeats the Republic of Venice
1747   First Battle of Cape Finisterre, British defeat French convoy
1940   The Netherlands surrenders to the German invaders
1982   D Squadron, SAS, attack and destroy Argentinian airfield at Pebble Island

15th May
1756   England declares War on France, starting the Seven Years War
1864   Battle of New Market, Confederates force Union from Shenandoah Valley
1948   Arab forces invade the newly independent state of Israel

16th May
1811   Battle of Albuera, 57th Regiment of Foot earn the title, 'the Die Hards'
1822   Turkish forces capture Greek town of Souli

17th May
1900   Relief of Mafeking, South Africa
1943   Operation Chastise, the Dambuster Raid hits German dams in the Ruhr
1987   USS Stark hit by 2 Exocet missiles fired by Iraqi Mirage, killing 37 crew

18th May
1268   The crusader state of Antioch falls to the Sultan of Egypt and Syria
1863   Siege of Vicksburg starts
1974   India detonates it's first nuclear bomb
1982   Atlantic Conveyor transfers it's Harriers to HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible