The Week in Military History: 17 - 21 June
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17thJune
1665 - Battle at Viciosa: English & Portuguese army beat Spain
1938 - Japan declares war on China
1967 - 1st Chinese hydrogen bomb explodes
18thJune
1944 - U-767 sinks
19thJune
1807 - Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
1941 - US president Franklin Roosevelt signs Two Ocean Navy Expansion Act
1944 - World War II: First day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
20thJune
1866 - Italy declares war on Austria
1942 - German troo...
