User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/April 15

April 15

 * 1450 - Battle of Formigny; Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in northern France.
 * 1632 - Battle of Rain; Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
 * 1940 - The Allies start their attack on the Norwegian town of Narvik which was occupied by Nazi Germany.
 * 1942 - George Cross awarded to "the island fortress of Malta - its people and defenders" by King George VI.