User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/April 8

April 8

 * 1767 - Ayutthaya kingdom fell to Burmese invaders.
 * 1832 - Black Hawk War: Around 300 United States 6th Infantry troops leave Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis to fight the Sauk Native Americans.
 * 1942 - World War II: Siege of Leningrad - Soviet Union forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
 * 1975 - Vietnam War: After spending a week in South Vietnam, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Frederick Weyand gives a report to the U.S. Congress that South Vietnam will fall without additional military aid.