User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/August 17

August 17

 * 1863 - American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter. Bombardment will not end until December 31, 1863.
 * 1864 - American Civil War: Confederate forces defeated Union troops at the Battle of Gainesville.
 * 1914 - World War I: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Pavel Rennenkampf at the Battle of Stalluponen.
 * 1943 - World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission.
 * 1943 - World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrive in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.