User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/August 25

August 25

 * 1537 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
 * 1580 - Battle of Alcantara: Spain defeats Portugal.
 * 1758 - Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
 * 1920 - Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, started on August 13, now ends. The Red Army is defeated.
 * 1942 - World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
 * 1942 - World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. A Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged.
 * 1944 - World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.