User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/January 22

January 22

 * 1824 - Ashantis crush British forces in the Gold Coast.
 * 1863 - The January Uprising broke out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement was to regain Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation of Russia.
 * 1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Zulu troops defeated British troops at the Battle of Isandlwana.
 * 1917 - World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
 * 1941 - World War II: The United Kingdom captures Tobruk from Nazi forces.
 * 1944 - World War II: Allies begin Operation Shingle (an assault on Anzio, Italy).