User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/March 19

March 19

 * 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.
 * 1861 - The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
 * 1865 - American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later the Confederate forces have retreated from Greenville, North Carolina.
 * 1945 - World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 800 of her crew and crippling the ship.
 * 1945 - World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany be destroyed.
 * 1962 - Algerian War of Independence: A ceasefire takes effect.
 * 1982 - Falklands War: Argentines land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war.