User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/September 1

September 1

 * 1644 - Battle of Tippermuir, Montrose defeats Elcho's Covenanters, reviving Royalist cause
 * 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly - Confederate forces attack retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
 * 1864 - American Civil War: Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four-month siege by General Sherman.
 * 1939 - World War II: Nazi Germany attacks Poland, beginning the war. (See Polish September Campaign.)
 * 1939 - The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht and SS soldiers is instituted.
 * 1951 - The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.