Events with tag - Military Occupation

April 25, 1862

Capture of New Orleans

Union Admiral David Farragut led a successful naval assault capturing New Orleans, the Confederacy's largest city and most important port. This strategic victory gave the Union control over the lower Mississippi River and dealt a severe blow to Confederate supply lines.

June 14, 1940

Fall of Paris

German forces entered Paris without resistance on June 14, 1940, marking the beginning of a four-year Nazi occupation that transformed the French capital into a stronghold of German military power in Western Europe.