1944 Event D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France 1942 Event 1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast) 1940 Event General Guderians tanks reach The Channel (British expeditionary army) 1939 Event British Expeditionary Force reaches France 1927 Event British expeditionary army lands in Shanghai 1917 Event 1st U.S. Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I 1916 Event Mexican troops beat U.S. expeditionary force under General Pershing 1915 Birthday John Egerton, born in England, born John Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland, served with British Expeditionary Force, captured at St. Valery, spent four years in a prisoner of war camp 1914 Event British expeditionary army/general Lanrezacs army attacks the Marne 1914 Event Von Glucks army meets up with British expeditionary army 1911 Event Generals Henry Wilson/Auguste Dubail sign plan for British Expeditionary army in case of war with Germany 1898 Event 1st Philippine Expeditionary Troops sail from San Francisco 1811 Event English expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies 1758 Event British expeditionary army occupies Goree (Dakar) Senegal 1746 Event French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais and Dupleix Madras
