This Date in Military History - December 13

What was the name of the operation that resulted in the capture of Saddam Hussein near Tikrit on December 13, 2003?

• Operation Scorpion
• Operation Red Dawn
• Operation Anaconda
• Operation Nemesis
• Operation Spider Hole

The German pocket battleship 'Admiral Graf Spee' was scuttled by its captain after suffering damage at what December 13, 1939 naval battle?

• Battle of Cape Spada
• Battle of Mers-el-Kebir
• Battle of Cape Matapan
• Battle of Narvik
• Battle of the River Plate

At the December 13, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, Robert E. Lee and his Confederate Army scored a victory over the Union side under whose command?

• George Armstrong Custer
• George McClellan
• Philip Kearny
• Andrew Hickenlooper
• Ambrose Burnside