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Gestapo is established 26th April 1933 The official secret police force of Nazi Germany; the Gestapo was given the job of investigating and combatting 'all tendencies dangerous to the state'. They were given the power to imprison without judicial proceedings, often… Read more...
WWI: Germans use poison gas for the first time 22nd April 1915 German forces shock Allied soldiers along the Western Front by firing 168 tons of lethal chlorine gas against two French divisions and one Canadian division at Ypres, Belgium. This was the first major gas attack… Read more...
Edward IV dies, aged 40 9th April 1483 Edward IV died on 9 April 1483, aged 40, and is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. He was succeeded by his twelve-year-old son, Edward V of England. It is not known what actually… Read more...
WWII: Battle of Kohima 4th April 1944 The Battle of Kohima was the turning point of the Japanese offensive into India in 1944. The battle was fought from 4th April to 22nd June around the town of Kohima in northeast India, and… Read more...
WWI: Red Baron shot down and killed 21st April 1918 World War I German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over aux-sur-Somme in France. Read more...
Dachau liberated 29th April 1945 On April 29, 1945, American forces liberate Dachau, the first concentration camp established by Germany's Nazi regime. Established just five weeks after Adolf Hitler took power as chancellor in 1933, the camp was situated on… Read more...
