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History on the 1st of April

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01 Apr 1914 WW2 Vice Admiral Reijiro Kawashima succeeded Vice Admiral Hajime Sakamoto as the commanding officer of the Ryojun Military Port (previously known as Port Arthur; now Lushunkou, Liaoning Province, China), Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. 
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01 Apr 1915 WW2 Zivony Peshkov was made a corporal in the French Foreign Legion at Nice, France. 
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01 Apr 1916 WW2 Masafumi Arima returned to Japan from his midshipman tour. 
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01 Apr 1916 WW2 Lieutenant General Tan Shirozu was named the chief of staff of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea. 
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01 Apr 1916 WW2 The Chinkai naval base in southern Korea was upgraded to a Guard District by the Japanese Navy with Vice Admiral Kujuro Yamaguchi in command. 
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01 Apr 1917 WW2 Quintin Brand was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. 
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01 Apr 1917 WW2 Kichisaburo Nomura was promoted to the rank of captain. 
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01 Apr 1918 WW2 Quintin Brand was promoted to the rank of temporary captain. 
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01 Apr 1918 WW2 The British Royal Air Force was created out of the uniting of the Army’s Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Navy Air Service. It was be the world's first independent air service. 
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01 Apr 1920 WW2 The German Workers Party (DAP) was officially renamed the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP). 
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01 Apr 1920 WW2 The last American ground troops sailed from Vladivostock, Russia to the considerable relief of the State Department, leaving only units of the US Navy in the harbour. 
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01 Apr 1920 WW2 Settsu entered Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan for reboilering and hull repairing. 
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01 Apr 1922 WW2 William Manchester was born. 
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01 Apr 1922 WW2 Vice Admiral Kiyohiro Ijichi was named the chief of staff of Vice Admiral Kesataro Kawahara (Ryojun Military Port, northeastern China). 
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01 Apr 1923 WW2 Prince Yasuhiko was seriously injured in an automobile accident in a Paris suburb, France. Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa was killed in the same accident. 
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01 Apr 1924 WW2 Adolf Hitler was sentenced to 5 years in prison for his participation in the Beer Hall Putsch; he would be released after only 9 months. 
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01 Apr 1924 WW2 Canada established its own air force. The Royal Canadian Air Force began its existence with just 68 officers and 307 airmen. Its role was specified as mapping, flying treaty money to native Canadians, hunting smugglers and illegal immigrants, and carrying mail and injured persons. 
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01 Apr 1924 WW2 Settsu began its conversion into a target ship. One of her boiler rooms and her center funnel would be removed, and her armor was to be thickened to absorb more hits. 
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01 Apr 1925 WW2 Werner von Blomberg was promoted to the rank of Oberst. 
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01 Apr 1925 WW2 Walther von Brauchitsch was promoted to the rank of Oberstleutnant. 
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01 Apr 1928 WW2 Werner von Blomberg was promoted to the rank of Generalmajor. 
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01 Apr 1928 WW2 Walther von Brauchitsch was promoted to the rank of Oberst. 
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01 Apr 1928 WW2 Light carrier Hosho was assigned to Carrier Division 1. 
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01 Apr 1928 WW2 The towns of Kegoya, Yoshiura, and Aga were merged into Kure, Japan. 
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01 Apr 1929 WW2 HMS Falcon was established in southeastern Malta. 
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01 Apr 1931 WW2 Werner Mölders joined the German Army as an officer cadet. 
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01 Apr 1931 WW2 A SA rebellion led by Walther Stenners briefly overturned the National Socialist leadership in Berlin, Germany, only to be swept aside by an emotional appeal by Hitler for the need for party loyalty. 
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01 Apr 1931 WW2 Wolfgang Falck began a year-long training program to become a commercial pilot at Schleissheim, München-Oberbayern, Germany. 
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01 Apr 1931 WW2 USS R-5 was assigned to US Submarine Division 4. 
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01 Apr 1932 WW2 Erwin Rommel was promoted to the rank of Major. 
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01 Apr 1932 WW2 Werner Mölders was promoted to the rank of Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier. 
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01 Apr 1932 WW2 Adolf Eichmann joined the Austrian branch of the Nazi Party as member 889 895. 
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01 Apr 1933 WW2 The SA organization of the Nazi Party boycotted Jewish shops, attorneys, and doctors across Germany. Jewish students were barred out of schools and universities. 
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01 Apr 1933 WW2 Josef Bühler joined the Nazi Party. 
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01 Apr 1933 WW2 Deutschland was commissioned into service. 
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01 Apr 1933 WW2 Admiral Scheer was launched at Wilhelmshaven dockyard in Germany. 
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01 Apr 1933 WW2 Maximilian von Weichs was promoted to the rank of Generalmajor. 
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01 Apr 1934 WW2 Wilhelm Keitel was promoted to the rank of Generalmajor. 
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01 Apr 1934 WW2 Rudolf Höss was accepted into the SS organization and was given the rank of SS-Mann. 
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01 Apr 1934 WW2 The Hamburgischer Correspondent, a German newspaper that had been in print since 1710, was dissolved by the Nazi German government; its assets were acquired by the publisher Hermanns Erben. 
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01 Apr 1934 WW2 Germany formed the Hanseatische Fliegerschule e. V. air unit based at Fassberg, Germany. 
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01 Apr 1934 WW2 Georg von Küchler was promoted to the rank of major general. 
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01 Apr 1935 WW2 In Germany a nationwide network of clinics for racial hygiene was established with the aim of collecting and processing data about citizens' racial purity. The information obtained would provide a perverse instrument for social discrimination throughout the country. 
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01 Apr 1935 WW2 Rudolf Höss was promoted to the rank of SS-Scharführer. 
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01 Apr 1935 WW2 Hitler formally announced the re-establishment of the German armed forces outside the terms permitted by the Versailles treaty. 
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01 Apr 1935 WW2 The German Air Force (Luftwaffe) was established with Hermann Göring as its Commander-in-Chief. 
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01 Apr 1935 WW2 The construction for U-27 was ordered. 
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01 Apr 1935 WW2 Georg von Küchler was made the inspector of the military academy. 
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01 Apr 1935 WW2 Maximilian von Weichs was promoted to the rank of Generalleutnant. 
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01 Apr 1936 WW2 The Division of Aviation was established at Headquarters, US Marine Corps under the command of Colonel Road E . Rowell, the former head of the Marine Aviation Section. 
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01 Apr 1936 WW2 Wolfgang Falck was assigned to the 5th group of Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen", based at Jüterbog-Damm, Germany. He was placed in charge of furthering the training of new pilots assigned to the unit. 
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01 Apr 1937 WW2 Hugo Sperrle was promoted to the rank of Generalleutnant. 
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01 Apr 1937 WW2 Air Vice Marshal John H. S. Tyssen became the commanding officer of the No. 12 Group RAF. 
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01 Apr 1937 WW2 Akagi was taken out of service and entered drydock for extensive modernization at Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Japan. Records showed the date of this event simply as "Apr 1937"; the exact date was not noted. 
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01 Apr 1937 WW2 Prince Naruhiko of Higashikuni, an aviation enthusiast, christened the Ki-15 aircraft that was about to make a record flight from Japan to Europe "Kamikaze". 
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01 Apr 1938 WW2 Hiroaki Abe was transferred out of battleship Fuso. 
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01 Apr 1938 WW2 Chinese guerrilla fighters destroyed a Japanese field supply dump at Zaozhuang, Jiangsu Province by setting it afire. 
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01 Apr 1939 WW2 Grossadmiral Tirpitz's daughter Frau von Hassel christened the battleship named after her father. 
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01 Apr 1939 WW2 Bersagliere was commissioned into service. 
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01 Apr 1939 WW2 At the launching ceremony of German battleship Tirpitz, Adolf Hitler gave a fiery speech that was so extreme that it was decided at the last minute that it would not be broadcast to foreign nations in fear of talks of war provocation. The broadcast to the United States was cut off halfway, leading to false rumors that Adolf Hitler was assassinated amidst the speech. 
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01 Apr 1939 WW2 Prototype A6M Zero fighter took its maiden flight at Kagamigahara airfield, Japan. 
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01 Apr 1939 WW2 The order for the future battleship Alabama was issued. 
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01 Apr 1940 WW2 Hitler set the date of the Denmark and Norway invasion to be 9 Apr 1940. 2 divisions were allocated for Denmark and 6 division for Norway, while a bulk of the German Navy was to support the overall operation. Coordinated support in the air from the Luftwaffe was also planned. 
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01 Apr 1940 WW2 British Royal Navy Vice Admiral Max Horton, in charge of submarines operating in Britain, dispatched 9 British submarines, 2 French submarines, and 1 Polish submarine to patrol the waters near Norway and Denmark in anticipation of a German invasion of the two countries. 
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01 Apr 1940 WW2 The towns of Ota, Kuai, Sawano, and Niragawa in Gunma Prefecture, Japan were merged to form a new town of Ota. 
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01 Apr 1940 WW2 The fourth group of the German Kampfgeschwader 55 wing was established. 
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01 Apr 1940 WW2 Chinese troops captured Wuyuan, Suiyuan Province, China. 
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01 Apr 1940 WW2 British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), created by Act of Parliament on 24 Nov 1939, took over the activities of British Airways and Imperial Airways. 
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01 Apr 1940 WW2 USS Skipjack departed San Diego, California, United States for the Hawaiian Islands area for training exercises. 
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01 Apr 1941 WW2 Pro-German officers under Rashid Ali began their move against the government; Rashid Ali declared himself the "Chief of the National Defence Government." 
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01 Apr 1941 WW2 To avoid being captured by the Americans and Canadians, 8 German merchant ships were scuttled by their own crews in various South American ports. 
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01 Apr 1941 WW2 German bombers sank British tanker San Conrado and Norwegian tanker Hidlefjord 45 miles west of Milford Haven, Wales, United Kingdom, killing the entire crew of 29 of the latter. Three other tanks were also damaged during this attack. 
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01 Apr 1941 WW2 George Giffard was mentioned in a despatch for his service in the Middle East between 1939 and 1940. 
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01 Apr 1941 WW2 Hans-Joachim Marseille was promoted to the rank of Leutnant. 
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01 Apr 1941 WW2 Richard O'Connor was Mentioned in Despatches. 
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01 Apr 1941 WW2 Werner Haase joined the Nazi SS organization. 
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01 Apr 1941 WW2 In Italian East Africa, advancing British tanks were met by 2 police officers from Asmara, declaring the Eritrean capital an open city; troops of Indian 5th Division entered the city at 1000 hours, accepting the surrender of 5,000 Italian prisoners of war, while British armored cars under Colonel Bernard Fletcher raced toward Adigrat to cut off the Italian retreat into Abyssinia. To the east, German merchant ships continued to leave the port of Massawa; British destroyer HMS Kandahar intercepted German ship Bertram Rickmers, which was scuttled by her own crew. 
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01 Apr 1941 WW2 4th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron of 13th Composite Wing of 72nd Observation Group of US Army Air Corps was assigned to Losey Field in Puerto Rico. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 During this month, Captain Kaoru Arima, Chief Equipping Officer of the future battleship Musashi, paid an orientation visit on Yamato with members of Musashi's fitting-out crew. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 Japanese troops landed at Buka and Santa Isabel in the Solomon Islands. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 Submarine USS Swordfish departed with 40 tons of food and supplies for Corregidor, Philippine Islands, but she would be unable to deliver before the American garrison surrendered at Bata'an. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Saipan, departing later on the same day. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 Georg von Bismarck became the commanding officer of the 21st Panzer Division. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 Trawler Anticosti was launched. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 USS Astoria arrived at Nouméa, New Caledonia. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 Light carrier Hosho was assigned to the 1st Air Fleet. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 German submarine U-77 was damaged by a British Swordfish aircraft 50 miles north of Sidi Barrani, Egypt, causing her to lose the ability to dive. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 British submarine HMS Urge sank Italian cruiser Bande Nere north of Sicily, Italy at 0900 hours with two torpedo hits. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 German anti-submarine trawler UJ-1203 struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 German submarine U-71 sank British ship Eastmoor 500 miles north of Bermuda at 0403 hours; 16 were killed, 32 survived. About two hours later at 0618 hours, U-754 sank US tanker Tiger 10 miles off Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States, killing 1 of 43 aboard. To the southeast, 60 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States, U-160 sank British ship Rio Blanco at 1622 hours; 19 were killed, 21 survived. In the far south Atlantic, at 1724 hours, German armed merchant cruiser Thor sank British freighter Willesden with gunfire and a torpedo; 2 were killed. Finally, U-202 sank British ship Loch Don 500 miles north of Bermuda at 2314 hours; 3 were killed, 44 survived. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 British submarine HMS Truant sank Japanese merchant ships Yae Maru and Shunsei Maru in the Malacca Strait between Malaya and Sumatra, Dutch East Indies. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 Hans-Joachim Marseille was promoted to the rank of Oberleutnant. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 The newly arrived US squadron in Port Moresby, Australian Papua, flying A-24 Banshee aircraft, launched its first attack on Japanese positions. The primary target was Lae on the northern coast of New Guinea, but due to cloud cover, the secondary target of Salamaua was attacked; the attack caused only minor damage. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 The Japanese 25th Air Flotilla was assigned to Rabaul, New Britain under the command of Rear Admiral Sadayoshi Yasuda. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 Tenryu arrived at Rabaul, New Britain, refueled, and departed later in the day. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 Joseph Stilwell arrived in Chongqing, China, threatening to resign his post as Chiang's chief of staff over Chinese field commanders' insubordination. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 Japanese cruiser Naka was hit by a torpedo from US submarine USS Seawolf (of three fired) off Christmas Island, causing serious damage. She would be towed to Bantam Bay, Java, Dutch East Indies for repairs. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 Tomokazu Kasai began basic flight school in Japan. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 As Italian bombers sank British submarines HMS P36 and HMS Pandora in Valetta Harbour, Malta, the island had become one of the most bombed place on earth. Although Malta remained a thorn on the Axis' side, making convoying between Italy and North Africa hazardous, the Luftwaffe told an impatient Hitler that they could not sink an island with bombs. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 Soviet submarine ShCh-404 sank German freighter Michel in the Barents Sea 8 miles north of Kirkenes, Norway. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 In Washington DC, United States, General George Marshall and his General Staff enthusiastically accepted a plan, submitted by Dwight Eisenhower, for an immediate assault across the English Channel into Nazi-occupied France with ten divisions of British and Canadian troops; it was understood that the British and the Canadians would likely see a very high casualty rate from such an invasion. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 Under strict security sixteen modified B-25 bombers were lifted onto the USS Hornet and lashed to the flight deck at Naval Air Station Alameda, California, United States. 
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01 Apr 1942 WW2 General George Marshall and Major General Dwight Eisenhower presented a plan of war to President Franklin Roosevelt. This plan included "Operation Bolero" which would see the immediate preparation of 30 divisions, of which six were to be armoured, and complimentary air-power for movement across the Atlantic Ocean within the period of a year. 
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01 Apr 1943 WW2 Submarine Croaker was laid down. 
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01 Apr 1943 WW2 I-168 arrived at Kiska, Aleutian Islands from Paramushiro, Kurile Islands; she took on sick personnel of the Kiska garrison and departed. 
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01 Apr 1943 WW2 12 British Mosquito aircraft destroyed a power station and a railways yard at Trier, Germany without any losses; local reports recorded 21 deaths. On the same date, RAF Squadron Leader C. O'Donoghue of 103 Squadron commanded a lone Lancaster bomber on a bombing attack on Emmerich, Germany; the aircraft was shot down, killing the entire crew. 
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01 Apr 1943 WW2 US 1st and 9th Infantry Divisions attacked Italian positions at Hill 369 near El Guettar, Tunisia for the third consecutive day to little success. 
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01 Apr 1943 WW2 Destroyer Yuzuki was assigned to the 2nd Surface Escort Division. 
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01 Apr 1943 WW2 Thorn was commissioned into service. 
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01 Apr 1943 WW2 US Marine Corps established Marine Aircraft Group S3 at Cherry Point, North Carolina, United States under Lieutenant Colonel Frank H. Schwable; it was the first USMC night fighter group. 
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01 Apr 1943 WW2 The US Marine Corps activated the 4th Base Depot at Nouméa, New Caledonia. 
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01 Apr 1943 WW2 George Patton's aide Captain Richard Jenson was killed during a German air attack; Patton shed tears over Jenson's body and cut a lock of hair, keeping some of himself and sending the remaining to Jenson's family. Patton would blame the British Royal Air Force for allowing German aircraft to operate with impunity; this accusation would create controversial at top levels of Allied command. 
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01 Apr 1943 WW2 Captain Frank E. Beatty, Jr. was named the commanding officer of USS Columbia, relieving Captain William A. Heard. 
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01 Apr 1943 WW2 Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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01 Apr 1943 WW2 USS Tunny patrolled off North Pass Island and Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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01 Apr 1943 WW2 US Navy Construction Battalions in US Territory of Hawaii took over construction projects previously worked on by civilian contractors. 
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01 Apr 1943 WW2 USS Runner departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her second war patrol. 
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01 Apr 1943 WW2 Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Dispensary (150 beds) usably complete. 
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01 Apr 1943 WW2 The "P" (parachute) battalion of "San Marco" naval infantry regiment merged with "N" (swimmer) battalion to form the new Grupo Battaglioni "NP". 
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01 Apr 1943 WW2 Naka was assigned to Japanese 14th Cruiser Division while the ship was at Maizuru, Japan. 
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01 Apr 1943 WW2 The Mako Guard District at Pescadores islands, Taiwan was transferred to Takao in southern Taiwan, and it was renamed the Takao Guard District. Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi remained the guard district's commanding officer. 
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01 Apr 1943 WW2 USS Mingo departed Long Island, New York, United States area for Newport, Rhode Island, United States. 
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01 Apr 1944 WW2 USS Franklin crossed the International Date Line. 
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01 Apr 1944 WW2 Cruiser Köln was recommissioned for training of cadet engineers with Fregattenkapitän Hellmuth Strobel in command. 
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01 Apr 1944 WW2 US bombers unintentionally hit Schaffhausen, Switzerland, leading to official protests and reparation payments. 
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01 Apr 1944 WW2 The Japanese Navy 12th Air Fleet was reorganized to contain two air flotillas, one communication unit, one weather observation unit, and one air base unit. 
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01 Apr 1944 WW2 The Japanese attack on the Broadway site of Operation Thursday in Burma was repulsed. 
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01 Apr 1944 WW2 Light carrier Ryuho arrived at Saipan, Mariana Islands. 
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01 Apr 1944 WW2 USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese transport off Okinawa, Japan, hitting her with 2 of 2 torpedoes fired. 
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01 Apr 1944 WW2 Masafumi Arima was assigned to the fleet command for the Central Pacific area. 
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01 Apr 1944 WW2 The crew of USS Harder rescued a downed aviator on a small island west of Woleai, Caroline Islands. 
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01 Apr 1944 WW2 Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Air Group 100 commissioned this date. (AG-100 is a pilot replacement air group) 
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01 Apr 1944 WW2 Japanese troops captured Nippon Hill near Imphal, India. 
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01 Apr 1944 WW2 Allied bombers attacked Schaffhausen, Switzerland, mistaking it for the German city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein, killing 40 people; interestingly, a group of small factories producing munitions and aircraft parts to be sold to Germany was destroyed in this accidental raid. 
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01 Apr 1944 WW2 Fuel refinery No. 6 came online at Takao Guard District in southern Taiwan. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 USS Cassin Young supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 USS Tirante attacked a Japanese landing ship with three torpedoes, but all missed. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 British Sub Lieutenant R. H. Reynolds's Seafire carrier fighter shot down two A6M5 Zero fighters; these were the first Seafire fighter victories against Zero fighters. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 US Tenth Army invaded Okinawa, Japan. Japanese aircraft launched a massive counter-attack, damaging USS West Virginia, USS Tennessee, and HMS Indefatigable, among others. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 US First and Ninth Armies complete the encirclement of the Ruhr industrial area at Lippstadt, cutting off the 21 divisions (about 500,000 men) of the German Army Group B. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 US First Army captured Paderborn and Hamm, Germany. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front captured Wiener Neustadt, occupied Austria. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 American prisoners of war held at Ziegenhain, Germany were liberated by troops of the US 455th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 US 158th Regimental Combat Team landed near Legaspi, Luzon, Philippine Islands. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 Soviet artillery began a 6-day artillery bombardment against Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 Allied troops captured Doetinchem, Borculo, Eibergen, and Enschede in the Netherlands. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 An Ohka special attack mission was launched and damaged USS West Virginia off Okinawa, Japan; on the same day, a cache of 15 Ohka aircraft was captured by the United States Marines on Okinawa, who nicknamed them baka, Japanese for "fool", as the discovery was made on April Fool's Day. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 USS Missouri covered the landings at Okinawa, Japan. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 British troops commenced Operation Roast across Lake Comacchio in northern Italy. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 Light carrier Ryuho entered the drydocks at Kure, Japan for repairs; the repair would be halted shortly after as the damage was judged to be too extensive. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 Crown Prince Yi Un was made a member of the Supreme War Council of Japan. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 USS Luce patrolled waters off Okinawa, Japan. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 RAF Takali on Malta was transferred from the Royal Air Force to the Fleet Air Arm and was renamed HMS Goldfinch. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 USS Tunny completed her lifeguard duties off Okinawa, Japan and set sail for US Territory of Hawaii via Midway Atoll. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 The 11,000-ton Japanese liner Awa Maru, given safe passage by the Americans because she had revealed that she was carrying Red Cross parcels and other aid to Allied POWs, was torpedoed and sunk by American submarine USS Queenfish in the Taiwan Strait after a breakdown in communications. Of the estimated 2,500 people on board, many of them skilled Japanese technicians, only one survived. For the only time in the war, the US Government acknowledged responsibility for wrongfully sinking an enemy ship and promised compensation after the war. Queenfish's commanding officer was court martialled for negligence, but was later exonerated based on the fact that Awa Maru was later discovered to be smuggling rubber and other war materials. 
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01 Apr 1945 WW2 Allied convoy RA-65 arrived at Loch Ewe, Scotland, United Kingdom. 
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01 Apr 1946 WW2 Commander Jack Seymour became the commanding officer of USS Charr. 
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01 Apr 1946 WW2 Katsuragi was decommissioned from service. 
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01 Apr 1946 WW2 I-58 was decommissioned from service. 
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01 Apr 1946 WW2 The US Navy conducted a mass scuttling of captured enemy warships. Twenty-one surviving giant Japanese submarines (including the infamous I-58) were among the vessels destroyed. 
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01 Apr 1946 WW2 Portions of the Alaska-Canadian Highway physically located in Canada were turned over to the Canadian government. 
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01 Apr 1946 WW2 Roderick Carr was named the commanding officer of the Royal Indian Air Force. 
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01 Apr 1946 WW2 I-402 was scuttled 60 miles off Sasebo, Japan at 1300 hours. 
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01 Apr 1947 WW2 George II passed away. 
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01 Apr 1949 WW2 General Alexander Vandegrift, Commandant of the US Marine Corps, retired after over 40 years of service. 
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