On this day in history...

[Acriku]

Did You Know?

On April 5, 2348 BCE, according to tradition, Noah's ark grounded on Mt. Ararat. Today in History...

Hehe oh brother :)

[exatreide]

April 6th 1941

Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece

The German air force launches Operation Castigo, the bombing of Belgrade, on this day in 1941, as 24 divisions and 1,200 tanks drive into Greece.

The attack on Yugoslavia was swift and brutal, an act of terror resulting in the death of 17,000 civilians----the largest number of civilian casualties in a single day since the start of the war. Making the slaughter all the worse was that nearby towns and villages had emptied out into the capital city to celebrate Palm Sunday. All of Yugoslavia's airfields were also bombed, destroying most of its 600 aircraft while still on the ground.

As part of a comprehensive Balkan offensive, German forces also bombed the Greek port city of Piraeus as army divisions swept south and west, en route to Salonica and the eventual occupation of Greece.

Also on this day: British General Alan Cunningham's troops enter Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, formally expelling the Italian occupiers and setting the stage for the return of Ethiopia's emperor, Haile Selassie. ;)

April 6th 1862 Battle of Shiloh begins

On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn in Athens 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.

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[Caid Ivik]

4th april:

Forces of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, commanded by marshall Malinovskij, after succesful campaign in liberating Hungary and southern Slovakia from nazism, entered Bratislava, capital city of Slovakia and declared it liberated. At noon, last german forces of general Otto retreated from town to Austria.

[exatreide]

TITO IS MADE PRESIDENT FOR LIFE:

On April 7, 1963, a new Yugoslav constitution proclaims Tito the president for life of the newly named Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1939 Italy invades Albania

1945 Japanese battleship Yamato is sunk by Allied forces

1975 North Vietnamese forces begin preparations for final offensive

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