April 1942

the éphéméride | all on April and 1942.

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• April 2nd:

• First of the film the fantastic Symphony of Christian-Jaque to Paris.

• April 7th:

• the Dutch capitulate with Sumatra.
• the Americans capitulate with the Filipino .

• April 8th:

• Polish resistance informs London of the gazage of the Juifs to Chełmno.

• April 9th:

• Capitulation of the American troops of the Peninsula of Baatan: 76  000 prisoners.
• With Madrid (Spain), alternate of Antonio Mejías Jiménez known as “Antonio Bienvenida”, Spanish Matador.

• April 15th:

• the cross of George is allotted to Malta by the king George VI for “heroism and the devotion”.
• the American general MacArthur is named commander-in-chief of the forces allied in the Pacific.

• April 16th

• Return to the capacity of Pierre Laval, which is named chief of the government by Philippe Pétain.

• April 17th:

• Escape from the French general Giraud of the fortress of Koenigstein.

• April 18th:

• Incursion of an American flotilla (of sixteen B-25) ordered by colonel James Doolittle on Nagoya, Tokyo and Yokohama.

• April 19th:

• Attack missed with Rennes against Doriot: a grenade is launched in a room where it is expressed.

• April 25th:

• the American army unloads in New Caledonia, territory already rejoined with the free France of the Général de Gaulle.

• April 27th:

• Referendum on the conscription with the Canada. The country votes yes to 63%, the Quebec vote not to 71%.

• April 27th:

• British lance an air offensive against Kiel with 1000 bombers.

• April 30th:

• Hitler and Mussolini proposes to invade Malta the July 10th.

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