In April 1940, German forces launch a coordinated invasion of Denmark and Norway, seizing key ports and airfields while Denmark capitulates within hours. As King Haakon rejects German demands and ...
April 9 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1413, Henry V was crowned king of England. In 1816, the first all-Black U.S. religious denomination, the AME church, was organized in Philadelphia. In 1865, ...
The German tanker Altmark began as a support ship for Admiral Graf Spee, but after the raider’s attacks on Allied merchant shipping she became a floating prison packed with captured British sailors.