Today in Military History April 1st

1918    The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal  
Naval Air Service.

1924     The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.

1937     Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces,     supporting Francoist Nationalists.

1939     Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the                             end  of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.

  

1945     World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.

1947     The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.

1954      United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United  States Air Force Academy in Colorado.

2020

1st April, 2010

Guardsman Michael Sweeney, aged just 19 from Blyth, Northumberland, of 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, was killed by an explosion, whilst on patrol in the Babaji District of Helmand Province, Afghanistan

Lest we Forget this brave young man who gave his all🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/tsQR3qx8CH

— KeyserSosse (@KeyserSosse) April 1, 2022