German torpedo boats attacked troop transports and landing craft of Operation Tiger, an amphibious landing exercise being conducted at Slapton Sands, in preparation for the invasion of France. More than one source gives the fatal casualty count as 749. Escort warships had been assigned to the convoys, and warnings about German naval activity had gone out, but problems with timing, poor communications and radio frequency confusion all contributed to the disaster. The degree of cover-up at the time and post-war has been debated. (MacDonald, Charles B. "Slapton Sands: The 'Cover-Up' That Never Was," Army 38, no. 6 (Jun. 1988): 64-67.) There is now a permanent memorial featuring a Sherman tank recovered from the sea at Slapton Sands.
Operation Hestia happened between the 18th of January and 1st of April in 2010.
That launch happened on April 24, 1990.
There was a bombing that took place during the marathon on April 15, 2013.
There was a bombing that took place during the marathon on April 15, 2013.
the first gun shot of the civil war was started
Simon Barere died during a performance of Grieg's Piano Concerto at Carnegie Hall
Operation FITZWILLIAM was the short range research phase of the Long Range Detection (LRD) researches connected with Operation SANDSTONE--a series of three nuclear tests conducted at Eniwetok Proving Ground during April and May 1948.
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United States troops landed on Okinawa. In the Battle of Okinawa during World War II
Alibella Rae was bornGuess What?...I really don't know because I'm trying to find historical things that happened on April 8th, because I am looking for news because I do the morning news at Kirby-Smith middle school!!!
Operation Entertainment - 1968 1-12 was released on: USA: 5 April 1968
Alibella Rae was bornGuess What?...I really don't know because I'm trying to find historical things that happened on April 8th, because I am looking for news because I do the morning news at Kirby-Smith middle school!!!