28 Apr 1937
  • Basque forces, fighting on the side of the Spanish Republicans, surrendered at Durango and Guernica, Spain. ww2dbase [The Spanish Civil War | AC]
United Kingdom
  • The British Royal Navy issued the order for the future battleship HMS Howe. ww2dbase [Howe | CPC]
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Joseph Goebbels speaking at the Ordensburg Vogelsang Nazi Party political school, Schleiden, Germany, 22-29 Apr 1937

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"With Germany arming at breakneck speed, England lost in a pacifist dream, France corrupt and torn by dissension, America remote and indifferent... do you not tremble for your children?"

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