25 Mar 1938
- The Evian Conference, called for by US President Franklin Roosevelt, was held in Evian, France to discuss the arrangement of homes for Jewish refugees who had fled from Germany. Ultimately the conference would result in nothing. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | CPC]
- Adolf Hitler gave a speech at Königsberg, Germany; the approval of the annexation of Austria was his main concern. ww2dbase [Annexation of Austria | CPC]
- Chinese troops stumbled upon the Japanese artillery position near Tai'erzhuang, Shandong Province and scattered Japanese gun crews, forcing the Japanese to move 1,000 men and 20 light tanks from the main assault force to deal with this surprise. In the air, Japanese Army 2nd Air Battalion's Ki-10 fighters led by Captain Tateo Kato and First Lieutenant Kosuke Kawahara claimed to have collectively shot down 12 Chinese I-15bis fighters operating over the battlefield, but Kawahara was shot down and killed. ww2dbase [Battle of Xuzhou | Tateo Kato | Taierzhuang, Shandong | CPC]
- Submarine Scirè entered Italian Navy service. ww2dbase [Scirè | CPC]
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