1 Apr 1935
- In Germany a nationwide network of clinics for racial hygiene was established with the aim of collecting and processing data about citizens' racial purity. The information obtained would provide a perverse instrument for social discrimination throughout the country. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | AC]
- Rudolf Höss was promoted to the rank of SS-Scharführer. ww2dbase [Rudolf Höss | CPC]
- Hitler formally announced the re-establishment of the German armed forces outside the terms permitted by the Versailles treaty. ww2dbase [Adolf Hitler | AC]
- The German Air Force (Luftwaffe) was established with Hermann Göring as its Commander-in-Chief. ww2dbase [Hermann Göring | AC]
- Georg von Küchler was made the inspector of the military academy. ww2dbase [Georg von Küchler | CPC]
- Maximilian von Weichs was promoted to the rank of Generalleutnant. ww2dbase [Maximilian von Weichs | CPC]
- The construction for U-27 was ordered. ww2dbase [U-27 | CPC]
- Ernst Vogelsang was promoted to the rank of ensign. ww2dbase [Ernst Vogelsang | CPC]
- The North American Aviation NA-16, a fixed-gear, low-wing monoplane, made its first flight from Mines Field, Inglewood, California to become the first North American model-numbered airplane to be flown. The NA-16 evolved into the BT-9 basic trainer, predecessor of a series of trainers that continued in uninterrupted production for 25 years. ww2dbase [Mines Field | Inglewood, California | DS]
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