In a secret agreement signed on 26 April in London, Italy agreed to leave the Triple Alliance, join the forces of the Triple Entente, and declare war on Austria-Hungary and Germany.
Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy formed the Triple Alliance.
Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron attacked German dams in Operation Chastise, otherwise known as the Dambuster Raids.
Hess landed twelve miles away from his intended destination of Dungavel House, the home of the Duke of Hamilton, with whom he hoped to open peace negotiations.
West Germany’s Federal Archives revealed that forensic tests proved the Hitler Diaries were forgeries.
Over five thousand French Algerian, Moroccan and territorial troops died within ten minutes of the chlorine gas being released.
The German fighter pilot Baron Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron, was shot down and killed.
The Treaty of London was signed, which recognised and guaranteed the independence and neutrality of Belgium.
The Treaty of Rapallo meant the two countries ended all territorial and financial arguments stemming from the previous Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and agreed to ‘co-operate in a spirit of mutual goodwill in meeting the economic needs of both countries’.
The Canadian Corps successfully captured Vimy Ridge in the First World War.
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