User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/April 1

April 1

 * 1572 - The Watergeuzen succeeded in capturing Den Briel, effectively sealing off the Meuse River from the Spaniards.
 * 1865 - American Civil War: Battle of Five Forks - In Petersburg, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive.
 * 1918 - The Royal Flying Corps is replaced by the Royal Air Force.
 * 1941 - The Blockade Runner Badge for German navy is instituted.
 * 1945 - World War II: Operation Iceberg - United States troops land on Okinawa in the last campaign of the war.