On 1 April 1936, Austria introduced compulsory service, with
or without arms. Because of economy, sovereign rights, preservation
of the existing European order, failure of the other signatories
of the peace treaty of St. Germain to disarm, because of its
social value for physical, moral, and patriotic education.
On 3 April 1936, Richard Hauptmann, convicted of the Lindbergh
for the kidnapping, and killing of the infant Charles Lindbergh
III in 1932, is executed by electrocution in New Jersey.
F4
Escort
Commissioned 5 April 1936
On 17 April 1936, Austria, who is like wise a member of the
League of Nations, has thought fit to take a course which,
in similar circumstances, the Council of the League of Nations
solemnly, condemned by its resolution of 17 April 1936 cannot
in any case admit that Austria should be allowed to take the
law into her own hands by this unilateral step, which represents
a negation of international obligations. Austria rejected
the protest. When they drafted the new bill, they did so deliberately
and with the knowledge that they had thereby fulfilled their
obligations with regard to providing the Austrian people with
the necessities of life and to safeguarding the existence
of the Austrian state.
Fasan
Hospital ship
Launched 18 April 1936
On 19 April 1936, The Arab revolt in Palestine was a nationalist
uprising by Palestinian Arabs in the British Mandate for Palestine
against British colonial rule and mass Jewish immigration.
The uprising comprised of two distinct stages. The first stage
was directed primarily by the city born and elitist Higher
Arab Committee (HAC) and was concentrated mainly on strikes
and other forms of political protest.
Prinz
Eugen Heavy cruiser
Laid down 23 April 1936
Z6
Theodor Riedel Destroyer
Launched 22 April 1936
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