15 Mar 1935
- In the Hohnstein trial in Dresden, Germany, members of the SA organization who staffed the Hohenstein Concentration Camp were sentenced to prison for mistreating concentration camp prisoners; in Nov of the same year, they were all pardoned without exception. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Nobutake Kondo was named the chief of staff of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Do 18A prototype flying boat took its maiden flight. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Korechika Anami was promoted to the rank of major general. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
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