THE DAY IN HISTORY · APRIL 25
April 25 in history
What happened on April 25: 3 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1862, 1915 and 1945, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Capture of New Orleans
24–25 Apr 1862 — Farragut runs his fleet past the river forts in the dark and takes the Confederacy’s largest city and richest port without a siege. The mouth of the Mississippi is corked from the sea.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
— Gallipoli campaign
25 Apr 1915-9 Jan 1916 — Allied troops — Anzacs among them — cling to beachheads under the ridgelines for eight months, and never take them. ~56,000 Allied and ~56,000 Ottoman dead; two nations, Australia and Turkey, date themselves from these cliffs.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE WWI MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
Elbe Day: American and Soviet soldiers shake hands at Torgau. Germany is cut in two — look closely, and so is Europe.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE WW2 MAP →
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