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April 4th, 1940
UNITED KINGDOM: Churchill leaves for Paris to attempt to get more French co-operation in mining Norwegian waters.
NORWEGIAN CAMPAIGN:
Operation Wilfrid commences under the command of Vice-Admiral William “Jock” Whitworth, a veteran of World War 1. 16 submarines begin moving from the North Sea into the Skagerrak and the Kattegat.
U.S.A.: The motion picture “Dark Command” is released in the U.S. This western, directed by Raoul Walsh, starred Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Walter Pidegeon, Roy Rogers and George “Gabby” Hayes. The plot is about William Contrell (Walter Pidegeon), the Civil War era despot, who launches his terror raids after clashing with Marshall John Wayne. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards. (Jack McKillop)
In “Dark Command”, Pidgeon played William Quantrill [why the misspelling, who knows]. For reasons beyond bizarre, they decided to premiere the movie in Lawrence, Kansas [featured in the movie], which Quantrill largely destroyed [along with murdering approximately 162 men and boys] in the summer of 1863 [when it was the capital of Kansas.