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.

1862 — Capture of New Orleans

24–25 Apr 1862 — In the dark, Farragut takes his fleet past the river forts. He captures the Confederacy’s largest city and richest port without a siege, closing the mouth of the Mississippi to the sea.

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1915 — Gallipoli campaign

25 Apr 1915-9 Jan 1916 — Allied troops, including Anzacs, hold beachheads beneath the Gallipoli ridgelines for eight months, but never capture the heights above them. About 56,000 Allied and 56,000 Ottoman soldiers die. For Australia and Turkey, these cliffs become a place from which both nations date themselves.

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1945

Elbe Day: American and Soviet soldiers shake hands at Torgau. Germany is cut in two — look closely, and so is Europe.

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