military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (06/03/91)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Tuesday, 3 June, 1941 RAF bombers hit an Italian transport off the coast of Tunisia. The ship explodes, wrecking a second transport and destroying one of the attacking bombers. In another RAF raid, oil installations in Beirut are bombed. British Army Gurkhas occupy Mosul, Iraq. Meanwhile France declares that it will resist any British attempt to occupy Syria or Tunisia, and Germany promises that its forces stand ready to support this policy. The state of New Jersey repeals the charter of the German-American Bund Auxiliary, ordering the organization to dispose of its property there. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "The truth can no longer be ignored: In every way short of going to war with Britain, France will aid Germany in her struggle against the British Empire." - Jean Lecharle, editor of the Nouveaux Temps