military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (04/30/91)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) [ This originally said April; I think Bill meant May --CDR ] Thursday, 1 May, 1941 German troops complete the occupation of Greece. The German air raids switch targets, fixing on Liverpool. Businesses, residential areas, and dock yards are all hit. Several ships in the port are sunk or damaged. The British government names Lord Moore-Brabazon as Minister of Aircraft Production, and combines the Ministries of Shipping and Transport into the Ministry of War Transport. Lord Beaverbrook, Brabazon's predecessor, is made Minister of State. Iraqi troops conduct a minor attack against the British garrison at Rutba, west of Baghdad, and strengthen their encirclement of Habbaniyah airfield with 28 artillery pieces. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "Why has the RAF not bombed the oil fields of Rumania ? The German war machine must have Rumanian oil, yet the British have not attempted to destroy this most essential source of supply." - Oscar Jacobson, in a letter to the New York Times