military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (04/23/91)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Tuesday, 22 April, 1941 Greek forces in Thrace lay down their arms. Nearly 16,000 Greeks have been killed in the war, and over 210,000 captured. Italy has lost almost 14,000 dead, with 25,000 missing in action. The USSR sends an official protest to Germany over repeated violations of Soviet air space by high-altitude reconnaissance flights. German troops pause at Thermopylae to reorganize for a major assault. The evacuation of British troops begins at ports in southern Greece. The United States sends two thousand soldiers to reinforce the garrison in the Philippines. German bombers repeat their last night's raid on Plymouth. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker Moderator, sci.military military-request@att.att.com (614) 860-5294 Send submissions to military@att.att.com "The hard destinies of war compel us to get away from Athens... and to transfer the capital of the country to Crete, whence we shall be able to continue the fight..." - King George II of Greece