military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (03/25/91)
Monday, 24 March, 1941 General Rommel launches his first offensive in Libya, using Italian forces and the 5th Light division. He quickly secures El Agheila, which the Commonwealth forces abandon without serious resistance. Turkey and the USSR reach agreement on a Neutrality Treaty, each promising to remain neutral in the event of an attack on the other. Despite a newly-arrived warning from London that Yugoslavia must not join the Axis, the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia depart for Vienna. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "You have raised our morale to a point so high it can never be lowered." - W.H. Mills, of Ontario, Canada, speaking of the Lend-Lease bill