military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (03/14/91)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Thursday, 13 March, 1941 The Luftwaffe lands a hard blow on Glasgow and Clydeside; 35,000 of Clydeside's 47,000 inhabitants are left homeless, and 460 are killed. A second raid hits Merseyside; the death toll there from two nights of bombing approaches 500. Despite the commitment of Italian reinforcements, Greek defenses near Klisura hold firm. Hitler directs that SS units are to assume administrative control over areas occupied during the upcoming invasion of the USSR. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "The time has come for all of us to stop telling each other what a fine thing it is to be an American, and get down to practicalities." - Hyacinthe Ringrose, in a letter to the New York Times