military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (12/22/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Tuesday, 24 December, 1940 The Greek Navy scores a success; the submarine Papanicolis sinks an Italian transport near the Albanian coast. Christmas Eve brings a lull in German air raids over Britain. The RAF, too, is inactive, except for units deployed in the Mediterranean. Pope Pius XII again calls for peace, citing five requirements for a lasting peace. The US National Defense Advisory Committee considers possible government management of aluminum production in an effort to overcome shortages of vital aluminum products for aircraft. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "Divine justice has turned against England. We are carrying on the fight in the belief in the superior value of our people. For the Almighty has also created the German people; and service for this people is thus also service in the belief in the Almighty who created it." - Deputy Fuehrer Rudolf Hess