military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (07/28/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Sunday, 28 July, 1940 A large air battle takes place over Dover, in which "Sailor" Malan, a leading British pilot, wounds Germany's top ace, Werner Moelders, who safely crash-lands his Me 109. Off Brazil the German merchant raider Thor and British armed merchant cruiser Alcantara do battle; after being hit in the engine room, the Alcantara breaks off the action and seeks harbor in Rio de Janiero. Rumors from the Continent imply that a German invasion of Britain might now come at any day. This is corroborated by an increase in radio activity at German High Command and increased attacks on shipping in and around the Isles. British aircraft raid Trieste, Pola, and Udine, Italy. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "Hitler may plant the swastika where he will, but unless he can sap the strength of Britain, the foundations of his empire are built on sand." - Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax