military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (06/07/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Friday, 7 June, 1940 King Haakon of Norway and his government board the cruiser HMS Devonshire for evacuation to Britain. The carrier HMS Glorious evacuates numerous British aircraft, and for the first time Hawker Hurricanes are landed aboard a carrier. General Rommel's tanks gain 48 kilometers, occupying Forges-les- Eaux near Rouen. The French Naval Air Force sends a small flight of converted mail planes in a token raid on Berlin. Whether the craft actually bombed that city is disputed. The French carrier Bearn sails for North America, reportedly to embark a shipment of new Curtiss-Wright bombers. Italy orders her merchant fleet to seek harbor in neutral ports. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@cbnews.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "We must expect the same indiscriminate, savage air attacks on our industrial cities and towns as has been experienced by our Allies on the Continent." - British Minister of Health Malcom MacDonald
military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (06/08/90)
Friday, 7 June, 1940 King Haakon of Norway and his government board the cruiser HMS Devonshire for evacuation to Britain. The carrier HMS Glorious evacuates numerous British aircraft, and for the first time Hawker Hurricanes are landed aboard a carrier. General Rommel's tanks gain 48 kilometers, occupying Forges-les- Eaux near Rouen. The French Naval Air Force sends a small flight of converted mail planes in a token raid on Berlin. Whether the craft actually bombed that city is disputed. The French carrier Bearn sails for North America, reportedly to embark a shipment of new Curtiss-Wright bombers. Italy orders her merchant fleet to seek harbor in neutral ports. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@cbnews.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "We must expect the same indiscriminate, savage air attacks on our industrial cities and towns as has been experienced by our Allies on the Continent." - British Minister of Health Malcom MacDonald