military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (06/07/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Thursday, 6 June, 1940 The 7th Panzer Division, under Major-General Erwin Rommel, breaks through the French lines near Amiens, advancing 32 kilometers. French bombers attack the spearheads. Ground is also gained at other points along the line, despite the stubborn defense. The U-46 sinks the 20,000-ton merchant cruiser Carinthia west of Ireland. With the approval of the USSR, Sir Stafford Cripps is appointed British Ambassador to Moscow. Thomas J. Watson, president of IBM, returns the Merit Cross of the German Eagle awarded him in 1937 by Adolf Hitler for his efforts toward world peace and trade. Watson states that "Germany's present policies are contrary to the causes for which I have been working." -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@cbnews.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "Inasmuch as the enemy still spurns peace, the fight will be carried on to his total destruction." - broadcast to the troops from German High Command