military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (11/20/89)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Monday, 20 November, 1939 The German liner Windhuk left port in Lobito, Angola, where it had been harbored since the war's beginning. According to the NY Times, "the liner carries full raider armament and she is said to have a speed far in excess of that used in peacetime." Six more ships were lost yesterday, two or three to magnetic mines. The US State Department insists that its freedom to use the British and French Concessions at Tientsin, China must remain unimpeded following the reduction of the British and French garrisons there. There have been incidents in which American goods have been delayed at the Japanese military barrier there. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@cbnews.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "The employment of planes against ground troops must be considered exceptional. If it is to be effective, the troops must be untrained or caught in concentrations where they have not had time to unlimber their defenses." - Maj.Gen. Stephen O. Fuqua, Ret.