military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (11/04/89)
Sunday, 5 November, 1939 Hitler sets the date for A-Day (the invasion of France): 7:15 A.M. on November 12. The Luftwaffe needs five consecutive days of good weather to destroy the French air force. The meteorological report is so bad that on Tuesday Nov. 7 the invasion is postponed, the first of many postponements. (1) The "Zossen Conspiracy" in Germany, headed by Generals Halder, Beck, and von Brauschitsch falls apart when von Brauschitsch loses his nerve and fails to arrest Hitler in Berlin. Col. Hans Olster of the conspiracy warns the Dutch attache' in Berlin of the planned invasion of the Low Countries. Italian Premier Mussolini orders an increase in the number of effectives in the Italian army. Reporter: Tom Tedrick (tedrick@ernie.Berkeley.EDU) (1) "Adolf Hitler", by John Toland (pp. 806-807) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@cbnews.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "We had a lot of stuff consigned to Switzerland sitting in the freight station at Mulhouse,, so I thought I might as well bring it along." - unknown engineer of a freight train which arrived in Basle, Switzerland... after driving through the no-man's land between the Maginot Line and the Westwall.