military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (10/27/89)
From: military-request@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Friday, 27 October, 1939 King Leopold of Belgium announces that nation's neutrality in the European conflict. The City of Flint has left Murmansk with the German prize crew in control; her destination is believed to be a German port; Berlin hints that she will be escorted by U-boats. British Prime Minister Chamberlain endorses Churchill's recent statement that the Soviet invasion of Poland was necessary for Russia's safety. Britain also opens trade discussions with the USSR. Allied estimates place 1.5 million German troops opposite of the French border, and claim they are ready to assemble for an overnight attack. China's guerilla tactics in the Hunan and Kiangsi provinces are reportedly achieving good success against Japanese forces there. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@cbnews.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "The fact of the international situation... is that the United States, as I have said before, is neutral and does not intend to get involved in war" - President Franklin D. Roosevelt