military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (10/20/89)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Sunday, 22 October, 1939 The Indian Congress Party votes not to support the British war effort, instead condemning British "imperialism." Soviet Press denounces the recent Anglo-French-Turkish treaty as a failed attempt to draw Russia into a war with Germany. The New York Times features stills from last year's film, "Torpedoed!" The "starring role" in the movie had been played by HMS Royal Oak, which was "sunk" by special effects in a hypothetical torpedo attack. During the month of October, German intelligence has deciphered the French military codes, and detected a weak seam near Sedan. The operational plan for the attack on France, completed on 19 October, is revised to take advantage of this area. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@cbnews.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "Being for the moment the war hero, he has come through it fairly well. I shudder to think what would have happened if there had been another First Lord and he had been in the Opposition." - Sir Samual Hoare, speaking of Churchill's political career in the aftermath of the Royal Oak sinking.