military@cbnews.att.com (09/22/89)
Saturday, 23 September, 1939 Mussolini announces that the "liquidation" of Poland could allow for a new peace settlement in Europe. Sigmund Freud dies in Britain at age 83. German Jews are forbidden to own radios. In America, the United Press reports on the French use of pigs along the Luxembourg border. Thousands of the animals have been herded into German-laid minefields, clearing the mines ahead of the infantry. References: C.Argyle, _Chronology of World War II_ J. Piekalkiewicz, _Tank War 1939-1940_ R.Dupuy and T.Dupuy, _The Encyclopedia of Military History_ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@cbnews.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "We also hoped at that time that the speed of our Polish victory would bear political fruit, and that the Western Powers might now feel inclined to make a sensible peace." - Gen. Heinz Guderian, _Panzer Leader_