military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (06/27/91)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Friday, 27 June, 1941 Hungary adds its declaration of war against the USSR. Sir Stafford Cripps arrives in Moscow to head a British military mission to discuss Allied aid to the Soviet Union. Italian aircraft continue to strike at Malta. Six Macchi fighters are lost to Hurricanes defending the island, and more Hurricanes are launched from the carrier HMS Ark Royal to bolster the island's air force. The Boeing B-19 makes its first test flight. Hailed as the world's largest bomber remains airborne for 56 minutes before landing safely. References: C.Argyle, _Chronology of World War II_ R.Dupuy and T.Dupuy, _The Encyclopedia of Military History_ R.Goralski, _World War II Almanac, 1931-1945_ J.Keegan, ed., _The Times Atlas of the Second World War_ C.Messenger, _Atlas of World War Two_ J.Piekalkiewicz, _Tank War 1939-1940_ Royal Institute of International Affairs, _Chronology of the Second World War_ C.Salmaggi and A.Pallavisini, _2194 Days of War_ Brig. P.Young, _The World Almanac of World War II_ The New York Times, daily editions Time magazine Newsweek -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "In view of the failure to provide against loss of life, no other word except piracy fits the case. The essential isn't altered even though the victims have the luck to be rescued. It is not much less humane to make captives walk the plank than to set them adrift in open boats, with the odds that they will suffer a lingering death from starvation and thirst." - Admiral William V. Pratt, USN, Ret.