military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (06/01/91)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Friday, 30 May, 1941 While the Allied advance in Iraq halts at Ur because of supply problems, Rashid Ali flees to Iran and Iraq begins negotiations with Britain. German troops on Crete capture Retimo and Heraklion, while to the south the Allied evacuation continues; General Freyberg boards ship as well. Some 9000 Allied troops remain on the island. Lord Woolton, British Minister of Foods, asks Americans to reduce their consumption of milk and cream so as to make more of these products available to British mothers and children. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "It is an absurd misconception which can be ascribed only to misleading information, willfully spread. I cannot believe the American authorities entertain such a misunderstanding." - Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka, in reference to rumors that Japan may be distancing herself from the Axis