military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (05/11/91)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Sunday, 11 May, 1941 Troops of the Jordanian Arab Legion, led by British officers, take Rutba, Iraq. In their wake comes a stronger detachment which will attempt to aid the British garrison at Habbinayah. Former President Hoover urges that only by staying out of the war can the USA aid Britain. He predicts that an invasion of Europe would require five million American soldiers. The New York Tuscarora Indian tribe announces that its war with Germany, declared in 1917 (when the tribe did not consider itself included in the U.S. declaration of war) was never officially ended. The peace pipe was not smoked after the Armistice, and the tribe still considers itself at war. 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 "America is as yet unprepared even for adequate defense... our people are not united." - President Herbert Hoover