military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (04/26/91)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Saturday, 26 April, 1941 German paratroops capture Corinth, Greece, but the important canal bridge there is destroyed before it can be captured. As the SS Motorized Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler crosses to Patras, the rearguard at Thebes is forced to withdraw. General Papagos resigns as commander-in-chief of Greek forces. In East Africa, Commonwealth troops capture Dessie, together with 8000 Italian soldiers. 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 "What we all see is an America which is gradually becoming encircled by military powers whose ideals, institutions and methods are all of them irreconcilably antagonistic to our ideals, institutions, and methods." - Secretary of the Navy Frank Cox