military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (04/13/91)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Monday, 14 April, 1941 Egyptian King Farouk sends a secret message to Hitler, expressing his hope that Germany will "soon liberate Egypt from the British yoke." King Peter flees Yugoslavia for Athens, and is soon followed by his government. German forces continue to drive south into Greece, reaching the defensive line hinged on Mount Olympus. They make important gains in the Kleisoura Pass. The Tobruk garrison repels an Axis assault. Elements of the 5th Light division penetrate the outer ring of defenses but are then halted, and withdraw at nightfall. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "As Hitler needs Ukrainian wheat and Caucasian oil and as he would want to avoid fighting a powerful Turkish Army, he will choose to follow the route through Russia with his base of departure in Rumania." - report on Turkish Radio