military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (04/07/91)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Monday 7 April, 1941 German forces reach the Metaxas line in Greece, and armored units threaten the line's left flank. General Papagos orders part of the defenders of the Aliakmon Line to advance and cover this threat, dangerously weakening that defensive position. In Libya, Derna falls to advancing Axis troops, and a battle develops further inland between the German 5th Panzer Regiment and the remnants of the British 2nd Armored Division. Gloster test-flies their new E28/39, Britain first jet aircraft. Chiang Kai-shek decides on a new policy of cooperation with Communist Chinese forces. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "These border embroglios [with the Communists] are mere secondary questions. We can't worry too much over such trivialities." - Chiang Kai-shek