military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (04/01/91)
Monday, 31 March, 1941 A 109-plane RAF night raid on Brest fails to score hits on the German battleship Gneisenau and Scharnhorst moored there. As German and Italian civilians leave Yugoslavia, Berlin and Belgrade mutually withdraw their ambassadors. The USA receives and rejects protests from Germany and Italy over the internment of their merchant vessels.Z An American scientific and military mission is sent to Greenland to evaluate the potential of bases there. Weather stations on that island could be invaluable for predicting storms the North Atlantic. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "The Army, the Air Force, and the Navy are ready to do their duty." - Premier Dusan Simovic of Yugoslavia