military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (03/22/91)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Saturday, 22 March, 1941 The German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst return to Brest following their Atlantic sortie, "Operation Berlin." They have sunk 22 ships grossing 116,000 tons. Britain grants passage through its blockade to two American ships carrying Red Cross flour for emergency rations to Vichy France. The Grand Coulee Dam becomes operational in the United States. Completed 2 years ahead of schedule, it is the largest electrical source in the world. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "This is only the start." - German Navy statement on British shipping losses