military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (03/05/91)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Sunday, 2 March, 1941 Aircraft of the BOAC begin to fly clandestine night missions between Scotland and Stockholm. Modified Whitley bombers ferry diplomats, agents, and vital commodities on a regular basis. The German 12th Army crosses the Danube into Bulgaria. The army includes five corps and a panzergruppe. With her last hope of avoiding German intervention gone, Greece urges Britain to land troops immediately. Hitler meets with Yugolav Prince Paul, urging him to support Germany in her upcoming invasion of Russia and promising to cede Salonika to Yugoslavia in return for assistance against Greece. Turkey tightens her control over shipping through the Dardanelles. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker Moderator, sci.military military-request@att.att.com (614) 860-5294 Send submissions to military@att.att.com "This new Balkan offensive is not of Hitler's choosing." - Maj. Gen. Stephen O. Fuqua, US Army, Ret.