military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (03/01/91)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Saturday, 1 March, 1941 Bowing to German pressure, King Boris of Bulgaria instructs Prime Minister Filov to sign the Tripartite Pact, bringing Bulgaria into the Axis. Free French troops led by Colonel Leclerc, assisted by British Long Range Desert Group patrols, captures Kuffra in southeast Libya. The US Navy organizes the Atlantic Fleet Support Force. Composed of 3 destroyer squadrons and a number of patrol aircraft, its mission is to guard convoys in the Atlantic. The RAF stages a 100-plane night raid on Cologne. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "We are not offering England help because of our military strength as of Feb. 11., 1941, but because of our military weaknesses as of Feb 11., 1941." - Mayor La Guardia of New York