military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (02/27/91)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Thursday, 27 February, 1941 A sea battle takes place when the New Zealand light cruiser Leander meets the Italian merchant cruise Ramb I off the Maldives. The Leander outclasses the smaller Italian ship, which is soon set on fire and explodes. Italy present Spain with a bill for 7500 million lire for services rendered during the Spanish Civil War. Resistance in Italian Somaliland begins to collapse, and British troops report that thousands of prisoners are being taken daily. The defenders at Keren Pass in Eritrea continue to hold out, however. London warns Sofia that Britain will not stand idle if German troops enter that Bulgaria. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "If I go Bulgaria will become a theatre of war." - George Rendel, British Minister to Bulgaria