military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (02/26/91)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Sunday, 23 February, 1941 German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop urges Japan to enter the war against Britain as soon as possible. Free French troops land in Eritrea, and deploy to join General Cunningham's troops, who, having cleared the Juba river, are advancing on Mogadishu. Premier Korizis of Greece formally accepts the reinforcements offered by Britain. 100,000 troops, 142 tanks, and 464 guns have been promised. Benito Mussolini speaks to the Italian people at a rally in Rome. He discounts Italy's defeats so far in the war and lists ten reasons why Britain cannot win. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "The lie is that the Axis powers, after they finish Great Britain, want to attack America... it is more likely that the United States, before it is attacked by Axis soldiers, will be attacked by the not well-known but very warlike inhabitants of the planet Mars, who will descend from the stratosphere in unimaginable flying fortresses." - Benito Mussolini