military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (01/27/91)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Monday, 27 January, 1941 In an effort to improve the morale of the troops, Italy posts many of her leaders, including Count Ciano, to active field commands in Albania. In Eritrea, British forces capture Agordat, but Italian resistance stiffens and both sides begin massing for a major battle. Ambassador Grew alerts Washington that rumors are circulating that Japan is making plans for an attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor. Rumanian Premier Antonescu orders that all of Sima's Iron Guard followers are to be executed. Marshal Petain enacts a new constitutional act; all Ministers and other high officials are now subject to him personally. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "During the few hours I have been here, I have found their spirit magnificent. I like their nerve." - Wendell Willkie, interviewed during his visit to London.