military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (12/04/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Wednesday, 4 December, 1940 Greek forces make further gains in Albania, including the capture of Premeti. Italy begins to abandon its base at Argyrokastro and the port of Santi Quaranta. Rome calls up an additional 250,000 soldiers, calling the measure "routine." Germany announces new foreign aid to Rumania for economic rehabilitation, and Rumania expropriates all oil pipelines within its borders. London, meanwhile, announces a new trade agreement with Turkey. The RAF announces great success in its recent bombings, including damage to synthetic oil plants in Germany and the ignition of huge fires at an aviation fuel dump near Stettin. Hits on a refinery in Hamburg are also claimed. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "There is every sign that the R.A.F. policy of aiming instead of shedding bombs is the right one. It not only causes damage where it will hurt Germany most but there is evidence it injures the morale of the German people more than indiscriminate bombing." - British Air Ministry