military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (12/03/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Monday, 2 December, 1940 Eight distress calls are received over a 20-hour period from ships in a British convoy attacked by U-boats west of Ireland. Among those ships torpedoed are the freighters Lady Glanely, Goodleigh, and Loch Ranza, and the tanker Victor Ross. The British Home Fleet receives a new commander, Admiral Tovey, who replaces Admiral Forbes, who is reassigned to Plymouth Command. Admiral Harwood becomes the new Assistant Chief of Naval Staff. Lord Woolton, Britain's Minister of Food, announces that, in order to free shipping for a coming offensive against Italy, the import of non-essential foods such as eggs will be restricted. More news from London indicates warming relations with Spain; Britain releases several hundred thousand pounds of Spanish credits, which had previously been frozen, to be used for purchases within the Empire. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "Any appeasement of tyranny is treason to this republic and to the democratic ideal." - William Allen White