military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (11/22/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Sunday, 24 November, 1940 Greek troops drive even deeper into Albania, and threaten Pogradec and Moskopolia, both important Italian defensive bases. German press warns Greece not to attempt to widen the conflict and cast herself in the role of "protector of the Balkans." Slovakia, represented by Prime Minister Vojtetch Tuka, becomes the newest signatory to the Tripartite Pact. The Luftwaffe raids Bristol by night, as destroyers of the Kriegsmarine conduct a sweep off Plymouth. The destroyers sink several small coasters and damage the destroyer HMS Javelin with a torpedo. Lord Craigavon, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland since 1921 , dies at age 69. He is succeeded by J.M. Andrews. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "We have a long road to go and I have never concealed the darker side of our dangers and burdens. But it is in adversity that the British qualities shine brightest. Up to the present this war has been waged between a fully armed German and a quarter or half armed British Empire. We have not done so badly." - Prime Minister Winston Churchill