military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (10/29/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Tuesday, 29 October, 1940 Italian troops advance slowly into Greece, and are hampered, together with their air support, by rainy weather. The Greek government reports that British troops have landed on Corfu and are constructing an airbase there. Turkey expresses her wish to aid Greee, but says that material aid is impossible at this time. It is felt that the presence of Turkish forces should prevent Bulgaria from entering the war against Greece, freeing Greek divisions from that border for use in the west. The Admiralty reports the shipping losses for last week at 198,000 tons, the highest so far in the war and higher than any period in WWI. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "There in Europe is a proving ground for tactics and techniques in air fighting which, if we are wise, we can use without cost to ourselvs in men and money." - Major General H.H. Arnold