military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (10/24/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Tuesday, 22 October, 1940 Tonight's raid on London is the weakest since the beginning of the Blitz; a shopping district takes most of the punishment. The South African Air Force strikes at Birikau in Italian East Africa, its fifth raid on that city. Vice Premier Laval of France meets with Hitler and von Ribbentrop to discuss a more permanent settlement of the French-German armistice. Some observers believe this will result in the incorporation of France into the Axis powers. Britain opens negotiations the government of Ulster and Eire for the relocation of women and children from target areas within Britain. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "Japan must be made entirely independent economically by establishing an East Asia solidarity sphere. We must be ready to go straight ahead without being influenced by old idea." - Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye