military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (10/24/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Sunday, 20 October, 1940 The Royal Air Force raids Berlin by night, as well as Milan and Turin. Italian bombers strike at Cairo. Another group of Italian bombers sets a new record for the longest bombing attack, flying from Dodecanese Island via Bahrein to Eritrea; the damage they inflict on the oilfields there is minor, however. Four Royal Italian Navy destroyers launch an unsuccessful night attack on a British Red Sea; one, the Francesco Nullo, is badly damaged and is forced to beach. The stranded ship is later destroyed by Blenheim bombers. The U-boat attack on convoy HX-79 ends, after sinking 12 of the 49 ships in the convoy. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "Italy, Germany, and Japan form a sole will, a sole right, a sole revolution. They constitute a sole historical force that promotes a program of justice." - Mario Appelius