military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (10/24/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Thursday, 24 October, 1940 RAF bombers strike hard at Berlin; civilian casualties are higher than in any previous raid. Hamburg is also hit. Hitler and Petain meet to discuss the future of French-Axis relations. Petain declines Hitler's urging to join forces against Britain, instead requesting a permanent settlement of the armistice, which is due to expire within a few days. A Belgian government-in-exile is formed in London, headed by Camille Gutt, Hubert Pierlot, and Paul-Henri Spaak. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "Under assumptions of personal power we are steadily drifting toward war." - Herbert Hoover