military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (10/17/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Thursday, 17 October, 1940 A fighter-bomber raid on London scores a hit on Waterloo station, destroying the signalling equipment there. Kent is also hard-hit. London reports an increase in the rate of spinal meningitis, believed to be spreading in the cramped bomb shelters. Italian newspapers warn Greece and Turkey that with Rumania occupied, their fates must now be determined. Two British convoys, HX-79 and SC-7, containing 49 and 30 ships respectively, come under attack by a total of eight U-boats. The escorts are too weak to cover the convoys, and losses rapidly begin to accumulate. With the Burma Road due to re-open tonight, rumors abound that Japan intends to pressure Britain to cease all trade, both military and otherwise, with China through Hong Kong. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "If you elect me President, they will not be sent. By the same token, if you re-elect the third-term candidate, I believe they will be sent." - Wendell Willkie, speaking about the entry of American troops into the hostilities.