military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (10/15/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Sunday, 13 October, 1940 German and British destroyers meet off the southern coast of Norway; two German ships are sunk. Ichang airfield, an important base for Japan's repeated bombings of Chungking, is shelled by Nationalist artillery which has been secretly transported deep into Japanese-held territory. Negotiations are concluded for US leases on three bases in South America, two in Brazil and one in Chile. References: C.Argyle, _Chronology of World War II_ R.Dupuy and T.Dupuy, _The Encyclopedia of Military History_ J.Keegan, ed., _The Times Atlas of the Second World War_ C.Messenger, _Atlas of World War Two_ J.Piekalkiewicz, _Tank War 1939-1940_ C.Salmaggi and A.Pallavisini, _2194 Days of War_ Brig. P.Young, _The World Almanac of World War II_ The New York Times, daily editions Time magazine Newsweek -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "If we must clash with Japan let us do so with open eyes. The Russian dictator has only one use for us, to use our friendship as a bargaining point in his dealings with the Japanese exactly as he used the European democracies in his pre-war negotiations with Hitler." - J. Burk, in a letter to the New York Times.