military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (10/10/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Thursday, 10 October, 1940 Yugoslavia reports that German troops occupying Rumania have also entered Hungary and Bulgaria. Four U-boats are reportedly operating in the Black Sea, as well. German radio announces a mobilization of the Bulgarian Army and strengthening of that nation's Turkish and Greek borders. President Roosevelt orders Rumanian assets in the USA frozen. German dive-bombers attack London, damaging St. Paul's Cathedral. The British battleship HMS Revenge bombards the docks at Cherbourg during the night. RAF bombers also strike at numerous Channel ports. General de Gaulle, with his Free French troops, lands in the Cameroons in French Equatorial Africa, where he is warmly greeted. Germany conducts a plebiscite in Luxembourg, in which 97% of the citizens vote their opposition to the German occupation. Disappointed with the outcome, German officials decide not to continue the experiment elsewhere. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "There is no reason to be so nervous. We wish Americans would understand that there is nothing to be alarmed about." - Japanese Foreign Office spokesman Yakichoro Suma