military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (10/09/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Wednesday, 9 October, 1940 Scattered Luftwaffe raids continue over England, including London, and the RAF strikes back at Hamburg and Bremen. Britain's Conservative party elects Winston Churchill as its leader, replacing the recently-resigned Neville Chamberlain. Rumors from Cairo state that German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel has taken command of the Italian army in Africa. Rumania places a ban on the export of oil to Greece, and it is reported that the ban may be extended to cover Turkey, as well. As Mussolini reviews troops near the Yugoslav border, his newspaper, the Popolo d'Italia, states that if the United States remains neutral, it might expect to gain control of Canada, Newfoundland, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Bermuda, Australia, and New Zealand after the establishment of the new order in Europe and the Pacific. It also warns that entry into the war by the US would be suicide. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "New, heavy blows are imminent which will aggravate the already desperate situation of the British Empire and further reduce its power of resistance. Without North American aid, England already would have collapsed." - Mario Appelius, in Popolo d'Italia