military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (10/04/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Thursday, 3 October, 1940 Neville Chamberlain resigns his position as Lord President of the War Council because of poor health. He is replaced by Herbert Morrison, while Sir John Anderson becomes Home Secretary. The warships of Force M, following their defeat off Dakar, escort Free French troops to Douala in the French Cameroons. The battleships HMS Barham and Resolution leave the task force to put in for repairs of damage sustained at Dakar. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "Reports of London bombings confirm the conclusion reached in the Spanish war proving ground -- that the destruction wrought by a large bomb seldom justifies its use. In most cases a smaller bomb would accomplish the desired purpose, and, as its weight permits more bombs to be carried by a plane, the area to be destroyed can be greatly extended by the bomber." - Maj. Gen. Stephen O. Fuqua, U.S.A., Ret.