military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (09/24/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Sunday, 22 September, 1940 Japanese troops enter French Indo-China in force. The Vichy forces there offer resistance, and combat occurs near Dong Dang. The action occurs despite the compromise reached by negotiator allowing the use of certain air bases by Japan and a garrison of 6000 Japanese troops. The Italian Air Force is active in the Mediterranean, bombing Haifa and Alexandria. RAF bombers strike at the Italians near Sidi Barrani, which is also bombarded by British battleships offshore. Uruguay prepares for the trial of 8 Nazi party leaders, charged with plotting to overthrow the government and turn the nation into a German agricultural colony. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "We Americans want peace, and it is now evident that we must be prepared to demand it. For other peoples have wanted peace, and the peace they received was the peace of death." - the Most Rev. Francis J. Spellman, Archbishop of New York.