military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (08/28/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Tuesday, 27 August, 1940 Hitler reverses his previous position on Operation Sea Lion, ordering that the invasion take place on a narrow, rather than broad, front. The RAF begins operations from an airbase in Iceland, using Fairey Battle bombers for antisubmarine patrol. Border clashes are reported between Rumanian and Soviet troops in Moldavia, and between Rumania and Hungary. Von Ribbentrop and Count Ciano, Foreign Ministers of Germany and Italy respectively, arrive in Vienna to meet with Rumanian and Hungarian negotiators. Free French troops take charge of Duala in Cameroons and Brazzaville in the French Congo. General De Gaulle warns that he has received a message from the French governor of Chad, announcing the latter's intention of fighting along side of Britain. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "It seems that a little war is going on in the north. The situation looks bad." - Unidentified Rumanian source