military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (08/24/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Saturday, 24 August, 1940 Heavy German air raids renew over Britain, with airfields as the prime targets. Manston is hardest hit, with North Weald and Hornchurch also suffering severe damage. Central London is also bombed by mistake, when British radio countermeasures divert them from their primary targets. German fighter escort is improved, resulting in a more even loss ratio of 30 German to 22 British planes. In Egypt, Italian bombers strike the British at several points, including Alexandria, Sidi Barrani, and Matruh. Germany intervenes as the Rumanian/Hungarian conference on Transylvania breaks up; the two parties are brought back together for renewed negotiations. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker Moderator, sci.military military-request@att.att.com (614) 860-5294 Send submissions to military@att.att.com "One of the ways to bring this war to a speedy end is to convince the enemy, not by words but by deeds, that we have both the will and the means not only to go on indefinitely, but to strike heavy and unexpected blows." - Winston Churchill