military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (08/09/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Friday, 9 August, 1940 London announces that Britain will abandon its concessions in Shanghai and Tientsin province, China. The 1500-man garrison is said to be needed elsewhere. The French New Hebrides colony declares its loyalty with the Free French movement and General de Gaulle. Both Britain and Germany employ seaplanes in nighttime minelaying missions off the enemy's coast. The US Senate opens debate on the Universal Military Service Bill, which would enact a peacetime draft. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "The matter of our national defense is so vital, the time element involved in the establishment of a sound defense so insistent, that failure to take the necessary steps in time might result in perilous consequences." - Senator Shephard, chairman of the Military Affairs committee.