military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (04/10/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Wednesday, 10 April, 1940 Denmark accepts Germany's demands and ceases hostilities. 13 Danes and 20 Germans have died in the occupation. Five British destroyers enter Narvik Fjord and engage ten German DD's there; two ships from each flotilla are lost, and Commodore Bonte, High Commander of the German Destroyer forces, is killed, as is Captain Warburton-Lee, the British flotilla commander. In addition, 9 German transports are sunk. The U-4 sinks the British submarine HMS Thistle off Stavanger. Iceland's Parliament severs its ties with the Danish government. The Dutch army is placed on alert, while Sweden declares her neutrality in the current hostilities. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@cbnews.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "The British people have noted with deep admiration Norway's fearless acceptance of the challenge to her liberty and independence, and side by side with Britian, Norway will fight until the victory is won." - Lord Halifax, in a radio broadcast