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Subject: 50 Years Ago: Monday, 16 October, 1939
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From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker)
Monday, 16 October, 1939

Nine Ju-88 bombers of the Luftwaffe attack the Royal Navy's base at Rosyth,
on the Firth of Forth, Scotland.  The heavy cruiser Southampton is hit by
a dud bomb, and fifteen defenders are killed.  This is the first air raid
on British territory.

The German U-45 is sunk in the Bay of Biscay by the French DD Cyclone.

German counterattacks in the Saar region force the remaining French
troops back across the border; casualties to both nations are light.

German High Command announces the official end of the Polish campaign,
though scattered resistance still holds out.



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