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From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker)
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Subject: 50 Years Ago: Tuesday, 1 April, 1941
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Tuesday, 1 April, 1941

Rashid Ali, an Iraqi nationalist politician, together with a military
group know as the "Brethren of the Golden Square," lead an anti-British 
coup in Iraq.  

Premier Simovic of Yugoslavia announces full mobilization of military
forces, but refuses to travel to Athens to meet with British Foreign 
Secretary Antony Eden, hoping to avoid provoking Hitler.

Indian troops occupy Asmara, capital of Eritrea.

Tokyo and several other Japanese cities institute rice rationing.

German He 111 bombers sink two tankers, the San Conrado and Hidlefjord,
in the English Channel.

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