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From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker)
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Subject: 50 Years Ago:
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From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker)


Sunday, 20 April, 1941

The Greek forces in Albania and western Greece surrender.

In Ahmedabad, Bombay, a riot breaks out between Sikhs and Moslems, leaving
400 dead and injured.

A flight of 90 German aircraft raid Athens, and are intercepted by a group
of RAF Hurricanes.  15 German aircraft and 7 Hurricanes are shot down,
and Britain's leading ace, Squadron Leader Pattle (41 victories) is killed.

Three British battleships, together with their escorts, bombard Tripoli by
night, damaging seven Axis ships and starting fires in the oil storage
facilities there.  HMS Valiant strikes a mine and is damaged while 
returning to Alexandria.

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Bill Thacker			            military@att.att.com
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"We have heard a great deal about the German victories being due to their
mechanized force.  Will not history books of the future credit the French
victory at the Marne in the World War to their use of "mechanized 
force" ?  Was not the "taxicab" army of the French the fore-runner of the
present mobile troops ?" - Lary Rogers, in a letter to the New York Times