[Homer_J_Simpson]

Battleships Used – 2
The International Situation – 3
Libyan Port Afire – 3-4
‘Success’ at Bardia Reported by Rome – 4
10 Albanian Towns Taken by Greeks – 5
British Surprise Fascisti at Valona – 6
President Commends his Envoy to Petain – 6
Madrid Chief Sees Grave Food Shortage – 6
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 7-8

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/dec40/f21dec40.htm

Survivors put ashore

Saturday, December 21, 1940 www.onwar.com

In the Pacfic... German raiders Komet and Orion land 496 survivors (including 70 women and 7 children) from 10 British and Allied merchant ships (sunk since August) on Emirau Island, near New Guinea. The Royal Australian Navy subsequently rescues the survivors.

Over Italy... British RAF planes conduct a night raid on the Porto Marghera docks and oil installations, near Venice.

In the United States... The renowned writer, F. Scott Fitzgerald, dies in Hollywood at age 44.

[BroJoeK]

"BRITISH UNITS SEEK ACTION

"Palestine General Hopes for 'the Real Thing' Soon

"JERUSALEM, Dec 20 -- The hope that the British troops in Palestine would all be out shortly 'on the real thing'..."

This brings to mind the question of: how many British units in Palestine were Jewish?
Seems to me I've read that at least some were.

And that raises the question of how many did eventually fight against Rommel's Africa Corps, and assuming then that some were captured, how were they treated?

I ask this because, almost uniquely amongst German generals, Rommel has a great reputation for being, well, anti-anti-Semitic.
He is said to have refused to participate in the usual Nazi insanities.

Yes, I know, projecting the "future" is a bit verboten, but I'm still curious... ;-)