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Nazi seizure plan indicated; party groups operate at key points
objective announced as annihilation of French armies
Germans bomb 3 rural dists and Thameside
Germans launch 2d major offensive from Abbeville to Sedan
Apptd Foreign Min's aide
1940Willie John McBride, Northern Irish rugby player who toured with the British Lions five times[†]
William James McBride CBE, better known as Willie John McBride, is a former rugby union footballer from Northern Ireland who played as a lock for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. He made 63 appearances for Ireland, including eleven as captain, and toured with the Lions five times; a record that earned him 17 Lions Test caps. He also captained one of the most successful Lions sides, which returned undefeated from South Africa in 1974. McBride, inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2009, is regarded as one of the most influential figures ever to play the game.