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August 15, 1940

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ITALY HINTS GREECE MUST YIELD EPIRUS; Diplomatic Pressure Strong-- Salonika Naval Base Seen as Ultimate Aim

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Ital press continues anti-Greek campaign; hints Greece must yield Epirus; charges Greek attacks on Albanians continue; indicates Ital claims on Yugoslavia will be settled in new Eur; Metaxas conf with Cabinet and Gen Papagos; Ital Athens Legation spokesman and neutral diplomatic circles comment; Ital plan to seize Solonika hinted; USSR believed ready to agree if given remaining part of Poland; Brit watch situation

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Notable Births

Gudrun Ensslin

1940Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction (died 1977)[†]

Gudrun Ensslin was a German far-left terrorist and founder of the West German far-left militant group Red Army Faction.

Historical Events

Kingdom of Italy

1940An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.[†]

The Kingdom of Italy was a unitary state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an institutional referendum on 2 June 1946. This resulted in a modern Italian Republic. The kingdom was established through the unification of several states over a decades-long process, called the Risorgimento. That process was influenced by the Savoy-led Kingdom of Sardinia, which was one of Italy's legal predecessor states.