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Battle of Kollaa in the Winter War
week from December 4 - 10, 1939

Battle of Kollaa in the Winter War (on December 7) was the main event of the week !

MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1939

Sea War: Battleship HMS Nelson, flagship of British Home Fleet, damaged by magnetic mine near Loch Ewe.
Royal Navy submarine Salmon sinks U-36 off Norway.

HMS Nelson leads battleships
Picture: HMS Nelson leads other battleships of the Royal Sovereign and Queen Elizabeth classes.

Western Front: King George arrives to inspect BEF and RAF units. He later meets President Lebrun, Premier Daladier and General Gamelin and sees Maginot Line (visit ends, December 10).

Winter War Finland: Finns fortify Aaland Islands in Gulf of Bothnia.

Diplomacy: USSR rejects Swedish offer of mediation in Russo-Finnish conflict.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1939

Winter War Finland: Finnish covering forces complete withdrawal to Mannerheim Line.
Finnish Blenheim bombers raid Murmansk air base.

Finnish Mannerheim Line
Picture: the Finnish Mannerheim Line with tank traps constructed by German experts.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1939

Winter War Finland: Russians complete series of landings on seven islands in Gulf of Finland.

Sea War: Mines laid, by night, off British East Coast, by German seaplanes and destroyers (which also torpedo destroyer HMS Jersey).

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1939

Sea War Atlantic: Pocket-battleship, Admiral Graf Spee, sinks SS Streonshalh south of Trinidad, her ninth and last victim. British cruiser squadron sails towards River Plate estuary, anticipating interception.
British and French submarines escort three North Atlantic convoys (until December 27).

Winter War Finland: Russians announce naval blockade of Finnish South and West coasts.
(MAIN EVENT) Battle of Kollaa: Finns halt Russian division north of Lake Ladoga (ends December 10).

Finnish 75mm mountain howitzer in Karelia
Picture: A Finnish 75mm mountain howitzer engages the Russians in Karelia. Guns and ammunition were scare.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1939

Air War: Polish exile-squadrons to be attached to the RAF.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1939

Western Front: Corporal Thomas Priday of King's Shropshire Light Infantry, killed leading a patrol, is first British soldier to be killed in WWII.

German soldiers Western Front Winter 1940
Picture: Due to the forward area of the Siegfried Line a German detachment is marching into position.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1939

Sea War: First Canadian troop convoy sails from Halifax, with 5 liners under heavy escort (arrives Britain, December 23).
Russian submarine S-1 sinks (in error) German SS Bolheim in Gulf of Bothnia.
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