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Russians bomb Finnish towns
week from December 25 - 31, 1939

Russians bomb Finnish towns (on December 25 and 31) was the main event of the week !

MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1939

Winter War, Finland: (MAIN EVENT) On a cold Christmas Day (-30°C), Helsinki, Viipuri and over 30 other Finnish towns and villages bombed or strafed, railways also attacked. Finnish fighters and AA guns destroy or damage 20 bombers.

Western Front: Hitler on 3-day visit.

Germany infantry company at the Siegfried Line 1939
Picture: in the bitterly coled winter a German infantry company is marching behind the Siegfried Line.

Home Front Britain: The King broadcasts a Christmas message to the Empire.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1939

Diplomacy: USA and twenty Latin American States issue joint protest against River Plate Battle infringement of Pan-American 'Security Zone' (rejected by Britain on January 15; by Germany, February 1, 1940).

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1939

Winter War, Finland: Civilians evacuated from Viipuri.

Sea War: Defensive minefield to be laid off British East Coast, from Moray Firth to Thames Estuary.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1939

Winter War, Finland: Russian High Command orders preparations for coordinated, step-by-step assault on Mannerheim Line.

Sea War Atlantic: U-30 torpedoes battleship HMS Barham (slight damage).

China: Repeated Japanese bombing raids on Lanchow, vital Chinese military supply base (northwest China).

Japanese Ki-30 bombers in China
Picture: Pilots and observers of a Ki-30 Chutai relax before a misson in China. Like other Imperial Army aircraft of the period these bombers are either grey or in natural metal finish. Escorted on their short-range missions by Ki-27 fighrers, the losses of Ki-30 units were at first commendably low.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1939

Winter War, Finland: 250 Finnish 'suicide squad' ski troops tear up vital Leningrad-Murmansk railway line at three points.

Finnish ski-troops in Winter War
Picture: Finnish ski-troops proved more than a match for the road-bound, poorly camouflaged Soviet invader.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1939

Winter War, Finland: General Stern, formerly in command of Russian Far Eastern Army, to direct operations north of Lake Ladoga.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1939

Winter War, Finland: Russians bomb Viipuri and other towns.

Diplomacy: Britain and France inform League of Nations that they will give all possible assistance to Finland.

Home Front Britain: Road accident deaths (September-December 1939) total 4,130 (only 2,511 killed in military operations over same period).
15,626 people registered as conscientious objectors.

Home Front Germany: Hitler's New Year Proclamation to Nazi Party: Germany's war aim is the final defeat of the British 'warmongers and war-declarers'.

Sea War, Shipping Losses 1939:
Allied and Neutral: 225 ships totalling 767,358 t.
German: 9 U-boats.

British convoy in WW2
Picture: Until September 1940 ships in convoys were seldom attacked by U-Boats.

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