12-1939

War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 31, 1939: Sea War Merchant shipping losses in December 1939: 72 Allied ships with 190,768 tons in the Atlantic. 1 U-boat sunk in the […]

War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 30, 1939: Finland Winter War: General Stern, formerly in command of Russian Far Eastern Army, to direct operations north of Lake Ladoga.

War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 29, 1939: Finland Winter War: 250 Finnish ‘suicide squad’ ski troops tear up vital Leningrad–Murmansk railway line at three points.

War Diary WW2 for Thursday, December 28, 1939: China Repeated Japanese bombing raids on Lanchow, vital Chinese military supply base (northwest China). Finland Winter War: Russian High Command orders preparations

War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, December 27, 1939: Sea War North Sea: Defensive minefield to be laid off British East Coast, from Moray Firth to Thames Estuary. Finland Winter War:

War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 26, 1939: Politics USA and twenty Latin American States issue joint protest against River Plate Battle infringement of Pan-American ‘Security Zone’ (rejected by Britain

War Diary WW2 for Monday, December 25, 1939: Western Front Hitler on 3-day visit. Finland Winter War: On a cold Christmas Day (-30 °C), Helsinki, Viipuri and over 30 other Finnish

War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 24, 1939: Occupied countries Poland: Russo-German agreement re-establishes rail links between the two occupied zones.

War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 23, 1939: Finland Winter War: Finnish counterattack on Karelian Isthmus. Finns suffer 1,500 casualties and call off attack at nightfall; stalemate ensues. Neutrals Ireland:

War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 22, 1939: Home Fronts France: Chamber of Deputies votes credits of 304,000,000,000 Francs for the production of armaments in 1940. Prime Minister Daladier announces

War Diary WW2 for Thursday, December 21, 1939: Politics Hitler sends greetings to Stalin on his 60th birthday. French government Yellow Book published, equivalent to British Blue Book (see September

War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, December 20, 1939: Secret War British expert examines radar equipment on board the wreck of German pocket-battleship Admiral Graf Spee.

War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 19, 1939: Politics Fourth meeting of Allied Supreme War Council in Paris.

War Diary WW2 for Monday, December 18, 1939: Air War Battle of the Heligoland Bight: 50 Me 109s and Me 110s destroy 12 of 22 Wellington bombers despatched on armed

War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 17, 1939: Sea War Atlantic: ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE SCUTTLED in River Plate Estuary; her wreck burns for a week. Later the British bought the