Diary February 1, 1940

War Diary, 02-1940, Diary WW2, Year 1940 / 1 minute of reading

The OT-130 flame-thrower tank version of the T-26 in action against the Mannerheim line during the second battle of Summa. Their main problem was that they had to approach very close to their target, and were very vulnerable to even the simplest weapons such as the anti-tank rifle.

Diary Thursday, February 1, 1940

Finland

Winter War – Second battle of Summa: Russian 7th Army batters key sector of Mannerheim Line near village of Summa, with waves of tanks pulling armored infantry sledges (‘Molotov Coffins’) and flamethrowers; supported by ‘creeping’ artillery barrage and hundreds of aircraft. Finns repel all attacks until February 11 (but battle ends on February, 16).

Home Fronts

Britain: Admiralty takes control of merchant ship building and repairing.
Japan: Government begins five-year re-armament programme.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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