Diary February 18, 1940

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

A column of Chinese soldiers singing patriotic songs march along a dirt road during the winter fighting. They wear winter-weight ski-types caps with the ear flaps tied on top. Most of the men are armed with the Hanyang 88 rifle but two men in front have later Mauser models.

Diary for Sunday, February 18, 1940:

China

Sino-Japanese war – Battle of Nanning: Japanese forced to withdraw from city after heavy fighting.

Sea War

Atlantic – Operation Nordmark: Battlecruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst with heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper make unsuccessful sortie against ‘HN’ convoy route (Britain-Scandinavia); but escorting U-boats sink 12 merchant ships and destroyer HMS Daring.

Western Front

German infantry detachment, with heavy mortar support, make unsuccessful raid on French outpost near river Moselle.

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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.

China

Sea War

Western Front

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