Diary February 22, 1940

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

The Dalai Lama in 1959 after his escape from the Chinese.

Diary for Thursday, February 22, 1940:

Neutrals

Tibet: six-year-old Dalai Lama, Jampel Ngawang Lobsang Yishey Tenzing Gyatso (‘Tender Glory, Mighty in Speech, Excellent Intellect, Absolute Wisdom, Holding to the Doctrine, and Ocean Wide’) enthroned at Lhasa.

Finland

Winter War: 34th Moscow Tank Brigade, encircled near Kitelae, Ladoga Front, eats last of its pack horses (for next few days Russians survive on starvation rations plus biscuits and rusks dropped from aircraft).

Sea War

North Sea: He 111s bomb two German destroyers by mistake off Frisian Islands; they blunder into British minefield and sink.

Home Fronts

Britain: IRA bomb explodes in Oxford Street, London (seven people seriously injured) – the last major incident in an IRA bombing campaign against mainland Britain, begun on January 16, 1939.

About The Author

Kretaner

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.