Diary February 26, 1940

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

By Finnish soldiers in February 1940 captured Russian tractor STZ Komsomolet, here in use a troop carrier with tarpaulins.

Diary for Monday, February 26, 1940:

Finland

Winter War: Finns announce evacuation of Koivisto coastal fortress, on right flank of Mannerheim Line.

Sea War

Atlantic: Liner Queen Elizabeth (83,700 tons) leaves Clydebank with skeleton crew on secret maiden voyage to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and New York. She is equipped with giant electric ‘de-gaussing’ cable, to neutralize magnetic mines.

Politics

US envoy Sumner Welles, with offer of US mediation, begins series of meetings with European leaders (Mussolini, Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier, Reynaud, the Kings of England and Italy and the Pope); tour ends March 20.

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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.

Finland

Sea War

Politics

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