Diary December 12, 1939

War Diary, 12-1939, Diary WW2, Year 1939 / 1 minute of reading

Finnish 75mm mountain howitzer — A Finnish 75 mm mountain howitzer engages the Russians in Karelia. Guns and ammunition are scare.

War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 12, 1939:

Finland

Winter War – Battle of Tolvaajarvi: Finns destroy two divisions north of Lake Ladoga, killing 4,000 Russians, capturing 30 guns, 60 tanks and 600 PoWs (ends December 24).
Battle of Kitela: Finns halt Russian 18th and 168th Divisions on northern shore of Lake Ladoga. 18th Division surrounded on January 5 and 168th on January 11, 1940.

Sea War

Liner Bremen arrives in Bremerhaven via Murmansk.

Air War

RAF aircraft carry out nightlong ‘security patrols’ over Frisian Islands, the bases of German minelaying seaplanes (patrols repeated at frequent intervals during winter of 1939-40).

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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.

Finland

Sea War

Air War

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