Diary December 31, 1939

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

British convoy — Until September 1940 ships in convoys were seldom attacked by U-Boats.

War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 31, 1939:

Sea War

Merchant shipping losses in December 1939: 72 Allied ships with 190,768 tons in the Atlantic.
1 U-boat sunk in the Atlantic, Arctic or Baltic.
Shipping Losses 1939:
Allied and Neutral: 225 ships totaling 767,358 t.
German: 9 U-boats.

Finland

Winter War: Russians bomb Viipuri and other towns.

Politics

Britain and France inform League of Nations that they will give all possible assistance to Finland.

Home Fronts

Britain: Road accident deaths (September-December 1939) total 4,130 (only 2,511 killed in military operations over same period).
15,626 people registered as conscientious objectors.
Germany: Hitler‘s New Year Proclamation to Nazi Party: Germany’s war aim is the final defeat of the British ‘warmongers and war-declarers’.

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.