Diary January 11, 1940

War Diary, 01-1940, Diary WW2, Year 1940 / 1 minute of reading

Planes like this Polikarpov I-153 single-seat fighter biplane, in winter finish, were used to carrying supply containers to Russian pockets during the Winter War.

War Diary WW2 for Thursday, January 11, 1940:

Finland

Winter War: Russian 168th Division encircled north of Lake Ladoga. Finns beat off reinforcements, while Russians supply the ‘pocket’ by air. Russian relief column finally breaks through, March 6.
New Russian drive in Salla sector (‘Waist’ area), toward Kemijärvi–Tornio railway (Finns counterattack, January 17-18).
Swedish volunteer air group, Flygflottilj 19, begins operations from frozen lake Kemi, with 12 Gladiators and 4 Hart light bombers. The Swedes shoot down 12 Russians and lose 6 aircraft, by March 13.

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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.

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