Diary January 19, 1940

captured Russian flamethrower tank OT-130
A Russian flamethrower tank OT-130, captured by Finnish troops.
Friday, January 19, 1940

Finland

Winter War: Heavy fighting continues on three fronts. 45 °C (81 °F) of frost recorded.

Sea War

Destroyer HMS Grenville mined and sunk off Thames Estuary.

Neutrals

USA: Death of Senator Borah, influential ‘Isolationist’ (aged 74).

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