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From Washington... Sumner Welles, US Under-Secretary of State, is to visit the belligerent countries in Europe with the aim of trying to negotiate a peace settlement.
From Berlin... General Manstein is appointed to command the German 33rd Corps. Although this promotion is well deserved it seems that the German Army High Command hopes to shift Manstein to a less influential post than his present appointment as Chief of Staff to Rundstedt at Army Group A. He has had considerable influence in policy making and has been the leading figure arguing for a radical change in the plans for the attack on the west.
In Ireland... A bill allowing for the detention of IRA members without trial becomes law.
In Turkey... The government dismisses 80 German technical advisers.
In Britain... German destroyers lay mines in The Wash, on the British east coast during the night (February 9-10).
The Winter War... Finns hold Soviet attacks around Summa.
From Berlin... General Manstein is appointed to command the German 33rd Corps. Although this promotion is well deserved it seems that the German Army High Command hopes to shift Manstein to a less influential post than his present appointment as Chief of Staff to Rundstedt at Army Group A. He has had considerable influence in policy making and has been the leading figure arguing for a radical change in the plans for the attack on the west.
In Ireland... A bill allowing for the detention of IRA members without trial becomes law.
In Turkey... The government dismisses 80 German technical advisers.
In Britain... German destroyers lay mines in The Wash, on the British east coast during the night (February 9-10).
The Winter War... Finns hold Soviet attacks around Summa.