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In Germany... The battle of the Heligoland Bight takes place as 50 German Me109 and Me110 fighters intercept and destroy 12 of 22 British Wellington bombers dispatched on an armed reconnaissance mission to Wilhelmshaven -- 4 fighters are destroyed. As a result, RAF Bomber Command abandons daylight raids until April 1940.
In Berlin... Hitler meets Quisling again and promises German financial support in return for any assistance rendered to the German Armed Forces High Command.
From London... Commodore Harwood -- victor of the Battle of the River Plate -- is promoted to Rear-Admiral.
In Argentina... The 1039 officers and men of the Admiral Graf Spee are interned in Buenos Aires.
In Washington... The US Navy promises to send 40 planes to Finland
In the Winter War... The main Soviet attacks against the Mannerheim Line, around Summa, continues. There is renewed Soviet bombing of Helsinki and shelling of coastal batteries.
In Berlin... Hitler meets Quisling again and promises German financial support in return for any assistance rendered to the German Armed Forces High Command.
From London... Commodore Harwood -- victor of the Battle of the River Plate -- is promoted to Rear-Admiral.
In Argentina... The 1039 officers and men of the Admiral Graf Spee are interned in Buenos Aires.
In Washington... The US Navy promises to send 40 planes to Finland
In the Winter War... The main Soviet attacks against the Mannerheim Line, around Summa, continues. There is renewed Soviet bombing of Helsinki and shelling of coastal batteries.