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The Winter War... A force of Soviet ski troops begin an unsuccessful attempt to advance against the Finnish defenses which continues until February 13th. This force is wiped out.
In Washington... President Roosevelt condemns the USSR, saying the US backs Finland.
In Britain... The first magnetic mine is swept, by the HMS Salve and HMS Servitor, off a sunken lightship.
In Prague... Nazi authorities order the closing of all Jewish-owned textile, clothing and leather goods stores and warn the Baron von Neurath, the German Reich Protector of Bohemia-Moravia, may order all other Jewish business to shut. Neurath has also ordered the sale of all jewellry, gold, platinum, silver and works of art owned by Jews. The measures are seen as part of a plan to eliminate Jews from the economic life of former Czechoslovakia.
On the Western Front... A French communique reads: Rien àsignaler. (Nothing to report.)
In Spain... Six German merchant ships leave Vigo to run the blockade. Allied warships intercept 4, 1 runs aground off northern Norway and 1 (Wangoni) reaches Kiel.
In The Hague... The Dutch government announces the decision to build 3 battlecruisers (with technical assistance from Italy) for the defense of the Dutch East Indies. (The ships are never completed.)
In Washington... President Roosevelt condemns the USSR, saying the US backs Finland.
In Britain... The first magnetic mine is swept, by the HMS Salve and HMS Servitor, off a sunken lightship.
In Prague... Nazi authorities order the closing of all Jewish-owned textile, clothing and leather goods stores and warn the Baron von Neurath, the German Reich Protector of Bohemia-Moravia, may order all other Jewish business to shut. Neurath has also ordered the sale of all jewellry, gold, platinum, silver and works of art owned by Jews. The measures are seen as part of a plan to eliminate Jews from the economic life of former Czechoslovakia.
On the Western Front... A French communique reads: Rien àsignaler. (Nothing to report.)
In Spain... Six German merchant ships leave Vigo to run the blockade. Allied warships intercept 4, 1 runs aground off northern Norway and 1 (Wangoni) reaches Kiel.
In The Hague... The Dutch government announces the decision to build 3 battlecruisers (with technical assistance from Italy) for the defense of the Dutch East Indies. (The ships are never completed.)