- Joined
- Oct 11, 2010
- Messages
- 12,706
- Reaction score
- 7,458
- Age
- 61
In the North Atlantic... British warships detain the American SS Mormacsun.
The Winter War... Finnish aircraft drop three million pamphlets on Leningrad. The Finnish government claims to have destroyed 400 Soviet tanks and brought down 150 Soviet planes since the fighting began.
On the Western Front... In the Vosges area, French patrols ambush two German detachments and take several prisoners.
In Washington... President Roosevelt requests $1.8 billion for national defense in his annual budget request to Congress.
In Berlin... A conciliatory letter from Mussolini transmitted to Hitler in an effort to offset the Italian condemnations of the Nazi-Soviet Pact. The Duce, however, maintains that "the solution of your Lebensraum is in Russia and not elsewhere."
In Ireland... The Eire government introduces legislation to detain members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) without trial.
The Winter War... Finnish aircraft drop three million pamphlets on Leningrad. The Finnish government claims to have destroyed 400 Soviet tanks and brought down 150 Soviet planes since the fighting began.
On the Western Front... In the Vosges area, French patrols ambush two German detachments and take several prisoners.
In Washington... President Roosevelt requests $1.8 billion for national defense in his annual budget request to Congress.
In Berlin... A conciliatory letter from Mussolini transmitted to Hitler in an effort to offset the Italian condemnations of the Nazi-Soviet Pact. The Duce, however, maintains that "the solution of your Lebensraum is in Russia and not elsewhere."
In Ireland... The Eire government introduces legislation to detain members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) without trial.