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Nazis Boast Army Fills Entire West Ready For Attack – 1-2
Incidents in European Conflict – 2
Paris Plans Exports to Help Pay For War – 2
Nazis Execute Ex-Mayor Of City Seized in Poland – 2
The International Situation – 3
Finns Accused of Stubborn Stand In Deadlocked Talks by the Soviet – 3-4
Pius XII Criticized Lack of Religion in Schools of U.S. – 5
Recital is Given By Rachmaninoff – 6
Philharmonic Has a Saxophone Soloist For First Time in Its 3,543 Concerts – 6
Toscanini Leads Beethoven Cycle – 7
Dickinson Asks Mothers Cut Smoking to Aid Charity – 7

New of the Week in Review

Strategic Routes in the Mediterranean and in the Near East (Map) – 8
Low Countries Attack a Gamble For Germans – 9-11
Britain Tightens Her Air Defenses – 12-13
The Near East is Prepared – 14
Danger Rising in Balkans – 15-16

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1939/nov39/f12nov39.htm

Nazis arrest hundreds over bomb plot
Sunday, November 12, 1939 www.onwar.com

In Germany... Hundreds of dissidents and Jews are arrested in the search for the Munich bombers. Meanwhile, ration cards for clothing are issued.

In London... British King George VI replies to the appeal for peace issued by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and King Leopold of Belgium. Meanwhile, Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, says in a radio broadcast that if the British get through the winter without any serious setback, the first campaign of the war will have been won.

In Paris... French President Lebrun also responds negatively to the Belgian-Dutch mediation offer.

In France... The first ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association) concert is given for British and French troops in France, starring Maurice Chevalier and Gracie Fields.

In Holland... The Dutch and Belgian foreign ministers meet at Breda.

[tcrlaf]

War Diary and War Standing Orders of Commander in Chief, Submarines
12 November, 1939
Admiral Donitz

U 36 will not be ready for another week and operations against the timber transports will get more difficult as it gets darker, I have therefore decided to send U 38 up there. This boat was to have operated together with U 41, U 43 and U 49, but her sailing has been delayed so long that only a partial cooperation would be possible now. U 36 will then be the second boat to go north.

Chances of success will be considerably improved if the boats are disposed in quarterline in the direction of the traffic, about 100-120 miles apart, as then there would always be at least one boat on the steamer route by day.

U 34 entered port. She sank:

1)S.S. Gustav Adolf 935 tons Swedish-contraband
2) British Sperrbrecher 1,200 tons British
3) S.S. Malabar 7,976 tons British
4) Steamer type Cairnona 4,666 tons
5) S.S. Bronte 5,317 tons
6) Tanker 6-7,000 tons

Total
26,094 tons

She also brought in the Norwegian “Snar”, 3,176, tons, timber, as prize.

[tcrlaf]

November 12, 1939.

The Frieghter SS Iller, and the 22,000 ton Hamburg-American liner SS New York run the British blockade, and arrive in Germany.

[tcrlaf]

12 November 1939 Japanese C-1 Class Submarine I-24 Launched (Photo is the C-1 I-16) I-24 was depth-charged, rammed, and sunk with all hands (104 officers and men) by the United States Navy subchaser PC-487 near Shemya, Alaska on June 11, 1943.

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