[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime”.)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

[henkster]

So Dr. Keppel thinks many of the degrees heaped upon people in 1939 mean “literally nothing.” I guess today they would be called “climate scientists.” Perhaps they could use their meaningless degrees for something useful, like winning a Nobel Peace Prize.

[henkster]

Communists penetrating the Consumer’s Union? No, couldn’t be. They’d never come up with an out-and-out communist under the guise of a “consumer’s advocate,” could they? Nah...couldn’t happen....

[CougarGA7]

Day 12 of the Winter War, December 11, 1939

In the Tolvajärvi battle area, Colonel Talvela issues the order for the decisive attack.
Photo: SA-KUVA

Russian regiment shatters Finnish defences in Salla

• Northern Finland: Finnish troops launch a counteroffensive at Suomussalmi at 10.00 to recapture the parish village.

• Ladoga Karelia: Soviet troops launch a series of determined offensives at Kollaa.The frontal assault is accompanied by attempted flanking actions.

• In the Tolvajärvi battle area, Colonel Talvela issues the order for the decisive attack.

• Northern Finland: in the Salla sector, a Russian regiment shatters the Finnish defense at Märkäjärvi.The Finns retreat about 10 km west to Salmijärvi.

• Swedish border: the author Frans Emil Sillanpää arrives in Haaparanta en route to receive his Nobel Prize for Literature.

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They say that Finland was the only country to pay off its WWI debt to the US. Everyone else stopped in the depression years. Finland's debt wasn't as large as the other allies, but still, paying it back was an achievement.

FWIW, Britain is finally paying the last of its WWII debts (those from WWI remain unpaid).

And here's something that floored me: Germany has almost paid off its WWI reparations. They stopped with the Depression and Hitler, and started up again when the country was reunited in 1990.