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RUSSIA REJECTS LEAGUE DEMANDS, PRESSES DRIVE IN CENTAL FINLAND (12/13/39)
Microfiche-New York Times archives, McHenry Library, U.C. Santa Cruz
| 12/13/39
| P.J. Philip, Guido Enderis, G.H. Archambault, Walter Duranty
Posted on 12/13/2009 5:17:50 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
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To: humblegunner
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posted on
12/13/2009 8:45:06 AM PST
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
I was about to look up where in Finland “Cental” was. ;-)
To: humblegunner
It’s just down from Narth Finland.
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posted on
12/13/2009 8:56:46 AM PST
by
CougarGA7
(Merry Christmas)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Apparently many WPA members were forced to pay dues to the Democrat Party while in some states they might be paid 80% less than other states. all on political lines.
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posted on
12/13/2009 6:37:49 PM PST
by
GeronL
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
Winston in the war room listening to reports of the battle must have been like an early Christmas.
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posted on
12/13/2009 6:40:48 PM PST
by
GeronL
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
Its nice to know “the Soviet Union is not at war with Finland”, all those overheated news articles not withstanding. /sarc
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posted on
12/13/2009 6:44:55 PM PST
by
GeronL
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To: GeronL
I do have a snippet from the Meeting of the War Cabinet that I’m going to post tomorrow that will cover some of what was reported to Churchill, Halifax, and Chamberlain to name a few.
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posted on
12/13/2009 9:13:16 PM PST
by
CougarGA7
(Merry Christmas)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Churchill suggests in the excerpt above that Langsdorff could have prevailed by hanging back out of range of the cruisers' guns and using Spee's superior range to better advantage Against multiple opponents, each individually faster, that's not exactly easy to do.
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posted on
12/14/2009 5:53:29 AM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. - Horace Walpole)
To: Oztrich Boy; abb
Against multiple opponents, each individually faster, that's not exactly easy to do.Now that you mention it, I guess that could be a problem. I didn't know about the speed factor, but even if they were evenly matched in that regard three widely dispersed opponents, closing at full steam, could be geometrically impossible to avoid all at once.
Somebody should inform the First Lord.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:27:10 AM PST
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Oztrich Boy; Homer_J_Simpson
One other point to consider: The Spee was a commerce raider and as such was under orders to sink merchant ships, not seek out an engage the enemy’s warships. This, in my opinion, put restrictions on a commander’s strategy. Given the opportunity, they would break off from a battle before completion.
We will see this scenario replayed again with the Kriegsmarine, most notably with the Bismark.
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12/14/2009 6:36:10 AM PST
by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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