[Homer_J_Simpson]

Quisling and his assistant, Hagelin, went to Berlin on December 14, and were taken by Raeder to Hitler, to discuss a political stroke in Norway. Quisling arrived with a detailed plan. Hitler, careful of secrecy, affected reluctance to increase his commitments, and said he would prefer a neutral Scandinavia. Nevertheless, according to Raeder, it was on this very day that he gave the order to the Supreme Command to prepare for a Norwegian Operation.

Winston S. Churchill, The Gathering Storm

[Homer_J_Simpson]

See yesterdays thread (12/13/39) for the beginning of the discussion of the Graf Spee engagement.

Prey of 3 Cruisers – 2-5
The International Situation – 3
Ruling on the Spee is Up to Uruguay – 6
Liner Columbus Cleared For Transatlantic Dash – 7
Incidents in European Conflict – 7
North Sea Success – 8
Finns Report Gain in Counter-Thrust – 9-12
Germany’s Jobless Decline to 126,000 – 12

[ken5050]

FYI..one of the absolute best WW II films...and one that hardly ever shows up on the tube, is the 1956 “Pursuit of the Graf Spee” based on the book “Death in the South Atlantic”. In color, with great footage of the Royal Navy..it’s a fact based account of the action, faithful to the book. Both are worth trying to find, and watch/read.