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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.

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Day 23 of the Winter War, December 22, 1939

The first 150-bed field ambulance from the Swedish Red Cross arrives in Finland.
Photo: SA-KUVA

Enemy losses at Tolvajärvi-Ägläjärvi exceed 2,000

• General Headquarters approve Lieutenant-General Öhquist's proposal for a counteroffensive in the western Isthmus.

• Ladoga Karelia: Finnish troops advance at Ägläjärvi. By 15.30 the village is under Finnish control.

• Two Finnish battalions pursue the Soviet troops retreating towards River Aittojoki.

• The enemy loses over 2,000 men in the fighting at Tolvajärvi-Ägläjärvi.

• The Ministry for Foreign Affairs wires the Finnish envoys in London and Paris to tell them that Finland desperately needs military assistance.

• The first 150-bed field ambulance from the Swedish Red Cross arrives in Finland. The staff of the ambulance comprise 5 surgeons, 2 consultants and 10 nurses under the leadership of Professor G. Nyström.

• Abroad: the Norwegian National Theatre in Oslo presents a Finnish programme including Heimo Haitto, the 14-year-old violin prodigy.

• Argentina is the first country to respond positively to the League of Nations' appeal for aid to be sent to Finland.

• The Hungarian Pen Club awards its medal for 1939 to the Finnish poet Otto Manninen.

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For those interested in the French Yellow Book a copy of it can be found here.

The French Yellow Book