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FINNS PRESS RETREATING FOE; ROME HEARS OF PEACE TALKS (12/23/39)
Microfiche-New York Times archives, Cabrillo College Library
| 12/23/39
| G.E.R. Gedye, Herbert L. Matthews, Raymond Daniell, Hugh Byas, Hallett Abend, Hanson W. Baldwin
Posted on 12/23/2009 6:09:59 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: milhist; realtime; worldwarii
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 Homers profile.
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posted on
12/23/2009 6:10:34 AM PST
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson

Winston S. Churchill, The Gathering Storm
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12/23/2009 6:11:36 AM PST
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: r9etb; PzLdr; dfwgator; Paisan; From many - one.; rockinqsranch; GRRRRR; 2banana; henkster; ...
Sorry were a little late this morning. The paper boy overslept.
Russians Harried 2-4
The International Situation 4
Big Soviet Losses Learned in Russia 4-5
30 Finns Off Today To Fight Russians 5-6
Mannerheim Thanks Americans for Help 6
Fleeing Russians Seen Abandoning Northern Offensive for the Winter 6
Finnish General Asks War Aid Here 7
U.S. Doctor to Confer on Finn Aid in Paris 7
Plans Raid Patrol For Panama Canal 8
Chief of Soviet Attack Is Reported Dismissed 8
Himmler as Envoy 9
Planes Continue Activity in West 10
Japan Welcomes U.S. Reply to Bid 11-12
Japanese Division Seen Endangered 12-13
Ship Afire Makes Port; Arson Seen 13
Hore-Belisha Praises Troops From Canda 13-14
Telephone Accord in Spain is Delayed 14
Two Clippers Held Up by the Fog in Lisbon 15
Incidents in European Conflict 15
German Sea Force Sailing, Says Paris 18-19
Rescue Ship Sunk By German Planes 19
Text of War Communiqués 20-21
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12/23/2009 6:13:25 AM PST
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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posted on
12/23/2009 6:25:19 AM PST
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muawiyah
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posted on
12/23/2009 6:56:48 AM PST
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heiss
(True Conservatives came from Senate Centrist Coalition!)
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Interesting that the U.S was contemplating 65,000 ton battleships [page 1] in 1939, considering the Japanese were in the process of building the three 72,000 ton battleships YAMATO, MUSHASHI, and SHINANO [converted to an aircraft carrier]. Wonder if the 65,000 tonners would have been equipped with larger than the 16” guns that showed up on the IOWAs.
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posted on
12/23/2009 7:03:45 AM PST
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PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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posted on
12/23/2009 7:11:46 AM PST
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Cheburashka
("Allahu Akbar!" translates as "Kill me and stuff bacon in my mouth!")
To: Cheburashka; PzLdr
Wonder if the 65,000 tonners would have been equipped with larger than the 16 guns that showed up on the IOWAs.I was afraid of this. I didn't see that headline until I started preparing the post. I didn't save the rest of the article.
From Cheburashka's Wiki link:
The first two vessels were approved by Congress in 1939 following the passage of the Second Vinson Act.
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posted on
12/23/2009 7:19:52 AM PST
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Day 24 of the Winter War, December 23, 1939
Ladoga Karelia: Finnish troops counterattack at Kollaanjoki, but the attack is broken off during the course of the evening.
Photo: SA-KUVA
Finnish unemployment falls well below 1,000
- Karelian Isthmus: the Finnish II Army Corps launches a fragmented counteroffensive at 6.30. The commander of II Army Corps suspends the offensive at 14.30. Overall losses in the unsuccessful offensive total 1,328 men: 361 dead, 777 wounded and 190 lost in action.
- Ladoga Karelia: Finnish troops counterattack at Kollaanjoki, but the attack is broken off during the course of the evening.
- In the Tolvajärvi sector, battalions from Detachment Pennanen win control of the Aittojoki parallel. The fighting at Tolvajärvi-Ägläjärvi comes to an end.
- Northern Finland: the vanguard of the Soviet 44th Division comes into contact with the Finnish troops on the Raate road.
- Karelian Isthmus: the Soviet long-range 'ghost gun' in the Perkjärvi sector wreaks havoc and confusion in Viipuri, damaging numerous buildings in the city.
- Turku archipelago: the armoured coastal vessels Ilmarinen and Väinämöinen move out of the archipelago into the open sea at Kihti to protect vital shipping routes threatened by Soviet aircraft operating out of Estonia.
- Unemployment statistics show that Finnish unemployment has fallen well below the level of one thousand.
- Abroad: Argentina's positive response to the League of Nations' appeal for aid to be sent to Finland has been joined by a similar response from Ecuador, Haiti, Peru, the Union of South American States, Bolivia, Venezuela and Mexico.
- United States: Gunnar Bärlund, the Finnish heavyweight boxer resident in the USA, beats Italo Golonello, with the referee stopping the bout in the seventh round. Bärlund donates part of his proceeds from the fight to the Finnish Relief Fund.
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12/23/2009 8:08:23 AM PST
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CougarGA7
(A broomstick in his HAND?!! All these years I've been singing that song wrong.)
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12/23/2009 3:01:58 PM PST
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abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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12/23/2009 3:11:01 PM PST
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abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Looks like Meretskov survived his removal in Leningrad, survived a later (1941) purge, and ended the war as an honored leader. He died in 1968.
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12/23/2009 5:04:16 PM PST
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PAR35
To: PAR35
Looks like Meretskov survived his removal in LeningradFrom #9:
"General K. A. Meretskoff, Chief of Staff of the Leningrad military district, who has been directing the campaign against Finland, was reported unofficially tonight to have been dismissed from his post.
According to these reports, he was summoned to the Kremlin two days ago and asked for an explanation of his lack of successs."
Was he a fast talker or did he have good connections? I would think that with such a summons it would be a good idea not to buy any green bananas.
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posted on
12/23/2009 6:22:54 PM PST
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
He apparently had an even closer call a couple of years later. I vote connections.
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12/23/2009 7:36:08 PM PST
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PAR35
To: Homer_J_Simpson
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1939/dec39/f23dec39.htm
In Ireland... In Dublin, IRA activists steal the entire reserves of small arms ammunition of the Irish Army (some 1.1 million rounds) stored in Phoenix Park. The bulk of the ammunition is recovered during massive Army-police searches over the next 11 days.
In the Winter War... A Finnish counterattack on the Karelian Isthmus is sharply rebuffed. The Finns suffer about 1500 casualties and call off the attack at nightfall. A stalemate ensues.
From Washington... A Pan-American protest is issued to the governments of Britain, France and Germany about the fighting inside the “security zone” during the battle of the River Plate. The detention and destruction of German merchant ships by British warships is also noted.
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12/23/2009 8:24:01 PM PST
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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