[CougarGA7]

Day 40 of the Winter War, January 8, 1940

Northern Finland: Finnish troops carry out guerrilla strikes in northern Finland.
Photo: SA-KUVA

Finnish guerrillas active in the north

• At 7 o'clock in the morning Moscow radio transmits a propaganda broadcast in Finnish in which it claims that "unspeakable terror" has broken out in Finland. According to Moscow "people are being shot in droves and supporters of the Kuusinen Government are being hunted all over the country".

• Ladoga Karelia: Detachment Pajari defeats a Soviet battalion at Viitavaara.

• Foreign Minister Tanner entrusts Hella Wuolijoki with the task of sounding out the possibility of peace with the Soviet Ambassador in Stockholm, Madam Alexandra Kollontai.

• Northern Finland: Finnish troops carry out guerrilla strikes in northern Finland.

• Ostrobothnia: Detachment Sisu is formed in Lapua, composed of foreign volunteers.

• Prime Minister Ryti reviews Finland's economic situation for the foreign press.

• Foreign Minister Tanner reminds US envoy Arthur Schoenfeld that Finland has captured more materiel as booty from the enemy than she has received in the form of aid from any friendly power.

[magslinger]

Foreign Minister Tanner reminds US envoy Arthur Schoenfeld that Finland has captured more materiel as booty from the enemy than she has received in the form of aid from any friendly power.

I said on an earlier thread that if you need a helping hand, the best place to look for one is at the end of your own arm. That Commie in the White House (then, I mean, not the one there now) wouldn't have been too excited about doing anything to damage his buddies in the USSR. I still can't believe the US never declared war against the Finns. Not that we should have, just that it was one of the few things FDR did right.

I think that on the 70^th anniversary of the armistice, Finland should turn that griffin back to the way it was and should be facing.