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” Or view
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Day 48 of the Winter War, January 16, 1940
Ladoga Karelia: in temperatures of -41° Celsius, a small Finnish detachment attacks and halts the enemy advance at the edge of Mursula village in Kitilä.
Photo: SA-KUVA
Finland to receive a railway wagonload of food aid from Denmark
- Central Isthmus: heavy enemy shelling pounds the defences on the Mannerheim Line in Summa.
- Ladoga Karelia: in temperatures of -41° Celsius, a small Finnish detachment attacks and halts the enemy advance at the edge of Mursula village in Kitilä.
- The Finnish aid agency Suomen Huolto grants 800,000 markkaa in aid to victims of the bombing in the towns of western Finland.
- Abroad: a special Finnish day is to be held at the Holmenkollen skiing games in Oslo to raise money for Finland.
- A Danish association of factory-owners is sending a railway wagonload of food aid to Finland.
- United States President, Franklin D. Roosevelt says the USA can extend a non-military loan to Finland as this would in his opinion not compromise US neutrality.
- The Swiss Medical Association announces it is to send a group of volunteers to Finland.
