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FINNS HALT TANKS AS RUSSIANS PRESS MANNERHEIM DRIVE (2/7/40)
Microfiche-New York Times archives, Cabrillo College Library
| 2/7/40
| K.J. Eskelund, G.H. Archambault
Posted on 02/07/2010 6:47:11 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 Or view
Homers posting history .)
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.
To: Homer_J_Simpson
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posted on
02/07/2010 6:47:40 AM PST
by
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; ...
Finns Halt Tanks as Russians Press Mannerheim Drive 2-3
The International Situation 3
Anxiety Reported in Near East; Big Allied Armies Ready There 4-5
London and Tokyo in Partial Accord 6
Tokyo Bid to U.S. on Trade Assailed 7
Gains in Northwest Claimed by Japanese 7
Incidents in European Conflict 8
Official Schedule of the National League for 1940* - 10
* This caught my eye as I was zipping past the sports section. I guess they ran the AL schedule on another day.
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posted on
02/07/2010 6:49:11 AM PST
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
5 cent Pepsi’s, the drink of sand lot baseball players. I remember it well. Actually they were 7 cents, there was a 2 cent deposit tacked on. It was before little league came into play. No parents, no fights, disputed plays settled by fingers (odds/even).
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Another amazing post.
Liked the Gay Pepsi Ad. LOL
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posted on
02/07/2010 7:07:09 AM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
The winter war...70 years ago...time flies, doesn’t it?
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posted on
02/07/2010 7:07:26 AM PST
by
dr_who
To: Bringbackthedraft
STEP OUT . . . BE GAY . . . THE PEPSI-COLA WAY!
Too funny
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posted on
02/07/2010 7:07:51 AM PST
by
70th Division
(I love my country but fear my government!)
To: 70th Division
Like the Gay 90’s? Amazing how word meanings change over the years, remember the Flintstone’s Gay ole time too.
To: Homer_J_Simpson
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/feb40/f07feb40.htm
Irish ship sunk by mine
Wednesday, February 7, 1940
In the North Atlantic... In the Irish Sea, the Irish passenger-mail ship Munster is sunk by a mine.
In Britain... IRA members, Barnes and Richards, are executed at Winson Green Prison, Birmingham. They were sentenced to death on December 11, 1939 at the “Coventry Explosion” trial for the murder of 5 people in Coventry on August 25, 1939.
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posted on
02/07/2010 8:37:59 AM PST
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/month/thismonth/07.htm
February 7th, 1940
UNITED KINGDOM: Birmingham, Winson Green Prison: Peter Barnes of Banagher and James MacCormack of Mullingar, both in the Republic of Ireland, are the IRA men hanged for the Coventry bomb murders of 25 August 1939.
GERMANY: U-562 laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)
FINLAND: In Soviet air raids 4 died at Kajaani. (Mikko Härmeinen)
U.S.S.R.: Soviet submarine SC-311 received the Red Banner Award (Orden Krasnogo Znameni). (Dave Shirlaw)
CANADA: Flower-class corvettes HMCS Napanee, Sudbury and Prescott ordered. (Dave Shirlaw)
U.S.A.: The motion picture “Pinocchio” premiers at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. This Walt Disney animated feature contains the song “When You Wish Upon A Star.” (Jack McKillop)
ATLANTIC OCEAN: About 0600, SS Munster struck a mine laid on 6 January by U-30 in the Queens Channel and sank. The master, 44 crewmembers and 190 passengers were picked up by the British coaster Ringwall and landed at Liverpool. (Dave Shirlaw)
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posted on
02/07/2010 10:26:22 AM PST
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Pretty neat seeing how the world was concerned over a Soviet invasion of Iran. They went after Finland, Poland, and then only after Germany invaded did they become an “ally”.
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posted on
02/07/2010 10:33:21 AM PST
by
icwhatudo
("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
To: abb
The motion picture Pinocchio premiers at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. This Walt Disney animated feature contains the song When You Wish Upon A Star. (Jack McKillop)Sounds like a winner. We'll send Nugent.
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posted on
02/07/2010 11:46:06 AM PST
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Vendome
The message - step out (of the closet?)...be gay. A woman with a ‘man sized bottle’ Pretty clear what their market is. I’ll stick to Coke, RC, or Dr Pepper.
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posted on
02/07/2010 12:32:58 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: CougarGA7
Day 70 of the Winter War, February 7, 1940
Northern Finland: in the Suomussalmi sector an enemy detachment which had entered Finnish territory to the south of Raate is pushed back across the border. Photo: SA-KUVA
Surprise enemy air raid on Kajaani
- Karelian Isthmus: the pressure on the Isthmus continues to grow. The non-stop Soviet artillery bombardment, bombing and tank and infantry assaults are now into their seventh day in the area defended by the Finnish 3rd Division.
- A dugout belonging to the Finnish 9th Infantry Regiment takes a direct hit from a heavy enemy mortar; 18 soldiers are killed and 11 wounded.
- Central Isthmus: Red Army tanks and infantry mount two separate assaults in Summa village, both of which are successfully repulsed.
- Abroad: Germany seeks to reassure Italy.
- Ladoga Karelia: in the Aittojoki sector, Detachment Pajari is attempting to strike the enemy troops to the west of the River Kuukkausjoki.
- The Finnish attack grinds to a halt in the evening in the face of heavy enemy fire.
- Northern Finland: in the Suomussalmi sector an enemy detachment which had entered Finnish territory to the south of Raate is pushed back across the border.
- Thirty-three enemy aircraft carry out a surprise bombing raid on Kajaani, where the headquarters of the North Finland Group are situated. Four people are killed in the raid, including one doctor, and two civilians are injured. Several buildings are destroyed, the worst hit being the town hospital.
- The enemy takes advantage of the resulting confusion to send in reconnaissance parachutists. Those picked up are wearing Finnish military uniforms.
- Helsinki: the city court sentences 12 people to pay fines for infringing the blackout regulations.
- Abroad: in Copenhagen a new civilian labour agency has attracted 1,250 volunteers for Finland in its first two days of operation.
- An article in Leningradskaya Pravda tells of the first executions in Leningrad for hoarding food and profiteering. The official grounds for the convictions are counter-revolutionary activities and serving as a Finnish agent.
- The United States' House of Representatives rejects by 108 votes to 105 a motion to withdraw the US Ambassador from Moscow in protest over the war in Finland.
- The American trade union movement is today holding a special day to express its support for Finland.
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posted on
02/07/2010 2:22:07 PM PST
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Sorry about missing class this morning. Was busy on some other stuff.
abb
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posted on
02/07/2010 2:40:41 PM PST
by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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