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Push on in Albania – 2-3
The International Situation – 3-4
Soviet Area Tense – 4-5
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Europe and Africa – 7-8
Harrison Potter in Recital – 8
Leah Effenbach Heard – 8
The Dance: Ballet Gives ‘Les Presages’ (Review by John Martin) – 8

News of the Week in Review
The Blows that are Aimed at Italy (map) – 9
Twenty News Questions – 10
Along Japan’s Road of Expansion (map) – 11
Japan Now Plays for Time – 12
Italian Reverses Cause Reich Worry – 12-13
Goal of 40,000 Planes by 1942 Seems Too High – 13-14
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 14

The New York Time Book Review
Winston Churchill, by Rene Kraus – 17
Spanish Characters and Other Essays, by Irving Babbitt (Review by John Cournos) – 17
Winston’s War: Churchill 1940-1945, by Max Hastings – 18

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/dec40/f01dec40.htm

Germans bomb Bristol

Sunday, December 1, 1940 www.onwar.com

Over Britain... Bristol is attacked by 120 planes during the night (December 1-2). Heavy damage to residential areas is caused by the bombing.

In the North Atlantic... The British armed merchant cruiser Forfar (16,400 t) is sunk by U-99 west of Ireland.

In the North Sea... The formerly Norwegian liner Oslofjord (18,700 t) and a British tanker are sunk off the Tyne.

In Italy... Rationing is introduced for flour, rice, spaghetti and macaroni.