military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (12/06/89)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Wednesday, 6 December, 1939 The USSR completes a series of amphibious landings in the Gulf of Finland, occupying seven islands. Moscow announces, incorrectly, that the Mannerheim line has been cleared, and that Viborg is being approached from three directions. Britain promises "a considerable quantity of war materials" to be shipped to Finland, and Roosevelt promises all possible aid short of a breach of neutrality. Comintern warns Rumania to accept a mutual assistance pact similar to those negotiated between the USSR and the Baltic states. Rumania expresses a willingness to talk, but refuses to give up her independence. Turkey is criticized for her shift toward the Allies. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@cbnews.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "As a result (of the Allied blockade), German overseas trade is now stuck fast. In 100 harbors throughout the world goods and products now lie idle, partly in German ships and partly in enemy hands." - Emil Helferich, director of the Hamburg-America shipping line.