WW2 Day by Day

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  1. Shane Greer

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    The Finns successfully halt Soviet divisions, north of Lake Ladoga, in the battle of Kollaa that began on December 7th.

     
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    Shane Greer We're Doomed

    In the Winter War... The Soviet 163rd Division is cut off in Suomussalmi by the attacks of the Finnish 9th Brigade.

     
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    Shane Greer We're Doomed

    The Finns launch a series of attacks against the Soviet 8th Army. Finnish attacks near Kollaa meet with less success. The battles of Tovaajarviand and Kitela, both north of Lake Ladoga, begin.
     
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    Shane Greer We're Doomed

    In South American waters, the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee was critically damaged in a battle with the British warships Exeter, Ajax and Achilles.

     
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    Shane Greer We're Doomed

    Chinese Nationalist forces occupy the town of Ningxian after a bitter clash with Chinese Communist forces.

     
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    Shane Greer We're Doomed

    In Montevideo, the German pocket battleship Graf Spee has been ordered to leave port with 72 hours. The crew is repairing damage to the warship and fuel has been taken in from a German tanker.


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  7. Shane Greer

    Shane Greer We're Doomed

    The main forces of Soviet 7th Army have now advanced to the Mannerheim Line and a major Soviet attack, therefore, begins. Waves of Soviet infantry and tanks, with air support, attempt to overrun the Summa area (the First Battle of Summa).

     
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    Shane Greer We're Doomed

    Langsdorff decides to scuttle his ship outside the port with an audience of thousands lining the waterfront.

     
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    Shane Greer We're Doomed

    The battle of the Heligoland Bight takes place as 50 German Me109 and Me110 fighters intercept and destroy 12 of 22 British Wellington bombers dispatched on an armed reconnaissance mission to Wilhelmshaven -- 4 fighters are destroyed. As a result, RAF Bomber Command abandons daylight raids until April 1940.

     
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    Shane Greer We're Doomed

    The German liner Columbus, closely trailed by the US cruiser Tuscaloosa, is scuttled some 300 miles from the American coast, to avoid capture by the approaching British destroyer HMS Hyperion. The American warship has been trailing the German liner since its departure from Vera Cruz, Mexico and has been constantly reporting the position of the Columbus by radio for any and all ships to hear. The actions taken by the USS Tuscaloosa make the official US position of neutrality highly suspect, but Berlin never protests the incident.
     
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    Shane Greer We're Doomed

    Langsdorff, former commander of the now scuttled German pocket battleship Graf Spee, kills himself in his hotel room. Meanwhile, British experts examine the radar equipment on board the wreck of the Graf Spee.

     
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    Shane Greer We're Doomed

    Hitler sends greetings to Stalin on his 60th birthday. The telegram reads: "To Joseph Stalin: Best wishes for your personal well-being as well as for the prosperous future of the peoples of the friendly Soviet Union. Adolf Hitler."

     
  13. Shane Greer

    Shane Greer We're Doomed

    The main Soviet attacks against the Mannerheim Line, around Summa, continues with less force. Meanwhile, Finnish forces catch the Soviet 44th Motorized Division as it approaches Suomussalmi to attempt the relief of the trapped Soviet 163rd Division. The Finns block the road in front and behind the Soviet force and inflict enormous casualties in the ensuing close quarter fighting.

     
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    Shane Greer We're Doomed

    A Finnish counterattack on the Karelian Isthmus is sharply rebuffed. The Finns suffer about 1500 casualties and call off the attack at nightfall. A stalemate ensues.

     
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    Shane Greer We're Doomed

    Soviet and German authorities allow rail links between the former eastern and western territories of Poland to be reestablished.

     
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    Shane Greer We're Doomed

    Within the concrete and under the turrets of the Maginot and Siegfried Lines the armies celebrate the st Christmas of the war. The front is reported to be quiet. Hitler begins a 3-day visit with German troops at the front.

     
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    The first contingent of the Royal Australian Air Force reaches port in Pembroke, Wales.



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    Shane Greer We're Doomed

    The first Indian army troops arrive to join the British Expeditionary Force in France.

     
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    Shane Greer We're Doomed

    Nazi authorities announce that the entire population of the Polish town of Kalisz (about 70,000 inhabitants) is to be deported to make room for ethnic Germans arriving from the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania).

     

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