German pocket battleship,
Admiral
Graf Spee, badly damaged and took refuge the preceding
night in Montevideo harbour, and was granted permission to
stay in 48 hours. Five British cruisers waited outside the
harbour.
Five
Messerschmitt
Bf 109 fighters were shot down in an air battle over Heligoland
Bight German warships joined in attack on British aircraft.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) lost three aircraft.
The British Admiralty announced the loss of the destroyer
HMS Duchess by collision with another British warship.
The British trawler William Hallett was sunk after hitting
a mine.
The Russians were expelled from the league of Nations.
New Russian drive reported in Petsamo region. Finns claim
success in central waistline area.
French communiqué announced sharp engagements between
reconnaissance units in the Vosges and along the Blies. Premier
stated that approximately 2,100 officers and other ranks,
lost their lives in the first three months of the war. During
the same time, there were 2,975 road deaths in Great Britain.
Adolf
Hitler orders (OKW) the supreme command of the German
armed forces to prepare a preliminary study of plans for an
invasion of Norway.
F9
Escort
Sunk 14 December 1939
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December
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Edited by Sir John Hamilton
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2194 Days Of War.
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