Helsinki was raided by three Russian bombers, which damaged
the outskirts of the city. Finns compelled Russians to retreat
in Petsamo and Salla districts. They also launched successful
counter-attack, along a twelve mile front in the Karelian
Isthmus. Russians repulsed on other fronts, with heavy losses
of men and material.
Luftwaffe aircraft engaged by British fighters of the Firth
of Forth. Luftwaffe aeroplanes reported over Suffolk coast
and two machines thought to be
Heinkel
He 111 bombers, sighted at another point on East Coast.
The British air ministry reported that on the Western front
four
Messerschmitt
Bf 109 fighters attacked three Hurricane fighters. Two
British and one German machine were shot down
It was reported that the British trawler River Annan which
on
17 December
1939, had rescued the crew of the mined Danish steamer
Boge was sunk on
19
December 1939 by Luftwaffe bombers. Both crews were picked
up by a Swedish steamer.
M Daladier announced that the Maginot line had been extended
on the northern and Jura frontiers
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December
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
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