Russian government signed a pact of accrue mutual assistance
and friendship with the Finnish People's government.
Finns claimed that since the invasion 36 Russian tanks had
been destroyed and 19 planes shot down.
The new Finnish Cabinet submitted an appeal to the league
of Nations.
Anti-Russian and pro-Finnish demonstrations were made in Rome.
The Swedish government called up reserves.
The German press campaign launched against Sweden.
It was reported that a former Grimsby trawler had sunk a U-boat
off the east coast. The British tanker San Calisto was reported
sunk by a mine.
The German liner Watussi was scuttled by her crew after being
intercepted by South African Airforce bombers.
Forty two U-boat prisoners landed at a Scottish port
The United States of America government asked for a moral
embargoe on the sale by American manufacturers of arms to
nations guilty of unprovoked bombing from the air.
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Torpedo boat
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I scuttled
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The War Illustrated.
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2194 Days Of War.
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