Fighting was still raging in the outer suburbs of Viipuri.
Peace Treaty concluded at midnight in Moscow between Russia
and Finnish representatives by which Finland ceded whole Karelian
Isthmus, town and Bay of Viipuri, Fishermans Peninsula, and
other areas.
She must also give a 30 year lease of the Hango Peninsula.
The protocol to the peace treaty required its ratification
in three days.
Officially stated at Helsinki that Armistice began at 11 a.m.
M Daladier told chamber of deputies Batt and Allied expeditionary
force of 50,000 men was ready to embark to help Finland. As
soon as a formal appeal, to conform with international law
was received from the Finnish government.
The British air ministry announced that during reconnaissance
flights over Heligoland Bight an
11
March 1940, the British Royal Air Force (RAF) bomber attacked
a U-boat which was believed to have been sunk.
British steamer Gardenia and steam trawler, the Halifax were
reported to have been mined.
Two more Dutch ships steamer Amor and the tanker Eulota were
sunk by mines.
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