Finnish Diet ratified treaty with Russia.
M Ryti said that Allied help had not been sought, because
that would have involved Finland in a major European war.
Russian troops began moving into ceded areas of Finland.
It was announced that Romania's Iron Guard, fascist terrorist
organisation, had been revived, the prescribed leaders having
declared allegiance to King Carol and the government.
Mass arrests were reported from Prague, where the first anniversary
of Adolf
Hitler's seizure of the Czech state was being celebrated.
The trawler HMS Peridot was sunk by striking an enemy mine.
No casualties.
British vessel, Melrose, was sunk off the Belgian coast.
British trawler Leukos was reported overdue and presumed lost.
The German merchant ship La Coruna was scuttled after being
intercepted by a British cruiser
Mr Sumner Welles arrived in Rome.
Thor
HSK 4 Auxiliary cruiser
Commissioned 15 March 1940
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March
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The Second Great War.
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The War Illustrated.
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2194 Days Of War.
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