The British Admiralty announced that a further naval awards
were were to be issued in recognition of gallantry in the
battle with the pocket battleship
Admiral
Graf Spee.
Two
Heinkel
He 111 were shot down by the British Royal Air Force (RAF)
one in Berwickshire, and the other in the sea off the Northumbrian
coast.
The Russians reported to have lost 2,000 killed in an attempt
to break through the left wing of the Mannerheim line at Taipale
Fourteen Russian divisions said to be massed in preparation
of attack on Viipuri.
Blizzards continued in Karelian Isthmus, hampering transport
and air activity.
The trawler HMS Fifeshire was sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft with
a loss of 21 lives.
The British steamer HMS Loch Maddy was torpedoed without warning
in the north Atlantic.
Luftwaffe attacks on fishing trawlers off East Coast driven
off by machine gun fire.
Paris reported increased air activity over the Western front.
M15
Minesweeper
Commissioned 22 February 1940
Z1
Leberecht Maaß Destroyer
Sunk 22 February 1940
Z3
Max Schulz Destroyer
Sunk 22 February 1940
Go To: 23rd
February
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
For a complete list of
sources
