Russian attacks in Summa sector on Karelian Isthmus continued
unabated, wave after wave of troops and tanks being flung
against Finnish lines. Stated that all attacks had being successfully
repulsed. Fierce fighting continued northeast of Lake Ladoga.
Russian troops still holding out in Salla sector in north
Finland.
It was stated that every town in Finland had now been bombed
by Russian aeroplanes.
The Eire motor ship Munster sank after striking a mine in
the Irish Sea.
It was reported that the British steamer Armanistan had been
sunk without warning by U-boat on 3 February 1940 off Lisbon
The King made a tour of military units in the west country.
Part of the pier on the east coast wrecked by explosion from
a German mine.
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February
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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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