Posted on 01/11/2010 5:11:51 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/jan40/f11jan40.htm
French restrict sale of meat
Thursday, January 11, 1940 www.onwar.com
In France... The government announces that Friday will be a “meatless day” and that no beef, veal or mutton will be sold on Mondays or Tuesdays.
The Winter War... Finns beat off reinforcements attempting to break through to the encircled Soviet 168th Division (north of Lake Ladoga). Soviet forces supply the pocket by air. There is a new Soviet attack in the area of Salla (in the “waist” of the front), toward the Kemijarvi-Tornio railway. Meanwhile, the Swedish volunteer air group, Flygflottilj 19, begins operations from the frozen Lake Kemi, with 12 Gladiator fighters and 4 Hart light bombers.
In Britain... The Women’s Section of the Air Transport Auxiliary delivers its first airplane from factory to depot. This is one more indication of women’s increasing usefulness in the war effort, but not everybody likes it. There has been considerable public protest against the use of women pilots while men are kept idle on the waiting list for the RAF.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/month/thismonth/11.htm
January 11th, 1940
UNITED KINGDOM:
RAF Coastal Command: Three German destroyers are bombed off Horn’s Reef.
RAF Fighter Command: Luftwaffe aircraft performed reconnaissance’s of East Scotland, Firth of Forth, Humber, South Shields, Newcastle, Thames Estuary. Two trawlers were machine gunned but escaped. Enemy aircraft driven off.
RAF Bomber Command: Leaflet raids on Hamburg, Bremen, Frankfurt and the Ruhr.
4 Group. ‘Security Patrols’ - Hornum - Borkum. 77 Sqn. Three aircraft. Lights and flak positions machine-gunned. Opposition light. 102 Sqn. Leaflets and Reconnaissance - Hamm - Frankfurt. Two aircraft. Opposition light
The Women’s Section of the Air Transport Auxiliary delivers its first airplane from factory to depot. This is one more indication of women’s increasing usefulness in the war effort, but not everybody likes it. There has been considerable public protest against the use of women pilots while men are kept idle on the waiting list for the RAF. (Jack McKillop)
At 1632, SS Fredville (enroute to obtain a cargo of coal for Oslo) was torpedoed by U-23 about 100 miles east of the Orkney Islands and broke in two. The forepart remained afloat and five survivors left their lifeboats several times to go back on board and look for more survivors. The survivors were picked up by a Swedish ship and taken to Kopervik.
At 1100, tanker El Oso in Convoy HX-14B, struck a mine laid on 6 January by U-30 and sank six miles 280° from the Bar Lightship, Liverpool. Three crewmembers were lost. The master and 31 crewmembers were picked up by HMS Walker and landed at Liverpool. (Dave Shirlaw)
FRANCE: The government announces that Friday will be a “meatless day” and that no beef, veal or mutton will be sold on Mondays or Tuesdays. (Jack McKillop)
GERMANY: U-755 is laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)
FINLAND: The Finns beat off reinforcements attempting to break through to the encircled Soviet 168th Division (north of Lake Ladoga). Soviet forces supply the pocket by air. There is a new Soviet attack in the area of Salla (in the “waist” of the front), toward the Kemijarvi-Tornio railway. Meanwhile, the Swedish volunteer air group, Flygflottilj 19, begins operations from the frozen Lake Kemi, with 12 Gladiator fighters and 4 Hart light bombers. (Jack McKillop)
U.S.A.: Escort carrier USS LONG ISLAND is launched. (Dave Shirlaw)
PUERTO RICO: The USN’s Fleet Landing Exercise (FLEX) No. 6 begins at Culebra. Lack of transports compels the Navy to substitute combatant ships in that role for purposes of the exercise; an important exception is the prototype high speed transport USS Manley (APD-1), converted from a World War I-emergency program “flush-deck, four-pipe” destroyer, which amply proves her worth. (Jack McKillop
Stimson letter support for imposing embargos on the Japanese very interesting because the embargos would be imposed and the Japanese would respond eventually with Pearl Harbor.
Home news: the public are urged to donate all articles which could possibly be useful to the military to a collection being organized by the Civil Guard on behalf of the Defence Forces.
Photo: SA-KUVA
Germany halts war materiel en route from Italy to Finland
I have to say I don’t blame the Japanese for their position on the French in Indochina here. Here they are readily admitting that they have large stores of munitions that are destined to the Chinese and being transported over rail to them. If I was in Japan’s position I’d let them know that I was taking the bridges out too so the supplies cant get to the men my army is fighting.
1. Did the material continue after the Japanese interdiction by air?
2. If so, were the lessons learned used 20-30 years later?
My guess is "yes" to both.
I almost feel sorry for “Ivan” (Is there a Russian equivalent other than Ivan for “GI”, “Landser” or “Tommy”?) conscript troops, not Russian in many cases, mostly incompetent officer corps (Thank you, Joe Stalin.) trapped on the Finnish roads, cut off from the rest of his Division in some truly nasty weather and just waiting for the end.
I was just trying to catch up with you guys on the content of the article at #4 and discovered a screw up. The articles headed “Japanese Deliver . . .” and “Stimson Asks . . .” both begin on the front page and continue on page 4. When I set them up for scanning I switched the inside parts. So the end of the first article is on #5 and the Stimson article ends on #4. Sorry about that.
I almost feel sorry for “Ivan” (Is there a Russian equivalent other than Ivan for “GI”, “Landser” or “Tommy”?) conscript troops, not Russian in many cases, mostly incompetent officer corps (Thank you, Joe Stalin.) trapped on the Finnish roads, cut off from the rest of his Division in some truly nasty weather and just waiting for the end.
Multitasking, the art of screwing up several things at the same time.
It’s also interesting that Japanese concern with French Indo-China is on the rise. Japanese occupation of Indo-China after France’s defeat in 1940 will be the ostensible trigger for the embargo that leads to Pearl Harbor.
Sorry for the delay in your reading schedule.
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