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Russian Air Bombs Rip Swedish Town; Act Held Intended – 2-3
The International Situation – 3
Snow Brings a Respite to Finland; Red Drive Lags, Air Raids Dwindle – 4-5
144 British Planes Rushed to Finland – 5
Rockefeller Gives $100,000 for Finns – 5
Australian Minister Stresses War Drive – 5
Term ‘Excellency’ Barred In Addressing Mussolini – 5
Nazi Matron Urges More War Children – 6
Committee Delays Finnish Loan Bill – 6
Nazis Bar Relief in Most of Poland – 7
Vaccine Curbs Smallpox And Yellow Fever at Once – 7
Incidents in European Conflict – 8

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/feb40/f22feb40.htm

Finns give up Koivisto

Thursday, February 22, 1940 www.onwar.com

The Winter War... The Soviets begin to occupy the islands in the Gulf of Finland. The Finns evacuate Koivisto after blowing up the coast-defense guns there. Meanwhile, the 34th Moscow Tank Brigade, encircled near Kitelae, on the Ladoga front, eats the last of its packhorses and must now survive on starvation rations and biscuits and rusks dropped from Soviet aircraft.

In the North Sea... German He111 bombers attack two German destroyers, by mistake, off the Frisian Islands. The ships blunder into a British minefield and sink.

In Britain... An IRA bomb explodes in Oxford Street, London (7 people are seriously injured). This is the last major incident in an IRA bombing campaign against mainland Britain, begun on January 16, 1939.

In Tibet... The six-year-old Dalai Lama, Jampel Ngawang Lobsang Yishey Tenzing Gyatso (Tender Glory, Mighty in Speech, Excellent Intellect, Absolute Wisdom, Holding to the Doctrine and Ocean-Wide) is enthroned at Lhasa.