[Homer_J_Simpson]

Nazi Restates Aim – 2-3
Nazi Review Lists Big Enemy Losses – 3
Text of Nazis’ War Review – 4
The International Situation – 4
City ‘Surrounded’ – 5-6
Canadians are Free to Fight for Finns – 6
Nazi Plane Downs Two Belgians; Kills One Pilot and Wounds Other – 7
Canterbury Prophesies Allies Will Free Finns – 7
Gandhi Sees India Open to New Talks – 8
Southgate is Safe; No News of U-Boat – 9
Berlin’s Guns Fire on British Planes – 10
Merchant Ships Sunk in War – 10

News of the Week in Review
Twenty News Questions – 11
Welles Finds Germany Not Ready for a Peace – 12-13
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 14
New Deal Ends 7 Eventful Years with Roosevelt Still Its Symbol – 15-16
Office Takes Toll of the President – 17-18
Census Preparations Set on Gigantic Scale – 20-22

Main Arenas of War – The World Background (Special Map Section) – 23-27
Seabiscuit Sets Santa Anita Record Before 75,000* – 28-30

* See reply #3 from yesterday’s thread for the back story.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/mar40/f03mar40.htm

Red Army takes aim at Viipuri

Sunday, March 3, 1940 www.onwar.com

The Winter War... The Soviets begin attacks on Viipuri, Finland’s second city. There is hand-to-hand fighting in the suburbs of Viipuri; Soviet troops capture the railway station.

In the North Atlantic... The cruiser HMS York intercepts the German SS Arucas off Iceland, but the German crew scuttles her.

In Britain... The public has now invested £100 million in National Savings since the war broke out.

From Berlin... The date for the invasion of Norway and Denmark is set as March 17th but this will be altered to early April.