Xref: utzoo sci.military:3527 soc.misc:1696
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnews!military
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker)
Newsgroups: sci.military,soc.misc
Subject: 50 Years Ago: Sunday, 21 January, 1940
Message-ID: <13356@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 20 Jan 90 03:18:42 GMT
Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM
Followup-To: soc.misc
Lines: 23
Approved: military@att.att.com



From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker)
Sunday, 21 January, 1940

Finnish Blenheim bombers raid the Soviet naval base at Kronstadt.

In the North Sea, the U-22 sinks the destroyer HMS Exmouth, with all
hands.  This is the twenty-first naval vessel lost by Great Britain
since the war's beginning.  In addition, 3 British and 3 neutral
merchant ships are lost.  

The Japanese liner Asama Maru is stopped off the Japanese coast by the
British cruiser HMS Gloucester.  21 of her passengers, technicians
from Germany, are taken aboard the warship, and Japan protests.

--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Bill Thacker			            military@cbnews.att.com
Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com

"We got more material out of this battle than we have had here ourselves
and it is all excellent." - unidentified Finnish colonel, speaking
of the Battle of Suomussalmi, quoted in Newsweek.