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		<title>29-Nov-39: Soviets Break Off Relations With Finland, Ramp Up Invasion Preparations; Spain Ratifies Pact With Germany; German Freighter Sunk Off American Coast While US Ship Watches; US Says Ready to Mediate in Finland/USSR Dispute</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 29-Nov-1939, the 60th day of World War II; there are 2,103 days left in the conflict.
The Soviet government breaks off diplomatic relations with Finland; the Finns respond by offering to hold renewed discussions over their territorial dispute and suggest conciliation or arbitration by a neutral third party in accordance with their 1932 non-aggression [...]]]></description>
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		<title>27-Nov-39: Finns Deny Responsibility for Mainila Incident; Germans Give Ultimatum to Citizens Married to Jews; No Nobel Peace Prize Will Be Awarded; Sweden Protests Mining; Japanese Complete Occupation of Nanking</title>
		<link>http://stevepollock.de/archives/515</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 27-Nov-1939, the 58th day of World War II; there are 2,105 days left in the conflict.
The Finns deny they were behind artillery fire which killed four Soviet soldiers in the USSR village of Mainila, claiming the shells came from the Soviet side of the border and suggest a mutual withdrawal of both countries&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>26-Nov-39: Artillery Shells Kill Red Army Soldiers in Mainila; Chamberlain Makes First Radio Broadcast of War; Polish Liner Sunk in North Sea</title>
		<link>http://stevepollock.de/archives/512</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 26-Nov-1939, the 57th day of World War II; there are 2,106 days left in the conflict.
In the Soviet Union, seven artillery shells explode in the village of Mainila, near the Finnish border; four Red Army soldiers die. The Soviet government accuses Finland in the incident and demands an immediate withdrawal of all Finnish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>25-Nov-39: Countries Protest British Reprisals; Germans Lay More Mines; British Ponies Protected During Blackout; Romanian Government Formed</title>
		<link>http://stevepollock.de/archives/510</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 25-Nov-1939, the 56th day of World War II; there are 2,107 days left in the conflict.
A day after the Belgian government sent a note to the British regarding reprisals against Germany for its mine-laying policies, the governments of Italy, Japan, Denmark and Sweden meet with the British Foreign Office over the reprisal effort. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>24-Nov-39: Japanese Take Nanking; Germans Seize Property of Industrialist Ex-National Socialist; Belgians Register Concern; Royal Navy Rescues Sinking Survivors</title>
		<link>http://stevepollock.de/archives/507</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 24-Nov-1939, the 55th day of World War II; there are 2,108 days left in the conflict.
Over 100,000 Chinese troops attempt to repel the Imperial Japanese Army&#8217;s attack on Nanking but fail; the Japanese enter the city, breaking the Chinese winter offensive. The taking of Nanking represents the first Japanese victory in their drive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>23-Nov-39: Scharnhorst, Gneisenau Interrupted During Raid, Sink British Ship; Magnetic Mine Defused; British, Germans Expand Rationing; Hitler Excoriates Generals; Polish Jews Ordered to Wear Star of David</title>
		<link>http://stevepollock.de/archives/505</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 23-Nov-1939, the 54th day of World War II; there are 2,109 days left in the conflict.
The German Kriegsmarine battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau are interrupted during a raid mission by an encounter between Scharnhorst and the Rawalpindi, an armed British merchant cruiser. The merchant ship is armed with just four six-inch guns and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>22-Nov-39: German Mines Found Near Thames Estuary; British Introduce Savings Scheme; Romanian Cabinet Resigns</title>
		<link>http://stevepollock.de/archives/503</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 22-Nov-1939, the 53rd day of World War II; there are 2,110 days left in the conflict.
British police are notified that German magnetic mines have been found in the Shoeburyness mud flats near the Thames Estuary. They are from a batch parachuted down by a Luftwaffe Heinkel He-111 aircraft. Due to the use of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>21-Nov-39: German Magnetic Mines Continue to Wreak Havoc on British Shipping, Chamberlain Announces Retaliatory Measures; With German Help, Slovaks Reclaim Territory Seized by Poles</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 21-Nov-1939, the 52nd day of World War II; there are 2,111 days left in the conflict.
German magnetic mines dropped by the Luftwaffe in British territorial waters continue to make up the bulk of the war news. A brand-new British cruiser, HMS Belfast is badly damaged by one of the mines in the Scottish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>13-Nov-39: First British Destroyer Sunk in War; Shetlands Attacked by Luftwaffe; Romanian King Offers Peace Mediation; Finns Break Off Negotiations So Stalin Orders Preparations for War with Finland</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 13-Nov-1939, the 44th day of World War II; there are 2,119 days left in the conflict.
The British destroyer HMS Blanche strikes a mine and sinks near the Thames estuary, the first Royal Navy destroyer lost in World War II. The Shetland Islands off the Scottish coast becomes the target for the first German [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9-Nov-39: Germans Claim British Behind Hitler Assassination Attempt; South Africans Uncover German Espionage; Finns Refuse Soviet Military Base Demand; British MI6 Agents Kidnapped by Germans at Venlo</title>
		<link>http://stevepollock.de/archives/453</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 9-Nov-1939, the 40th day of World War II; there are 2,123 days left in the conflict.
German press and radio reports claim that the British were behind the planting of a bomb in Munich&#8217;s Bürgerbräukeller which was aimed at assassinating Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler.
The South Africans claim that a German plot to sabotage vital war [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4-Nov-39: Remarkable German Report Reveals Top Secrets to British in Oslo; MI6 Chief Dies; US &#8220;Cash and Carry&#8221; Arms Sales Goes Into Effect</title>
		<link>http://stevepollock.de/archives/443</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Secret Intelligence Service - MI6]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Captain Hector Boyes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 4-Nov-1939, the 35th day of World War II; there are 2,128 days left in the conflict.
In one of the most remarkable incidents of the war, British Naval Attaché to Norway Captain Hector Boyes receives an anonymous letter purporting to offer a secret report on current and future German weapon systems and technological developments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>21-Sep-39: Romanian Prime Minister Assassinated; Deportation of Jews in Occupied Poland Begins; Roosevelt Urges Repeal of Neutrality Act Prohibition of Arms Sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 21-Sept-1939, the 21st day of World War II; there are 2,172 days left in the conflict.
In Bucharest, the Iron Guard, a Romanian Fascist paramilitary group, murders Armand Calinescu, the prime minister by blocking Calinescu&#8217;s car with a wooden cart and then shooting him and his guards.
After the assassination, the Iron Guard assassins then [...]]]></description>
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