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		<title>13-Mar-40: Indian Nationalist Assassinates British Official; Finns Sign Peace Treaty, Ending Winter War with Soviets</title>
		<link>http://stevepollock.de/archives/643</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Führer und Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Indian nationalist assassinates Sir Michael O&#8217;Dwyer, former governor of the Punjab, in London.
The Finnish government grants formal permission to its delegation, which signs a peace treaty with the Soviet Union, ending the 104-day Winter War at 12:00 hours. The terms are harsh; Finland loses the Karelian Isthmus, the city of Viipuri and the Vuoksi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>15-Dec-39: Battle of Soumassalmi Begins; Finns See Battlefield Success, Attempt to Open Negotiations, But Refuse to be Conquered; Uruguay Ousts German Battleship; Chamberlain Visits British Expeditionary Force in France</title>
		<link>http://stevepollock.de/archives/595</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Neutrality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SS Admiral Graf Spee]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Battle of Soumussalmi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 15-Dec-1939, the 76th day of World War II; there are 2,087 days left in the conflict.
The Battle of Soumussalmi begins during the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union. The Finns destroy the Soviet 139th Division at Tolvajarvi as well as the 75th Division. The Finns broadcast an appeal for negotiations to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12-Dec-39: Finns Launch Attacts on Soviet Eighth Army; Two Battles Start North of Lake Lagoda; Churchill Advocates Invasion of Norway; German Ships Sees Blockade Success; Hitler Orders Doubling of Mines and Ammunition Production</title>
		<link>http://stevepollock.de/archives/588</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Admiralty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Central Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deutsches Kriegsmarine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deutsches Wehrmacht]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eastern Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Lord of the Admiralty and Prime Minister Winston Churchill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Führer und Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kitela]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 12-Dec-1939, the 73rd day of World War II; there are 2,090 days left in the conflict.
The Finns launch attacks against the Soviet Eighth Army successfully, but aren&#8217;t as successful against Red Army forces near Kollaa. Two battles north of Lake Ladoga get underway: Tovaajarvland and Kitela. For their part, the Soviets reject a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5-Dec-39: Finn Resistance Stiffens on Mannerheim Line, New Tactics Exploited; Soviets Claim No Longer at War; Finns Bomb Murmansk; Churchill Declares Germans Have Sunk to Lowest Form of Warfare Imaginable</title>
		<link>http://stevepollock.de/archives/532</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bombing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 5-Dec-1939, the 66th day of World War II; there are 2,097 days left in the conflict.
The Finnish Second Corps, manning the Mannerheim Line, the main defensive strongpoint on the Karelian Isthmus, encounters forward units of the Soviet Seventh Army during the sixth day of the Winter War. The Finns begin to master tactics [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<link>http://stevepollock.de/archives/519</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Führer Fritz Kuhn]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Negotiations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People's Commisar for Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Red Army]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Secretary of State Cordell Hull]]></category>
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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>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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		<category><![CDATA[Britain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
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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>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>
		<link>http://stevepollock.de/archives/501</link>
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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>12-Nov-39: King George VI Issues Negative Reply to Peace Appeal; First ENSA Entertainment Debuts; Germans Round Up Suspected Assassination Conspirators</title>
		<link>http://stevepollock.de/archives/470</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Belgian Royal Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 12-Nov-1939, the 43rd day of World War II; there are 2,120 days left in the conflict.
King George VI issues a gracious reply to a joint peace appeal issued by Dutch Queen Wilhelmina and Belgian King Leopold the previous week; he states that the onus of the war, and therefore the means to end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10-Nov-39: Dutch Take Further Invasion Precautions; Germans Reinforce Siegfried Line; British and French Hold Conference in Paris; PM Neville Chamberlain Has Gout</title>
		<link>http://stevepollock.de/archives/455</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 10-Nov-1939, the 41st day of World War II; there are 2,122 days left in the conflict.
The Dutch move to further their preparations for a possible German invasion by opening sluice gates in order to flood pre-designated inundation areas. They also send troop reinforcements to the border and cancel military leaves. At the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5-Nov-39: Plot to Arrest Hitler Collapses from Lack of Nerve; German Intelligence Chief Warns Dutch of Imminent Invasion; City of Flint Saga Draws to Close; Finns, Soviets Continue Negotiations; Churchill Visits French Marine Headquarters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 5-Nov-1939, the 36th day of World War II; there are 2,127 days left in the conflict.
Commander in Chief of the German Army, Gen. Heinrich Alfred Hermann Walther von Brauchitsch, meets with Reichskanzler Adolf HItler to discuss the plans drawn up by Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH &#8211; the High Command of the Army) for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>26-Oct-39: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Gives Fireside Chat; Soviets, British Quarrel About Shipments to Germany; Hans Frank Appointed to Head the General Government</title>
		<link>http://stevepollock.de/archives/406</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cracow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Führer und Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Generalgouverneur für die Besetzten Polnischen Gebiete Hans Frank]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 26-Oct-1939, the 56th day of World War II; there are 2,137 days left in the conflict.
The night before the United States Senate votes on revisions to the Neutrality Act, President Franklin D. Roosevelt airs one of his famous fireside chats and tells the nation:
&#8220;In and out of Congress we have heard orators and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>23-Oct-39: Germans Take American Ship to Murmansk; Sir Eric Phipps Retires; Soviets and Finns Meet Again, But Make No Progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 23-Oct-1939, the 53rd day of World War II; there are 2,140 days left in the conflict.
The period of World War II known as the &#8220;Phony War,&#8221; is well underway. Action is local and limited in several theaters. Both sides are using this time to build up resources and train forces, rather than undertake [...]]]></description>
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		<title>22-Oct-39: 22-Oct-39: Dr. Goebbels Claims Churchill Lies; Allies Leave Ankara After Successful Pact Inked; Soviets Conduct Elections in Formerly Polish Territories; Western Front Artillery Duels Continue in Rain</title>
		<link>http://stevepollock.de/archives/394</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 22-Oct-1939, the 52nd day of World War II; there are 2,141 days left in the conflict.
War news is mostly quiet today. German Minister of Propaganda and Enlightenment Dr. Josef Goebbels uses a radio broadcast to attack British First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill. Churchill is a liar, he claims.
After the conclusion of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20-Oct-39: Germans to Formally Re-Annex Former Reich Territory on 1-Nov; Lindbergh Lampooned in London; Oxford Psychologist Pronounces Hitler a Parnoid Megalomaniac</title>
		<link>http://stevepollock.de/archives/387</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 20-Oct-1939, the 50th day of World War II; there are 2,143 days left in the conflict.
According to a directive signed by German Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler, Field Marshall Herman Goering, Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick, Deputy National Socialist Party Leader Rudolf Hess and State Secretary Hans-Heinrich Lammers, Germany will annex 11,500 square miles of territory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>18-Oct-39: Nordic Leaders Have Conference in Stockholm; Germans Attempt Another Scapa Flow Attack; British, French Meet in Ankara, Turkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is 18-Oct-1939, the 48th day of World War II; there are 2,145 days left in the conflict.
British General Archibald Wavell, the commander of British troops in the Middle East, and French General Maxime Weygand, the former chief of staff, fly into Ankara, Turkey, for consultations with the Turkish General Staff. The Germans respond by [...]]]></description>
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