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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Good job! Some of us had talked about doing a '75 Years' WW2 thread, but keeping up with WW1 was more than enough. I look forward to reading this.  |
I'll try to keep it as updated as possible, though when the war starts on the
30th, it might get a bit hectic.
28 November 1939
The fact that the Finnish government denies it's part in the shelling which caused
casualties, can not be explained, other than to mislead public opinion and mock the victims.
Only the lack of responsibility and contemptuous attitude towards the general public have been
able to dictate this attempt to explain this heinous case as nothing more than Soviet artillery training accident right at the border.
-Part of a second Diplomatic note from Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov
Soviet Union terminates the 1934 Non-Aggresion Pact with Finland.
Soviet officials in Finland are called back to Soviet Union.