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Diary Of WW2 — Day 188

Mar 06, 12:00 PM

Wednesday 6th March 1940

As France and Italy sign an agreement to increase trade between the two nations, German aircraft bomb and machine-gun two lightships in the North Sea.

In Finland, the man in charge of their defence forces, Field Marshal Mannerheim, sees it is useless to continue the one-sided struggle against Soviet forces. Like the politicians, he accepts that there must be talks with the invaders. A Finnish delegation led by Prime Minister Risto Ryti and Juho Kusti Paasikivi (an experienced politician and diplomat) leaves for Moscow.

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