[Donster]

Marie McDonald

1939: Negotiations between Russia and Finland over territorial dispute reach deadlock.

1940: Colonel Burns again proposes a Canadian parachute force to the Chief of General Staff. The idea is shelved, and no action is taken.

1940: Germany prepares to enter war in Greece.

1940: Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the mutual spheres of interest, especially regarding Finland. The talks show serious disagreements between the participants.

1942: The British 8th Army retakes Sollum and Bardia, while Panzer Army Afrika continues its withdrawal toward Tripoli.

Angela Greene

1943: German troops invade Leros by sea and drop 500 paratroops.

1943: The Russians take Zhitomir in Ukraine. The Kiev bridgehead is now 95 miles deep and 150 miles wide.

1944: Speculation over Hitler mounts as Himmler reads his proclamation at the ‘beer cellar putsch’ celebrations.

1944: Heavy bombers of the RAF, after several previous attempts, succeed in sinking the battleship Tirpitz, the sister ship of the Bismarck, which is lying at anchor in a fjord near Tromso in Norway. Over 1,000 men of her crew trapped in her capsized hull are lost.

The Sad Sack "The Victor"

1944: U.S. fighters wipe out a Japanese convoy near Leyte, consisting of six destroyers, four transports and 8,000 troops.

1945: The institute of France awards Churchill a gold medal.

*1948: Hikedi Tojo, Japanese prime minister, and seven others are sentenced to hang by an international tribunal.

[No105_Archie]

I loved the Sad Sack cartoons