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A BACK TO NORMANDY HISTORICAL EDITION JANUARY 1940 31 DAILY EDITIONS

January 1940

Daily Normandy — every edition of January 1940, day by day.
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1 January 10,000 Japanese troops launched a counter-attack i 16 events 2 January The 149 Sqdn left from Mildenhall at 1940-01-02 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 6 events 3 January The 18 Sqdn left from Metz-Frescaty at 1940-01-03 at 7:55. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 5 events 4 January The first Norwegian volunteers departed Oslo, Norw 3 events 5 January The United Kingdom requested Norway for permission 6 events 6 January Adolf Hitler postponed the attack of France and th 4 events 7 January USS Helena departed Guant 4 events 8 January The government of the United Kingdom introduced ra 3 events 9 January On Tues. 09 Jan 1940 British submarine Starfish attacked German mineswe 5 events 10 January The 110 Sqdn left from Wattisham at 1940-01-10 at 10:15. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 7 events 11 January Flight of Spitfire I N3036 and unknown rank unknown name on 1940-01-11 8 events 12 January The 218 Sqdn left from Auberive-sur-Suippe at 1940-01-12 at 13:40. Loc or duty Training 4 events 13 January Adolf Hitler postponed the attack of France and th 6 events 14 January British cryptologists at the Government Code and C 1 events 15 January German submarine U-44 torpedoed and sank Norwegian 3 events 16 January The 15 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1940-01-16 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 8 events 17 January German submarine U-25 torpedoed and sank British s 5 events 18 January Flight of Hurricane I L1734/L2066 and Sergeant E G P Mullinger on 1940-01-18 9 events 19 January German submarine U-9 torpedoed and sank Swedish me 7 events 20 January Yukikaze was commissioned into service with Comman 7 events 21 January Soviet 8th Army launched unsuccessful attack on Fi 7 events 22 January Fokker C-V lost at Wijk aan Zee on 22-01-1940 (SGLO ref: T0010D) 5 events 23 January On Tues. 23 Jan 1940 Finnish 9th Division arrived at the village of Kuh 5 events 24 January Flight of Spitfire K9811 and unknown rank unknown name on 1940-01-24 6 events 25 January The 57 Sqdn left from Rosieres-en-Santerre at 1940-01-25 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 4 events 26 January American minesweeper Quail arrived at Palmyra Atol 5 events 27 January German submarine U-20 torpedoed and sank Danish sh 7 events 28 January Japanese 26th Division attacked Wuyuan, Suiyuan Pr 7 events 29 January Finnish Army 9th Division attacked the Soviet 54th 5 events 30 January On Tues. 30 Jan 1940 German aircraft bombed shipping in the English Cha 5 events 31 January German submarine U-13 torpedoed and sank Norwegian 6 events
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