Posts by Jens Walter
Russian bombing terror
"A SMALL TOWN in southern Finland has recently been subjected to almost daily terrible bombing raids by Russian aircraft, so the inhabitants have constantly had to seek refuge in the forests surrounding the town."
Nidaros, torsdag 1. februar 1940, Norway
Source:
RED FRIGHTFULNESS In Finland Bombing Hospitals (1940, Februar 2). Papuan Courier (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea : 1917 - 1942), p. 10. Retrieved Februar 2, 2026, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-art...
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact
Winter War, Soviet invasion:
"Trapped by fire and incinerated, four nurses and 19 wounded Finnish soldiers perished when Russian planes to-day mercilessly bombed a Red Cross hospital on the Karelian Isthmus."
February 2, 1940
Source: Image 7 of The frontier (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.), February 1, 1940
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"reindeer has proved his worth in the Finnish-Soviet war. Here a family of Finnish refugees uses a sled and the family reindeer to transport its belongings
to a place of safety during one of the air raids staged by the invaders on Finnish towns"
February 1, 1940
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(1940, January 31) The Nome nugget. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, loc.gov/item/sn84020....
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact
"Turning to Russia Hitler said he succeeded in forming an alliance [with Soviet Russia] where Chamberlain failed."
The Nome nugget (Nome, Alaska), January 31, 1940
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Source:"Germany is trying to wrest from Russia the initiative which she lost when her FM, von Ribbentrop, inaugurated the policy of Germany's withdrawal from the Baltic."
NAZI PRESSURE ON STALIN (1940, Januar 31). The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), p. 2 nla.gov.au/nla.news-art...
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Hitler-Stalin-Pact
"Thus, the Nazis are playing on the Soviet's fears of an Anglo-French attack, saying that only
the most intimate Russo-German alliance can avert
the danger."
1940, January 31. The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), p. 2
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact
"First U.S. Volunteers in Finland"
Image 3 of The Washington daily news (Washington, D.C.), January 29, 1940
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Source: "COMPLETE AGREEMENT " (1940, Januar 26). The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1965), p. 7. Retrieved Januar 26, 2026, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-art...
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact
Moscow:
"He predicted that unpleasant shocks would be felt by those refusing to recognise the full significance of the Russian-German treaty, saying:
"The chain of our friendship is of pure gold and will always remain untarnished."
January 26, 1940
Source: Finland's Link with Britain (1940, Januar 25). Nepean Times (Penrith, NSW : 1882 - 1962), p. 2. Retrieved Februar 1, 2026, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-art...
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact
"Finland has been plunged into the vortex created by the partnership of Hitler and Stalin, and the future of
this courageous little nation, which seemed only last year to be bright, has been clouded by the Russian invasion."
Jan 25, 1940 Nepean Times, AUS
Source: Moscow Communist's Warning Against Interference in Finland (1940, Januar 23). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), p. 12 (STUMPS SCORES). Retrieved Februar 1, 2026, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-art...
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact
"(M.t Seherbakov) warned Europeans against interference in Finland. He said that some mad slanderers were even squealing about intervention."
Soviet Russia with Nazi support, and bombing Finland from her bases in Estonia.
(1940, Januar 23). The Telegraph
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact
"A full-blooded alliance between Germany and Russia,
aimed at vital Allied interests, is foreseen in this article by Kenneth de Courcy"
Masterly Survey Lays Bare The Real Russian-German Plan 1940, Jan 21 The Sun (Sydney) nla.gov.au/nla.news-art...
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact
"Soviet Offers Polish Oil For German Aid In Subduing Finland"
: Moves Alarm Balkans (1940, Januar 20). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), p. 2 nla.gov.au/nla.news-art...
Source: RUSSIA AND GERMANY (1940, Januar 20). The Irwin Index (Mingenew, WA : 1926 - 1956), p. 3. Retrieved Februar 1, 2026, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-art...
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact Winter War
"The Moscow radio furiously attacks the British Labour Delegation to Finland [Soviet invasion] as missionaries of the British Government, which is conspiring to increase aggression against Russia."
1940, January 20, The Irwin Index
Source: Ratifying Berlin-Moscow Trade Pact
Carbon County news. (Red Lodge, MT) 19 Jan. 1940, p. 7. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, loc.gov/item/sn84036....
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact
"Soviet Russia and FM Joachim von Ribbentrop, right, belatedly affix their signatures to the trade pact agreed on last fall. Premier Molotov of Russia is reported planning a visit to Berlin to seek German military aid against Finland.
January 19, 1940
Source: GERMANY AND FINLAND (1940, Januar 19). The Wiluna Miner (WA : 1931 - 1947), p. 4. Retrieved Februar 1, 2026, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-art...
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact
"Germany has shown her hand in warning Sweden against allowing men and material to pass to
Finland.
It is becoming clear that the Russian invasion is part of a plan for Russo-German domination of north-eastern Europe."
January 19, 1940
Source: ATTITUDE OF RUSSIA (1940, Januar 18). The Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), p. 39. Retrieved Februar 1, 2026, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-art...
"..that the Russian threat to Scandinavia and the German threat to the Low Countries are closely connected. It is believed that Berlin and Moscow have divided the
neutrals of northern and western Europe in vague 'spheres of domination.'"
January 18, 1940
Winter War 1939/40"One advertisement read: 'The world now knows what it is to be a Finn; It is your duty to show what it means to be a Swede."
ADVERTISEMENTS SWEDES TO SERVE IN FINLAND (1940, Januar 18). Tweed Daily (Murwillumbah, NSW), p. 5.
nla.gov.au/nla.news-art...
Hitler-Stalin-Pact
"Germany and Russia are combining in a joint campaign to intimidate neutrals."
GERMANS AND RUSSIANS IN DIPLOMATIC AND MILITARY CO-OPERATION (1940, Januar 18). T
weed Daily (Murwillumbah, NSW), p. 5. Retrieved Januar 18, 2026, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-art...