The Archive · 1940

Russians Continue Bombing

Defenders Cut Off Red Division in Salla Sector — Much Booty Taken, Many Soviet Planes Destroyed

Helsinki, Jan, 20, RISSIAN planes bombed the Helsinki area again yesterday while Finnish troops hammered Russian Army positions on the north-central Salla front. Russian raiders dropped bombs on the outskirts of the capital in the east, west and north. None was dropped in the central part of the city. Alarms were sounded at 2.25 and 3 p.m. The Finnish High Command announced that volunteer Swedish airmen had bombed Russian troop columns and bases on the eastern frontier, where new Finnish victories were reported. It was reported that the Russian Air Force sent} 450 planes over Finland during the mass air attacks yesterday, but they were driven off before reaching the central part of Helsinki. clear that he "anticipated with relish the opportunity of chastising Czech slovakia."

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