The captain and some of the crew of the
Admiral
Graf Spee landed at Buenos Aires. Four others arrested
by Uruguayan authorities and charged with blowing up their
ship.
Face a battle over Healigoland Bight. Twelve
Messerschmitt
Bf 109 fighters shot down. Seven British bombers failed
to return.
The British Admiralty announced that a German cruiser Koeln
class have been sunk off the mouth of Elbe by HMS Ursula.
Russians made sudden advance on the Arctic front with massed
infantry, tanks and bombers and reached Pitkaejaervi. New
Russian attack on Karelian Isthmusalso reported.
German troops reported to be massing on the Luxemburg frontier.
The British Admiralty supply details of exploits of HMS Salmon,
announced on
13
December 1939. Besides one German cruiser sunk, two were
damaged. Also announced was that 10 ships out of every 1,100
entering or leaving ports had been lost around British coasts
during the first 10 days of December. Confirmed that German
steamer Antiochia was scuttled during November.
The British Admiralty, and Air Ministry issued a joint statement
on attacks by Luftwaffe aircraft with bombs and machine guns
fire on merchant and fishing vessels in the North seaon
Go To: 19th
December
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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