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Photo in profile, barricades in Riga, Latvia, December 1991 after the Soviet Omon attacks in January. "Red Army Go Home"
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
February 4, 2026 at 8:43 AM
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact
"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
February 4, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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February 4, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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
loc.gov/resource/sn8...
February 1, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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
February 1, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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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February 1, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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
February 1, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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
February 1, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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
February 1, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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...
February 1, 2026 at 8:34 AM
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...
February 1, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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
February 1, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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
February 1, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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
February 1, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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...
February 1, 2026 at 8:22 AM
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact Winter War
"F. D.’s Finn Aid Plan May Die in Congress
President Roosevelt’s plan for financial aid to Finland [Soviet invasion] appears today to have been sentenced to death by Congress."

The Washington daily news. (Washington, DC), Jan. 17 1940. loc.gov/item/sn82016....
January 20, 2026 at 2:30 AM
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact
"Three hundred Russian planes from Leningrad, Paldiski (Baltic Port) and the islands of Oesel and Dago [Estonian islands with blackmailed Soviet bases] made a mass raid on southern Finland today.
It was the biggest air attack of the Russo Finnish war."
January 16, 1940
January 20, 2026 at 2:28 AM
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact
"The Moscow radio revealed late last night that the Soviet sent Notes to Sweden and Norway on January 5.
The Notes alleged that they had committed a breach of neutrality by sending arms and volunteers to Finland."

January 15, 1940 The News, Adelaide
January 20, 2026 at 2:25 AM
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact"Neutral observers estimate that more than 6,000 Swedish volunteers already are on Finnish soil in addition to several hundred Norwegians. ..Thursday Copenhagen sources disclosed that the first company of Danish volunteers had landed in Finland.
January 14, 1939
January 20, 2026 at 2:23 AM
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact
"Russian radio messages have been picked up by Finnish people..all day long, declaring that "the people of Finland should surrender before tomorrow”. “If they don’t”, the message continued, “Germany will advance immediately against the Finns”
Jan 13, 1940 The Key West Citizen
January 14, 2026 at 1:06 AM
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact

"Hitler has agreed to send a large staff of economic experts and engineers to Russia to develop vital industries.
The meagreness of Russia's aid to Germany can be realised from the fodder supplies .."

1940, January 13. The Mercury nla.gov.au/nla.news-pag...
January 14, 2026 at 1:02 AM
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact, Finland Winter War, Soviet invasion

"President Roosevelt today suggested that Democratic
and Republican leaders seek agreement on a program of aid for Finland"

The Washington daily news. (Washington, DC), Jan. 12 1940. loc.gov/item/sn82016....
January 14, 2026 at 1:00 AM
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact
"The barbarity of the war in Finland is attributed to the bombardment of civilians
and the propaganda of the Russian political commissars among the Russian soldiers, who are told they will be tortured and shot if captured."
1940, January 12. The Age, AUS
January 12, 2026 at 10:59 AM
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact
"There is an increasing identity of interest between Finland and the Allied Powers as Russo-German cooperation becomes more apparent.
Germany's threats to Sweden and ..."

(1940, Januar 11). The Central Queensland Herald, p. 42. nla.gov.au/nla.news-art...
January 12, 2026 at 10:57 AM
OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact
"The German Foreign Office no longer denies that Germany at the urgent request of Russia stopped the guns to Finland."

Are Sent Back By Nazis (1940, Januar 10). The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1955), p. 1 (CITY FINAL). nla.gov.au/nla.news-art...
January 12, 2026 at 10:55 AM