Today in World War II History—March 12, 1940 & 1945
Thursday, March 12, 2020 by Sarah Sundin
Finnish foreign minister, Väinö Tanner, reads the terms of the Moscow Peace Treaty on the radio, 13 March 1940 at 12 am (Source: Museovirasto via Wikimedia Creative Commons)
80 Years Ago—March 12, 1940: Finland signs treaty with the USSR, ending the Soviet-Finnish Winter War and ceding border lands to the Soviets. In over three months of fighting, 25,000 Finnish soldiers were killed and 200,000 Soviets.
75 Years Ago—Mar. 12, 1945: RAF sends 1108 bombers to Dortmund, Germany, dropping 4851 tons of bombs, an RAF record for both tonnage and bombers to a single target.
