Battle of the Atlantic
- He-111s bomb 2 German destroyers, the Leberecht Mass (Z1) and Max Schultz (Z3), by mistake off the Frisian Islands. They sail into a British minefield and sink. 56 survivors of Leberecht Mass are rescued by another German destroyer. There are no survivors from the Max Schultz. A total of 578 sailors are lost.
- U-50 sinks the British tanker British Endeavour from convoy OG-19F northwest of Cape Finisterre with the loss of 5 crewmen. The British steamer Bodnant rescues 33 survivors.
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]Diplomatic Relations
Sweden announces officially that it will not enter in any way the Russian-Finnish conflict and will not allow Allied troops to cross its territory.
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Finland - Winter War
Day 85
Encircled near Kitelaë on the Ladoga Front, the 34th Moscow Tank Bde eats the last of its pack horses. For the next few days the Russians survive on starvation rations plus biscuits and rusks dropped from aircraft (See Feb 28). In the morning, the Russian 43rd Div launches an assault on the Koivisto islands from the mainland. The Soviets begin to occupy the islands in the Gulf of Finland. The Finns evacuate Koivisto after blowing up the coastal defense guns and destroying fortifications there. The Finns withdraw across Viipurinlahti Bay to Säkkijärvi. On the Isthmus the Soviet assaults on the intermediate defensive positions are successfully repulsed. In northern Finland in Kuhmo, Finnish dugouts are destroyed by direct laying fire from the heavy field guns of the Soviets.
Final conditions for peace are given to the Finns by the Soviets: Finland must surrender the Karelian Isthmus and the borders of Lake Ladoga and grant a 30-year lease to the Soviet Union of the Hanko peninsula; and finally must sign a pact of mutual assistance making the Gulf of Finland strategically secure for both countries. In exchange, the Russians will evacuate the Petsamo area.
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