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The Winter War... Finnish troops enter Soviet territory for the first time in the war, north of Lake Ladoga, near Lieksa, after routing Soviet troops in the Tolmojaervi and Aglajaervi districts. Other Finnish forces approach Salla.
In Occupied Poland... Soviet and German authorities allow rail links between the former eastern and western territories of Poland to be reestablished.
In the Vatican... Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace in his address to the College of Cardinals. He denounces aggression, declares the right of small countries to independence and speaks of reparation for injuries. In contempt for freedom and human life, the Pope says, there have been "acts which cry for the vengeance of God."
In Uruguay... After blazing for a week, the hulk of the German pocket battleship, Graf Spee, burns out.
In Occupied Poland... Soviet and German authorities allow rail links between the former eastern and western territories of Poland to be reestablished.
In the Vatican... Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace in his address to the College of Cardinals. He denounces aggression, declares the right of small countries to independence and speaks of reparation for injuries. In contempt for freedom and human life, the Pope says, there have been "acts which cry for the vengeance of God."
In Uruguay... After blazing for a week, the hulk of the German pocket battleship, Graf Spee, burns out.