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The Winter War... Intense fighting on the Karelian front begins as the Red Army launches what is to become the decisive assault on the Mannerheim Line. About 120,000 Soviet troops attack along a 12-mile front, a massive concentration of seven men per yard. The Soviet 123rd Division (an element of the Soviet 7th Army) succeeds in breaking into the Finnish defenses near Summa. Finns launch desperate counterattacks.
In Berlin... The Germans and Soviets sign further trade and economic agreement. The Soviets will supply raw materials, especially oil and food, in return for manufactured products of all kinds, including arms.
In Montreal... The Governor-General of Canada, Lord Tweedsmuir (well-known as the author John Buchan) dies after surgery for a head injury at age 64.
In Berlin... The Germans and Soviets sign further trade and economic agreement. The Soviets will supply raw materials, especially oil and food, in return for manufactured products of all kinds, including arms.
In Montreal... The Governor-General of Canada, Lord Tweedsmuir (well-known as the author John Buchan) dies after surgery for a head injury at age 64.