Sunday, January 7, 1940 - New commander for Soviet forces.

[Louis]

The Winter War... General Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko takes command of all the Soviet forces engaged in the war with Finland. His troops on the Karelian Isthmus are now organized in two armies, Seventh and Thirteenth. The Finns are in the process of a reorganization also. In the fighting north of Lake Ladoga the Finnish pressure on the Soviet 18th and 168th Divisions continues. Finnish claims estimate 50,000 Soviet troops have perished in the last five weeks.

In the North Sea... German ships depth charge the Royal Navy submarine Seahorse in the Heligoland Bight.