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In Germany... Nazi authorities announce that the entire population of the Polish town of Kalisz (about 70,000 inhabitants) is to be deported to make room for ethnic Germans arriving from the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania).
In the Winter War... The Soviet 163rd Division (an element of the Soviet 9th Army), which has been holding a tenuous position around Suomussalmi, is largely broken up by persistent Finnish attacks. Help was expected to arrive from the 44th Division but this unit has been unable to move forward. The Finnish tactic in all these operations is to isolate the individual Soviet columns as they move along the forest tracks by moving around them in small units. Each column can then be harassed and wiped out in turn. The Soviets are not able to counter these tactics because their troops are not as well trained or equipped for cross-country skiing. Meanwhile, the Soviet High Command orders preparations for a coordinated, step-by-step assault on the Mannerheim Line.
In Switzerland... The exiled industrialist and former Nazi fundraiser, Fritz Thyssen, protests to Hitler: "I have not sacrificed my millions for Bolshevism but against it."
In the North Sea... The British battleship, Barham, is hit by a torpedo from U-30 while cruising off northwest Scotland. Repairs will take three months to complete.
HMS BARHAM
In Britain... Meat rationing has begun.
In China... There are repeated Japanese bombing raids on Lanchow, a vital Chinese military supply base in the northwest.
In the Winter War... The Soviet 163rd Division (an element of the Soviet 9th Army), which has been holding a tenuous position around Suomussalmi, is largely broken up by persistent Finnish attacks. Help was expected to arrive from the 44th Division but this unit has been unable to move forward. The Finnish tactic in all these operations is to isolate the individual Soviet columns as they move along the forest tracks by moving around them in small units. Each column can then be harassed and wiped out in turn. The Soviets are not able to counter these tactics because their troops are not as well trained or equipped for cross-country skiing. Meanwhile, the Soviet High Command orders preparations for a coordinated, step-by-step assault on the Mannerheim Line.
In Switzerland... The exiled industrialist and former Nazi fundraiser, Fritz Thyssen, protests to Hitler: "I have not sacrificed my millions for Bolshevism but against it."
In the North Sea... The British battleship, Barham, is hit by a torpedo from U-30 while cruising off northwest Scotland. Repairs will take three months to complete.
HMS BARHAM
In Britain... Meat rationing has begun.
In China... There are repeated Japanese bombing raids on Lanchow, a vital Chinese military supply base in the northwest.