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On the Western Front... The first Indian army troops arrive to join the British Expeditionary Force in France.
In the Winter War... The Soviets end attacks on the north end of the Mannerheim Line with little success. Meanwhile, the Finns launch offensives against units of the Soviet 8th and 9th Armies and evacuate civilians from Viipuri.
In Occupied Poland... Two German army noncommissioned officers are killed by Poles in a bar in the Warsaw suburb of Wawer. The bar owner is immediately hanged and 120 Poles selected at random are shot and killed.
In Stockholm... Britain and France seek Swedish permission for the shipment of "unofficial" aid to Finland through Sweden.
In London... The American government protests the British seizure of US mail en route to Europe.
In Turkey... A powerful earthquake is estimated to have killed 8000 people, thousands more are made homeless, in bitter winter weather conditions. The regions of Tokat and the Black Sea tobacco-growing centers of Samsun and Ordu are among the worst hit.
In the Winter War... The Soviets end attacks on the north end of the Mannerheim Line with little success. Meanwhile, the Finns launch offensives against units of the Soviet 8th and 9th Armies and evacuate civilians from Viipuri.
In Occupied Poland... Two German army noncommissioned officers are killed by Poles in a bar in the Warsaw suburb of Wawer. The bar owner is immediately hanged and 120 Poles selected at random are shot and killed.
In Stockholm... Britain and France seek Swedish permission for the shipment of "unofficial" aid to Finland through Sweden.
In London... The American government protests the British seizure of US mail en route to Europe.
In Turkey... A powerful earthquake is estimated to have killed 8000 people, thousands more are made homeless, in bitter winter weather conditions. The regions of Tokat and the Black Sea tobacco-growing centers of Samsun and Ordu are among the worst hit.