28 Nov 1939
- The Soviet Union tore up the Soviet-Finnish non-aggression pact, noting that Finland had committed an act of aggression for the shelling of Mainila, Russia two days prior. Finland presented a witness, a Finnish border guard, who saw that it was the Soviets who fired the mortar rounds. ww2dbase [The Winter War | CPC]
- British Royal Navy trawler HMS Kingston Beryl scuttled the stern section of Swedish tanker Gustaf E. Reuter in the North Sea. Gustaf E. Reuter had been attacked by German submarine U-48 on the previous day, and the bow section had sunk overnight during an unsuccessful towing attempt. ww2dbase [Start of the Battle of the Atlantic | North Sea | CPC]
- Ding Zhipan was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in the Nationalist Army. ww2dbase [Ding Zhipan | CPC]
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