29 Nov 1939
- Finnish diplomats in Moscow, Russia made the final pleas to avoid war. At midnight, Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov ordered the invasion to commence. ww2dbase [The Winter War | CPC]
- British destroyers HMS Kingston, HMS Icarus, and HMS Kashmir forced German submarine U-35 to surface and surrender in the North Sea with depth charges. U-35's crew scuttled the submarine to prevent capture. ww2dbase [Start of the Battle of the Atlantic | North Sea | CPC]
- Residents of Soviet-occupied Poland had Soviet citizenship forced on them. ww2dbase [TH]
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