2 Dec 1939
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- Red Army units took Petsamo, Finland. ww2dbase [The Winter War | TH]
- HMS Cumberland detached for patrol between Plate and Falklands. ww2dbase [Cumberland | DS]
- U-56 damaged British merchant ship Eskdene 130 kilometers northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Start of the Battle of the Atlantic | U-56 | North Sea | CPC]
- Emden began a period of maintenance at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. ww2dbase [Emden | Wilhelmshaven, Weser-Ems | CPC]
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