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29 Dec 1939
  • HMS Cumberland sailed for patrol in River Plate area. ww2dbase [Cumberland | DS]
Finland
  • Soviet 163rd Division, trapped in the Finnish village of Suomussalmi for the past 22 days, began evacuating on an ice road over Lake Kiantajärvi; troops of the Finnish 9th Division attacked the rearguard. Meanwhile, in Moscow, Russia, Stalin endorsed Chief of Staff Shaposhnikov's plan for a major attack on Finnish forces on the Karelian Isthmus; Semyon Timoshenko volunteered to lead the offensive as the disgraced Kirill Meretskov was demoted to the commander of the Soviet 7th Army. ww2dbase [The Winter War | Semyon Timoshenko | Kirill Meretskov | CPC]
United States
  • The prototype Consolidated XB-24 heavy bomber made its maiden flight from Lindbergh Field, San Diego, California, United States. ww2dbase [B-24 Liberator | San Diego, California | AC]
Photo(s) dated 29 Dec 1939
Portrait of Dudley Pound, 29 Dec 1939

29 Dec 1939 Interactive Map




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