Battle of the Atlantic
- U-21 sinks the Swedish steamer Mars (1475t) ENE of May Island. An hour later the u-boat sinks the Swedish steamer Carl Henckel (1352t). The crew from the Mars had been picked up by the Carl Henckel, but when the second ship is sunk 18 of the crew of the Mars are lost along with 10 from the Carl Henckel. 1 survivor from the Mars and 7 from the Car Henckel are landed at Kristiansand.
- U-46 sinks the Norwegian steamer Rudolf (924t) 110 miles ENE of Rattray Head with the loss of 6 crewmen. 7 survivors are taken to Kopervik.
- The British boom defense vessel Bayonet sinks in South Inchkeith Channel in the Firth of Forth on a mine laid by U-21 on 4 November. 3 of the crew are lost with 28 injured.
- The Italian steamer Comitas (3482t) is badly damaged on a mine in the Wielingen Fairway off Flushing. She is towed to Flushing by a Dutch tug, but sinks in the port off Rammekens on the 22nd without any crew loss.
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]Britain, Policy
Britain tightens the blockade on German imports and announces that all German exports will be stopped.
[ | ]Finland - Winter War
Day 22
On the Ladoga Karelia the Finns in the Tolvajärvi sector launch an assault for the purpose of retaking the village of Ägläjärvi. The strike force of 5 battalions overcome the main force of a Russian division.
In southern Finland Russian fighters attack a stationary train on the edge of the forest between Helsinki and Turku killing 3 civilians.
Soviet fliers in terrifying raids through the day bomb Helsinki and several more cities and villages in southern and western Finland today and machine-gun two trains. More than 30 bombs are dropped in the Helsinki hospital area. Only 2 persons are injured and none is killed in Helsinki, but many are killed or wounded elsewhere. 2 persons are announced by officials to have been killed aboard the Turko-Helsinki Express.
Earlier, Russian planes bomb a hospital dormitory, heavily damage a school for the blind, and hit 7 out of 10 other hospital buildings. 2 hospital patients are among the injured, and some deaths are reported likely. This raid on Helsinki, coming on the 60th birthday of Joseph Stalin, the Russian leader, started at 11:58 a. m., and follow earlier attacks on towns for 25 miles around the capital. It is the third successive day of aerial attacks on Helsinki and vicinity.
Officials say not all the bombs dropped in the hospital area explode, but the dormitory, a five-story structure of red brick, sustains a direct hit. The bomb collapses the roof and upper two floors.
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