Battle of the Atlantic

The Royal Navy starts to lay a mine barrage from the Thames Estuary to the Moray Firth.

Britain, Home Front

Royal Australian Air Force Squadron No. 10 arrives in Pembroke, Wales to join Coastal Command.

Australian airmen arrive in Britain Australian Airmen

Finland - Winter War

Day 27

On the eastern Isthmus Russian troops overrun Kelja. Finnish attempts to counterattack are repulsed. On the northern Karelia the Finns complete their offensive in the Pielisjärvi sector having forced the Russians back across the border.

The Russians bomb Kotka killing 4 people. On the Ladoga Karelia, the railway junction at Elisenvaara in Kurkijoki is bombed heavily. One bomb kills 29 people hiding in a sewage ditch.

Northern Karelia: the North Karelian Group completes its offensive in the Pielisjärvi sector after two days, having forced the opposing Russian regiment back across the border. Photo: SA-KUVA Northern Karelia Offensive

Turkey

A powerful earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale hits Erzincan. 36,740 people are killed and the earthquake causes an estimated 20 million dollars in damage.

Earthquake Damage in Erzincan, Turkey