Baltic Sea

The Latvian steamer Venta (1886t) is seized by a German warship. She is later renamed Undine for German use.

Finland - Winter War

Day 30

On the Karelian Isthmus, Russian reconnaissance probes are successfully repulsed at Summa and at Kelja in the Taipale sector. In the Suomussalmi sector in northern Finland the fighting at Hulkonniemi ends. The Finns succeed in their third attempt to drive the Russians back from the north bank of Lake Ladoga; the survivors of the Russian 163rd Div are driven back in a desperate retreat.

The Finns capture 11 tanks, 25 guns and 150 trucks. On the Ladoga Karelia troops from Detachment Pajari take Viitavaara on the Aittojoki River. The Russians counterattack.

Russian aircraft bomb Käkisalmi, Jyväskylä and Vaasa. 6 people are killed.

Finns Repulse Soviet Probes