26 November 1939

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Finland

The Soviet government claims that an "incident" had taken place on the Karelian Isthmus and demands the withdrawal of Finnish troops. In fact Soviet artillery had fired seven shells at the village of Mainila, on the Soviet side of the border, and then blamed the Finns.

War at Sea

Polish liner Pilsudski, under charter to the Royal Navy, sunk by U-boat


How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 26 November 1939 , http://www.historyofwar.org/secondworldwar/date/1939_11_26.html

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