At sea
SprueStack Zero Hour: WW2 day by day
27 December 1939
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
7 of 8 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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At sea
U.S. freighter Oakwood, en route from Gibraltar to Genoa, is intercepted by French naval vessel and diverted to Villefranche after boarding officer mistakes notation in log as an order to proceed to Marseilles.
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27 December: The first Indian troops arrive in France.
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Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.
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Diplomatic record
The British Ambassador (Lothian) to the Secretary of State
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Diplomatic record
The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
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Diplomatic record
The Minister in Yugoslavia (Lane) to the Secretary of State
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27 December in other years 19401941194219431944
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