2 Dec 1939
![Vyacheslav Molotov signing a pact with Soviet-puppet state Finnish Democratic Republic, Moscow, Russia, 2 Dec 1939; Andrei Zhdanov, Kliment Voroshilov, Joseph Stalin, and Otoo Wille Kuusinen in background](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_molotov17.jpg)
![Soviet T-26 light tanks and T-20 Komsomolets armored tractors crossing the Russian border into Finland during the Winter War, 2 Dec 1939](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_winterwar10.jpg)
![Finnish civilians in a bomb shelter, Helsinki, Finland, 2 Dec 1939](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_winterwar34.jpg)
![T-26 light tanks and GAZ-A trucks of Soviet 7th Army, Finland, 2 Dec 1939](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_winterwar66.jpg)
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- Red Army units took Petsamo, Finland. ww2dbase [The Winter War | TH]
- HMS Cumberland detached for patrol between Plate and Falklands. ww2dbase [Cumberland | DS]
- U-56 damaged British merchant ship Eskdene 130 kilometers northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Start of the Battle of the Atlantic | U-56 | North Sea | CPC]
- Emden began a period of maintenance at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. ww2dbase [Emden | Wilhelmshaven, Weser-Ems | CPC]
![Vyacheslav Molotov signing a pact with Soviet-puppet state Finnish Democratic Republic, Moscow, Russia, 2 Dec 1939; Andrei Zhdanov, Kliment Voroshilov, Joseph Stalin, and Otoo Wille Kuusinen in background](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_molotov17.jpg)
![Soviet T-26 light tanks and T-20 Komsomolets armored tractors crossing the Russian border into Finland during the Winter War, 2 Dec 1939](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_winterwar10.jpg)
![Finnish civilians in a bomb shelter, Helsinki, Finland, 2 Dec 1939](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_winterwar34.jpg)
![T-26 light tanks and GAZ-A trucks of Soviet 7th Army, Finland, 2 Dec 1939](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_winterwar66.jpg)
See all photos dated 2 Dec 1939
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