15 Dec 1939
- Red Army assaulted Taipale, Finland. Meanwhile, the Finnish government decided to bring fallen Finnish soldiers of the Winter War to their home towns for burial. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
- 5,000 Japanese troops launched a counter-attack against recent Chinese offensives in northern China. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Erich Raeder suggested that the pocket battleship Lützow and the blueprints for the Bismarck-class battleships could be made available for sale to the Soviet Union if the Soviet Union was willing to pay a good price. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
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