THE DAY IN HISTORY · NOVEMBER 30
November 30 in history
What happened on November 30: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1864 and 1939, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of Franklin
30 Nov 1864 — Hood sends the Army of Tennessee across two miles of open ground toward Union entrenchments. The charge is larger than Pickett’s, and six Confederate generals die in an afternoon. The assault devastates the army.
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— Winter War
30 Nov 1939–13 Mar 1940 — Stalin attacks Finland, a country of four million people. The Soviet Union loses perhaps 130,000 dead. Finland gives up Karelia but keeps its freedom, and Berlin takes note of the Red Army’s weakness.
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