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 hurls the Army of Tennessee across two miles of open ground — a charge larger than Pickett’s, against entrenchments. Six Confederate generals die in an afternoon; the army guts itself.
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— Winter War
30 Nov 1939–13 Mar 1940 — Stalin attacks Finland and loses perhaps 130,000 dead to a nation of four million. Finland cedes Karelia but keeps its freedom — and the Red Army’s weakness is noted in Berlin.
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