Today in Military History:
November 30
Born on this day:
Events of Military significance on this day:
| | 1700 | Battle of Narva. Seventeen-year-old Charles XII of Sweden led 8,000 men against 80,000 besieging Russians and beat them soundly. The Swedes lost only 600 men. |
| | 1853 | Battle of Sinope. Russians destroyed Turkish fleet, slaughtering most of the crews. |
| | 1939 | Soviets attack the Mannerheim Line to invade Finland. |
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