User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/December 12

December 12:

 * 627 - Battle of Nineveh
 * 1781 - The British navy defeated a French fleet in the Second Battle of Ushant during the American Revolutionary War.
 * 1939 - Finland defeated the Soviet Union in the Battle of Tolvajärvi, their first major victory in the Winter War.
 * 1941 - Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States. India declares war on Japan. United States seizes French ship Normandie.