3rd December to 9th December

3rd December
1800   Battle of Hohenlinden, French troops under Moreau defeat Austrian army
1912   Battle of Elli, Greek ships defeat Ottomans forcing them out of the Aegean
1971   The Indo-Pakistani War commences when India invades East Pakistan

4th December
1676   Battle of Lund, Sweden defeats the Danish army

5th December
1757   Battle of Leuthen, Frederick the Greats' Prussians defeat Austrian army
1934   Italian troops attack Wal Wal, Abyssinia
1941   Russians counter attack with Siberian divisions in front of Moscow
1945   US Navy Flight 19 either crashes at sea or vanishes in the Bermuda Triangle

6th December
1917   A French Munitions ship explodes in Halifax Harbour killing over 1900 people

7th December
1815   Marshal Ney is executed by firing squad
1941   Pearl Harbor, Japanese launch surprise attack on US Navy

8th December
1914   Battle of the Falklands, British Battle Cruisers sink German Squadron
1941   Britain declares war on Japan

9th December
1937   Battle of Nanjing, Japanese troops launch attack on the Chinese city