War Diary for Thursday, November 23, 1939:
Sea War
Atlantic: British armed merchant-cruiser Rawalpindi overwhelmed by German battlecruiser Scharnhorst southeast of Iceland (265 dead).
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau avoid pursuit and reach a German port on November 27.
Home Fronts
Britain: Bacon and butter rationed.
Occupied countries
Poland: Polish Government-in-Exile established at Angers (West France).