December 28th, 1940 (SATURDAY)
GREAT BRITAIN: Corvette HMS Celandine launched.
GERMANY:
ITALY: Mussolini asks Hitler for German support against the Greeks in Albania. At first Hitler is prepared to send in one of his experienced mountain divisions, but then changes his mind and refuses to become involved.LIBYA: The Australian 6th Division is in their first action near Bardia. This is the Second Australian Imperial Forces's first battle and involves an attack on an Italian frontier fortress. The preliminary operations began several days before the main attack was launched..
CANADA: Corvette HMCS Galt launched Collingwood, Ontario.
AMC HMCS Prince David commissioned.
U.S.A.: Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra's record of "There I Go" makes it to the Billboard Pop Singles chart. This is the first of his records to make the charts and it stays there for 4 weeks and rises to Number 5.
Submarine USS Grouper laid down.
ATLANTIC OCEAN: Light cruiser HMS Bonaventure spotted the German blockade-runner Baden (8204 GRT) en route from the Canaries to France and sank her by torpedo. A capture was not possible due to bad weather.
German battleship Scharnhorst makes its first unsuccessful attempt to break out in the North Atlantic together with the battleship Gneisenau . The operation is aborted after the Gneisenau is damaged by heavy seas.