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The #WinterWar ended 83 years ago today.
A bit over a year ago, I wrote about the eerie similarities between the blunders of Stalin and Putin.
The difference? Putin cannot win, but #Ukraine can still lose. Help them! Ukraine’s cause is ours.
A bit over a year ago, I wrote about the eerie similarities between the blunders of Stalin and Putin.
The difference? Putin cannot win, but #Ukraine can still lose. Help them! Ukraine’s cause is ours.
Another thread of mine, looking at how even rumors of Western aid, or better yet intervention, can help small countries fighting for #democracy and decency.
How does it feel to live next to Russia? My experience.
The extraordinary story from #Winterwar
Once upon a time, there was a 27-year-old Finnish soldier named Aimo Koivunen.
He found himself in a less-than-ideal situation when he was caught in a firefight on a frosty winter’s day in the Lapland wilderness. 1/10
Once upon a time, there was a 27-year-old Finnish soldier named Aimo Koivunen.
He found himself in a less-than-ideal situation when he was caught in a firefight on a frosty winter’s day in the Lapland wilderness. 1/10
It was 10 am, and Aimo and his unit had been skiing in knee-deep snow for more than two days, so they stopped to take a break and brew some tea. 2/10
But before the water even started to boil, the Russians began to rain bullets and the unit had to quickly pick up their stuff and seek shelter in the woods. 3/10
Exactly 83 years ago Soviet Union launched its invasion of Finland, that would later be known as the #WinterWar.
105 days of brutal fighting would follow and result in USSR capturing barely enough land to bury their 126k dead soldiers.
#Talvisota
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105 days of brutal fighting would follow and result in USSR capturing barely enough land to bury their 126k dead soldiers.
#Talvisota
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🇫🇮 First shot of the #WinterWar. #OTD 5:30am on the morning of 30 November 1939, Finnish Border Guard Kallionpää returned from a night-time patrol to his station at Pielisjärvi, Karelia. He had just started sipping a cup of coffee when a report was received that a column of
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Soviet soldiers had been seen crossing the border. Kallionpää and fellow Border Guard Moiseinen were ordered to carry out reconnaissance to determine if it was a Soviet incursion. They had gone only a 1km when they sighted Soviet troops advancing in close formation. #Talvisota
Kallionpää returned to base with the news. At 6:30, Kallionpää made out a figure following the tracks he’d left in the snow, pausing to aim a rifle here and there in the still-dark forest. When the figure was within 30 metres, Kallionpää could see the greatcoat and cap that
On this day in in 1939, after false flag attack and propaganda offensive, the Soviet Red Army launched an invasion of Finland all along the 1300 km border. The following #WinterWar would last 105 days with Finland holding off the Soviet attacks.
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Prelude to Winter War:
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Result of the Winter War:
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81 years ago today the Winter War between Finland and Soviet Union ended. Finland paid heavily for the peace, but the sacrifice saved the nation from a genocide in Stalin's hands.
#Talvisota
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#Talvisota
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Saving a nation takes everyone's effort. Men and women put their hearts into saving Finland from the Soviet hordes.
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#OTD in 1939 the Red Army fired the first shots of the #WinterWar. In a typical Russian fashion the artillery shots were fired at their own border outpost in the Village of #Mainila.
These shots and their alleged casualties were used as a Casus Belli against 🇫🇮.
#WinterWar80
These shots and their alleged casualties were used as a Casus Belli against 🇫🇮.
#WinterWar80
Here is my article about the road to #WinterWar80 #Talvisota80
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