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30 Nov,
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November 30, 1939 - "...the Soviet Union unleashed attacks by 21 divisions, totaling 450,000 men along Finlandโs eastern border. Soon after, it began bombing the capital, Helsinki."
81 years ago: First day of the Winter War
yle.fi yle.fi/uutiset/110819โฆ
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November 30, 1939 - "...the Soviet Union unleashed attacks by 21 divisions, totaling 450,000 men along Finlandโs eastern border. Soon after, it began bombing the capital, Helsinki."
81 years ago: First day of the Winter War
yle.fi yle.fi/uutiset/110819โฆ
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November 30, 1939
"Terrific aerial bombardment shook the center of [Helsinki] today. I saw several fires started, buildings damaged & windows shattered as I telephoned this dispatch."
United Press reporter watches from hotel as Russia attacks Finland
upi.com/6687470t
November 30, 1939
"Terrific aerial bombardment shook the center of [Helsinki] today. I saw several fires started, buildings damaged & windows shattered as I telephoned this dispatch."
United Press reporter watches from hotel as Russia attacks Finland
upi.com/6687470t
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The Soviets believed they would take Finland in a week.
November 30, 1979
"The Finns became fearsome, invisible, fast-skiing foes who brought terror to the floundering Reds in the snowโcovered frozen forest trails."
Finland's โPearl Harborโ nytimes.com/1979/11/30/arcโฆ
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The Soviets believed they would take Finland in a week.
November 30, 1979
"The Finns became fearsome, invisible, fast-skiing foes who brought terror to the floundering Reds in the snowโcovered frozen forest trails."
Finland's โPearl Harborโ nytimes.com/1979/11/30/arcโฆ
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The Finns had other ideas.
"Although outgunned and outnumbered, Finnish fighters used the few advantages they had with devastating effect."
Winter War: The 1939 Soviet Invasion Of Finland In Crystal-Clear Photos
rferl.org/a/finlands-winโฆ
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The Finns had other ideas.
"Although outgunned and outnumbered, Finnish fighters used the few advantages they had with devastating effect."
Winter War: The 1939 Soviet Invasion Of Finland In Crystal-Clear Photos
rferl.org/a/finlands-winโฆ
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"Yet one of historyโs most dramatic tales of Fabian defense is found much further north, in the dark pine forests stretching beyond the Arctic Circle.."
Lessons from the Winter War: Frozen Grit and Finlandโs Fabian Defense
warontherocks.com/2016/07/lessonโฆ
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"Yet one of historyโs most dramatic tales of Fabian defense is found much further north, in the dark pine forests stretching beyond the Arctic Circle.."
Lessons from the Winter War: Frozen Grit and Finlandโs Fabian Defense
warontherocks.com/2016/07/lessonโฆ
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"In the context of war, motti describes a tactic that the Finns used to immobilise, segment, surround and destroy the Soviet troops that were many times as large as them."
How Finns used the 'motti' tactic to entrap Soviets in Winter War foreigner.fi/articulo/lifesโฆ
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"In the context of war, motti describes a tactic that the Finns used to immobilise, segment, surround and destroy the Soviet troops that were many times as large as them."
How Finns used the 'motti' tactic to entrap Soviets in Winter War foreigner.fi/articulo/lifesโฆ
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"Known as the deadliest sniper in history, Simo Hรคyhรค is credited with killing over 500 [Soviet troops].
Soviet troops soon assigned Hรคyhรค an appropriately sinister nickname: 'White Death'."
The deadliest sniper ever averaged 5 kills per day wearethemighty.com/mighty-tacticaโฆ
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"Known as the deadliest sniper in history, Simo Hรคyhรค is credited with killing over 500 [Soviet troops].
Soviet troops soon assigned Hรคyhรค an appropriately sinister nickname: 'White Death'."
The deadliest sniper ever averaged 5 kills per day wearethemighty.com/mighty-tacticaโฆ
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Sisu FTW
January 14, 1940
"THE Finns have a favorite word. They will tell you it is the most wonderful of all their words. It is not easily translated, because no other language has its precise equivalent."
SISU: A WORD THAT EXPLAINS FINLAND nytimes.com/1940/01/14/arcโฆ
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Sisu FTW
January 14, 1940
"THE Finns have a favorite word. They will tell you it is the most wonderful of all their words. It is not easily translated, because no other language has its precise equivalent."
SISU: A WORD THAT EXPLAINS FINLAND nytimes.com/1940/01/14/arcโฆ
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โFinland alone, in danger of death โ superb, sublime Finland โ shows what free men can do.โ โ Winston Churchill, January 1940
Got Sisu? Finnish Grit Against Russia in the Winter War artofmanliness.com/articles/sisu-โฆ
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โFinland alone, in danger of death โ superb, sublime Finland โ shows what free men can do.โ โ Winston Churchill, January 1940
Got Sisu? Finnish Grit Against Russia in the Winter War artofmanliness.com/articles/sisu-โฆ
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In March of 1940, a treaty was signed.
Soviet fatalities numbered 273,000โ10 times more than Finlandโs. Asked what had been gained, one Soviet general replied:
โWe have won enough ground to bury our dead.โ
The Winter War - Air Force Magazine airforcemag.com/article/0912fiโฆ
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In March of 1940, a treaty was signed.
Soviet fatalities numbered 273,000โ10 times more than Finlandโs. Asked what had been gained, one Soviet general replied:
โWe have won enough ground to bury our dead.โ
The Winter War - Air Force Magazine airforcemag.com/article/0912fiโฆ
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They literally used reindeer to move people and equipment quietly. How badass is that?
75 Years On Russia Again Engaged in a Winter War
euromaidanpress.com/2014/12/10/75-โฆ
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They literally used reindeer to move people and equipment quietly. How badass is that?
75 Years On Russia Again Engaged in a Winter War
euromaidanpress.com/2014/12/10/75-โฆ
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The incident that sparked the war was the mysterious shelling of the small Russian border village of Mainila on November 26, 1939. The consensus in the West is that it was a clumsy false flag operation.
The Road to War โ The Shelling of Mainila
finlandatwar.com/the-road-to-waโฆ
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The incident that sparked the war was the mysterious shelling of the small Russian border village of Mainila on November 26, 1939. The consensus in the West is that it was a clumsy false flag operation.
The Road to War โ The Shelling of Mainila
finlandatwar.com/the-road-to-waโฆ
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