A false flag attack. A revanchist dictatorship in the Kremlin. An unprompted invasion of a western neighbor—and a bloody failure for the entire world to see.
My longread for @POLITICOMag on what the Soviet invasion of Finland can teach us: politico.com/news/magazine/…
My longread for @POLITICOMag on what the Soviet invasion of Finland can teach us: politico.com/news/magazine/…
The most striking statistic from the Soviet-Finnish Winter War:
The Soviet Union—which planned the time and place of the invasion—still had over *five times as many casualties as the Finns*, with a higher casualty-per-day rate than later battles like *Stalingrad*.
The Soviet Union—which planned the time and place of the invasion—still had over *five times as many casualties as the Finns*, with a higher casualty-per-day rate than later battles like *Stalingrad*.
Stalin thought grabbing territory from tiny, prone Finland would be easy. He thought invasion would be a cakewalk.
He was impressively, incredibly wrong.
He was impressively, incredibly wrong.
(My favorite fact researching the Winter War: Finns glued portraits of Stalin to Finnish buildings, throwing invading Soviet troops into confusion.)
https://twitter.com/cjcmichel/status/1493314672447172616?s=20&t=Hvx5E9RCAHareOJf6bQxTg
And the international response to the Soviet invasion was swift—for the first time, the League of Nations booted the USSR out entirely.
Said Churchill: “The service rendered by Finland to mankind is magnificent.” politico.com/news/magazine/…
Said Churchill: “The service rendered by Finland to mankind is magnificent.” politico.com/news/magazine/…
Putin 'cannot live with a neutral Ukraine next door. On the contrary, he wants to subordinate it and place it under Russia’s sphere of influence, where it once was.' foreignpolicy.com/2022/02/14/put…
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