The Winter War (1939-40)

The ‘Winter War’ of 1939-1940 or the Russo-Finnish War was fought between the Soviet Union and Finland.

The Soviet Union claimed parts of Finnish territory mainly to create a buffer against a German attack as the Finnish border was close to Leningrad.

Stalin demanded that Finland cede parts of its Karelian Isthmus territory in exchange for other Soviet land in the center of the border.

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Daniel turner

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[the_pureindian]

There are Three types of mistakes
1 Mistake
2 Big Mistake
3 Underestimating Finland 🇫🇮

[JohnNordic]

One small mistake. The Finns did not surrender. Both sides agreed to stop the fighting and singed a peace treaty that favored the Soviets but the Finnish army did NOT drop their weapons and raise their arms.

[DragonixBeys]

Im from Finland. Im proud of my contry's soldiers Who gived their life To protect their home country

[armyay]

Finland did not lose the winter war because it is still independent country, not part of Russia. Happy 100th Independence Day Finland! 🇫🇮

[Simplehistory]

The Finns had warm snow white camouflage suits, and made use of skis to swiftly attack Soviet troops.

[lunaticcultist]

Vietnam war:"The trees are talking vietnamese!"
The winter war:"THE SNOW IS TALKING FINNISH!"

[jessemanotus]

A large group of Russian soldiers in the border area in 1939 are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a small hill:
"One Finnish soldier is better than ten Russian".

The Russian commander quickly orders 10 of his best men over the hill where Upon a gun-battle breaks out and continues for a few minutes, then silence.
The voice once again calls out: "One Finn is better than one hundred Russian."

Furious, the Russian commander sends his next best 100 troops over the hill and instantly a huge gun fight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again Silence.
The calm Finnish voice calls out again: "One Finn is better than one thousand Russians".

The enraged Russian commander musters 1000 fighters and sends them to the other side of the hill.
Rifle fire, machine guns, grenades, rockets and cannon fire ring out as a terrible battle is fought...
Then silence.

Eventually one badly wounded Russian fighter crawls back over the hill and with his dying words tells his commander,
"Don't send any more men...it's a trap. There's two of them."

[joshuaclark]

Hah. Russians lost because of winter. How ironic.

[Daktoor]

I once remember hearing a background story for the "Molotov's cocktail" which was something like this: When the Soviets began their invasion to Finland, bombing our major cities, Molotov said that USSR is giving "bread and freedom for the suffering people of Finland". Finnish soldiers decided to "thank" Molotov for this, by serving the invading tanks with special made cocktails.

[scoringbox]

Russia: “Ha lol, don’t invade me during the winter”

Also Russia: almost loses winter war

[veijo]

Well Finland didn't really surrender, both sides decided to have peace.

[Morkoo]

There was no surrender, only the Moscow Peace Treaty

[mtebid]

This is why I love Finland. They are brave nation.

[What_a__world]

"I can take Finland in no time!" 😎

-Someone who cannot take Finland

[dikedike]

Finnish army did not surrender, the government accepted the peace terms...

[respectorofwomen]

There was really no chance of the Finnish people defeating the soviets, yet they still managed to kick serious ass! I'm impressed, Finland.

[nationalistfilipino]

4 types of pain
1. Stress
2. Headache
3. Migraine
4. Invading Finland

[mike.mentzer_enjoyer]

USSR: I am the best at fighting in the winter!
Finland: Amateur!

[RavensKiss]

Uhm... The Finns never surrendered. An armistice was signed by both sides. Sure the Soviets demanded that the Finns would officially admit defeat and give Karelia etc. But Finland was never occupied by the enemy and remained an independent country instead of being annexed like Estonia, so in truth it was a defensive victory for the Finns.

[Nancy]

Ussr: laughs at the USA for losing to rice farmers
Also Ussr: