2.6 - The White Death

War Stories by Adin Dobkin

Jan 8, 201840:00Society & Culture

When the Soviet Union invaded Finland in late 1939—the action that kicked off the Winter War—they expected an easy fight, if there was one at all. Instead, they found a military with an intimate knowledge of Finland's te...

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