A letter from the frontlines of the 1939 war, written like its 2022.”If things continue like that , we can´t finish this war even in 6 months, not even mentioning the 6 days that was the initial plan. We have many dead, only have 2 units out of 3 left.”
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The constantly moving goal posts was also a fact then. Stalin’s goal was the complete annexation of Finland. Yet the Soviet propaganda and useful idiots keep claiming the Soviet Union took “what they wanted and more”. Nevermind that the “little area” around Leningrad they wanted was the de facto defensive line of Finland – the same way the deceived and conquered Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
Anything out of the Kremlin is a lie unless proven otherwise.
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I’ve read thoughts from Finnish war historians who are studying the subject of Winter War, and I remember someone mentioning how impossible the task was to begin with.
Think about the infrastructure of that part of the world in the 30’s, the endless forests of Karelia and the wilderness of northern Finland. There’s was no army that could advance through those natural obstacles fast and well supplied for a quick annexation.
Only one railroad was used to bring supplies to the north for the Soviet troops and the road they took in the middle of the winter was narrow, they had to go single column with tanks. It created perfect opportunities for Finnish troops just cut the advancing troops into smaller sections with surprise attacks from the forest.
Stalin believed the communists of Finland would turn against their own brothers and the old civil war wounds of reds vs whites would have been rekindled like in many other countries that had hard divisions from the aftermath of WW1. Stalin didn’t know that the 30’s were economically great era for normal Finnish folks and when the shadow of USSR was cast on Finland’s independence during the end of the decade, it made a lot of people realize what they have to lose if Finland is invaded successfully.
It’s also wrong to think Finland was totally unified during the war politically, far from it. But what I can see, is that people who realized the realities of living under the rule of Stalin just didn’t allow the “great people on both sides” arguments to muddy the waters when you need to see clearly who’s on your side and who isn’t.
My friend lives in a little drom building in Helsinki. She noticed that there’s a bunch of troops stationing outside her building. She’s kind of scared. Is this part of the parade?
Hi guys. Ukrainian here.
Looks similar, but we don’t want to loose some lands.
And Crimea will not go on the Karelian’s way.
p.s. I still hope to see all your old lands recaptured.