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The Finnish-Soviet war, described as the ‘Winter War’, started when the Soviet Union attacked Finland in 1939. This happened on November 30, 90 days after Germany and troops from Russia invaded Poland. This was the start of World War II. This paper will focus on the way the Finnish Army in general p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Slagers, Patrick M.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
General Haines Award for Excellence in Research
Research
Arctic
Online Access:http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15040coll2/id/2852
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Summary:The Finnish-Soviet war, described as the ‘Winter War’, started when the Soviet Union attacked Finland in 1939. This happened on November 30, 90 days after Germany and troops from Russia invaded Poland. This was the start of World War II. This paper will focus on the way the Finnish Army in general prepared themselves, but also what the effect of these preparations were during this war.

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