Winter war - how USSR lost to 4 milion nation?

 On 24th of August 1939, USSR and Nazi Germany signed a pact, in which they divided Central and Eastern Europe between them. After invasion of Poland, USSR started preparing for another war. Finland was perfect country to invade for Stalin. Finland's population was about 4 milion people, its army had't got any tanks and they shared over 1000 kilometer border with USSR. Then, on 30th of November USSR invaded Finland. Stalin was expecting to easily crush finish army and take control of major cities. but it quickly came out, that Finland is better prepared for this war that USSr was. 

So, why USSR lost this war? Firstly, USSR army wasn't prepared for fighting in temperatures reaching -40 Celsius. Secondly, during this time of the year, most of Finland was covered in snow, and Soviet soldiers weren't equipped with warm and camouflaging clothes. At the other side, finish soldiers had white and warm clothes, and they were moving by skies, which allowed them to move much faster than Soviet soldiers. Also, Soviet soldiers were told that they will be welcomed by Finns, so the morale of Soviet soldiers wasn't very high. As result of this factors, USSR lost five times more soldiers than Finland, and Finland kept their independence.


Sources

https://warontherocks.com/2016/07/lessons-from-the-winter-war-frozen-grit-and-finlands-fabian-defense/

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  1. englishdiary26 października 2022 11:15

    This story seems to have quite a few similarities with the current war in Ukraine.

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