Told you before they did not lose. BTW they have won more wars than the US has. BTW I know one army that fights dressed in bright white uniforms and they win a lot dont they Jontte
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these are Finnish warriors.
It's hard for me to talk about the Soviet-Finnish wars, because I am Finn by nationality, but I was born and raised in the USSR ...
however, History Very short:
1. Finland is a territory that was sold by the Swedes to the Russian Empire as a result of the war against the Swedes in the 18th century ..
Until the 18th century, the Finns did not have a "Country", because the Finno-Ugric nation is peace-loving and does not like war.
Historical fact:
The capital of modern Russia, Moscow, was created in antiquity by the Finno-Ugric peoples, but then the Slavs drove the Finns to the North.
Since then, the Finns:
- they do not like the Slavs ...
- they don't like Russians and Soviet people.
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2.During the 19th century to the 1917th century, Finland was a "province of the Russian Empire"
... The Finns were angry ..
In 1917, the Russian Empire collapsed,
Finland gained Independence, without a fight .
But the Finns were angry against the Russians, especially against the communists ...
They destroyed the "Red Finns" who supported the Communists in Russia
then they came up with the term "Great Finland" ...
In 1917-1918 they attacked Russia ... They wanted to get the Kola Peninsula and Korelia ...
But the Russians kicked out the Finns ..
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for 30-39 years the Finns were absolutely crazy ..
British Prime minister, Cherchil:
"There was no such people in Europe who hated the Russians more than the Finns and Poles" ...
When Hitler came to power in 1933, then, in 1937, the Finns decided to turn to him for help ..
. Nitler offered Finland friendship, because he thought that the territory of Finland
- this is a good springboard for an attack on the USSR
- Finns hate Russians (History has shown that Hitler was right as Finland was an ally of Nazi Germany in World War II) The Finns adopted this friendship with the Nazis
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in 1939, the Soviet Union offered Finland to exchange territories ...
why?
- Finland was an ally of Hitler, so the Soviets feared that the Germans would launch an attack from Finland ...
- Leningrad (Petersburg) - located about 30 km from the border between the USSR and Finland. Leningrad produced about 40 percent of the military equipment for the Army ...
Further...
- Stalin proposed to the Finns to move the Border further from Leningrad, in exchange to other territories of the USSR ...
Finns refused ...
- Stalin additionally offered the Finns the territory that the Finns wanted to get in Karelia.
Finns began to think ...
they were ready to sign a treaty and make peace .. But Hitler ordered the Finnish government to refuse ..
The Finnish Ambassador's answer sounded very offensive ...
As an answer, the Soviets said:
"you don't want to hear our words, then you will hear our guns."
the Soviet-Finnish War began ...
as a result of the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939,
the Finns lost 40 thousand square meters of territory, instead of 4 thousand that Stalin asked for exchange ...
The Soviet Union had lost "military prestige" and Hitler decided that the Soviet Army was very weak.