![]() ![]() Finland ceded a portion of Karelia, the entire Karelian Isthmus and land north of Lake Ladoga, but Finland was not occupied. After the exceptionally cold winter of 1939–40 with the Karelian Isthmus experiencing a record low temperature of −43 ☌ (−45 ☏) the war finally ended 105 days later, on 13 March 1940. Finland managed to stop the Soviet attack. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November.īefore the war, Soviet leadership expected total victory within a few weeks, as they had 450,000 soldiers, 2,500 tanks, 2,050 artillery pieces and 3,880 aircraft against Finlands 327,000 soldiers, 32 tanks, 425 artillery pieces and 114 aircraft.īut it was not over in a few weeks. The Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union (USSR) and Finland. ![]() Winter War started exactly 82 years ago today ![]()
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