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Simo Häyhä - The Finnish sniper who terrorized the Red Army

During the Winter War, Finnish marksman Simo Häyhä used camouflage, iron sights, ruthless patience, and deep knowledge of the ...
AOL

Combat has changed since Finland's bloody Winter War with Russia, but this classic tactic endures

Combat has changed in the decades since Finland's Winter War with Russia, but one key lesson still shapes how it thinks about fighting in the Arctic. Dense forests and deep snow force armies onto ...
The National Interest

Finland Is Going to War with Russia Again—This Time on the Big Screen

Aatami Korpi, the hero of the upcoming film “Sisu: Road to Revenge,” fights against both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union—mirroring Finland’s complicated World War II history. Following the ...
The Hill

Russia’s propaganda from the 1939 Winter War is now strangely familiar

Exactly 85 years ago — on Nov. 30, 1939 — the USSR’s aggression against Finland began. This “Winter War,” as it came to be known, was part of the Soviet leadership’s grand plan to divide Eastern ...
World Socialist Web Site

85 years since Finland’s alliance with Nazi Germany

The sharp loss in the Winter War came as a surprise to many Finns, as emergency wartime censorship created the impression that their military was doing well and not on the verge of major defeat. This ...