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Author Paananen, Eloise, author.

Title The Winter War : the Russo-finnish conflict, 1939-1940 / Eloise Engel, Lauri Paananen
Published [Place of publication not identified] : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (192 pages)
Contents Preface -- Introduction -- Prologue -- "It Is Not Possible for You [In Finland] to Remain Neutral" -- November 30, 1939: "Our Borders are Burning!" -- Helsinki Aflame -- Marshal Mannerheim and the "Blitz" at the Karelian Isthmus -- Russian Panzers-- and the State Liquor Board--Go to War -- The Frozen Hell of Talvisota -- Russian Bombs--And the Big Sympathy War Rages Abroad -- The Air War -- The First Major Russian Offensive in Kerelia: on-the-Job Training for the Red Army -- The Karelia Defenders Counterattack -- In the Northern Wilderness -- Inside the Pincer Claws -- The Motti Battles -- Timoshenko's Offensive -- The Terrible Decision -- The Miracle of Kollaa -- Finland in Mourning -- Epilogue: Snow Covers the Tracks -- Assistance from Winter War Participants -- Help from Abroad -- Comparative Strength and Structure of the Finnish and Russian Division -- Location of Russian and Finnish Divisions -- Understanding Place Names in Finland
Summary This book offers an introduction to the Winter War, as the Russo-Finnish Conflict of 1939-1940 is called. It discusses the Finnish resistance to the Russian take-over of their country and the Red Army in action; a campaign that perhaps changed the pattern of World War II
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Subject Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940.
Form Electronic book
Author Paananen, Lauri.
ISBN 9780367274542
036727454X
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