Finlands Winter War 1939-40

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

From a Military point of wiew the Finns won the Winter War. Their defence was still resisting and north of Lake Ladoga great victories had been won.

The Finns lost the war because they had ran out of resorces and especially human lives. They were also under pressure from the Swedish Government to accept the hard peace terms.

Picture:
The general impression of the 1939-40 Winter War. This is from Lemetti north of Ladoga. It could have been Suomussalmi, Raate, Äglijärvi, Tolvajärvi or whereever in Finland - except for the Karelian Isthmus.

Stalin had come to respect the Finns.