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For those unaware, the attempted Soviet invasion of Finland in 1939 was an embarrassing failure for the USSR. They managed to take only a small part of the coun
by enw 5y ago
For those unaware, the attempted Soviet invasion of Finland in 1939 was an embarrassing failure for the USSR. They managed to take only a small part of the country while suffering tremendous loss, despite a much larger army.
- belter 5y ago"Winter War" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War
- cryptonector 5y agoSee also the Continuation War.
- kcb 5y agoIn a way it also lead to the German invasion of the USSR. Seeing the disaster the Soviet army faced during the Winter War gave the Germans the confidence to invade.
- Sebb767 5y agoAnd then they ironically failed due to the winter. Quite funny that the USSR has been on both sides of this.
- belter 5y agoI only now noticed, Leningrad ( St Petersburg ), is only 35 Km (21 Miles) from the Finish border. Yeah, joining NATO is really going to piss them off...
- AnssiH 5y agoYou must be looking at pre-WW2 borders. Large areas were ceded to USSR in 1940: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Peace_Treaty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Peace_Treaty (and again with some more in 1944: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Armistice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Armistice)
- belter 5y agoYeah, you are correct. I have to dust up my old maps. Still on a straight line is 50 miles or less. This being St Petersburg, I think Russia will really make a serious fuss on even imagining NATO that distance from St Petersburg. I think Finland is on eggshells here...
- JoshuaDavid 5y ago> This being St Petersburg, I think Russia will really make a serious fuss on even imagining NATO that distance from St Petersburg. Isn't Estonia already part of NATO? Granted the Finnish border is a lot longer, but in terms of straight-line distance to St Petersburg it would be nothing new.