Add to that; the whole thing was because the Soviets were trying to fortify their defenses in the Leningrad region against the inevitable Hitlerite invasion. They set up a deal with the Finnish government to do a land swap. And, afaik? It was about to be signed when some fascit White general left over from the Civil War walked in and crushed the deal.
Then the Soviets invaded, seized the territory the wanted to build their defense line on, achieved their war goals, and killed all the Fascist Finnish soldiers who marched with the Nazis on Leningrad and Finnish Nationalists have been whining about it and claiming victory for almost a hundred years.
The whole "winter war" narrative is completely ahistorical. The Soviets didn't just invade for no reason, they weren't trying to conquer Finland, and they achieved their objectives.
Add to that; the whole thing was because the Soviets were trying to fortify their defenses in the Leningrad region against the inevitable Hitlerite invasion. They set up a deal with the Finnish government to do a land swap. And, afaik? It was about to be signed when some fascit White general left over from the Civil War walked in and crushed the deal.
Then the Soviets invaded, seized the territory the wanted to build their defense line on, achieved their war goals, and killed all the Fascist Finnish soldiers who marched with the Nazis on Leningrad and Finnish Nationalists have been whining about it and claiming victory for almost a hundred years.
The whole "winter war" narrative is completely ahistorical. The Soviets didn't just invade for no reason, they weren't trying to conquer Finland, and they achieved their objectives.