Author Topic: 65 years ago - the Winter War begins (Read 460 times)

Panzzer · « **on:** November 30, 2004, 05:55:30 AM »

November 30, 1939: The Winter War begins.

At 9:30 am Soviet bombers appear over Helsinki (the capital of Finland).

Soviet bombers also bomb 15 other towns in Finland, like the second largest town of Finland, Vyborg. The Winter War has begun. The war between Finland and Soviet Union lasted three and a half months.

For more info:
Telegrams from each day of the Winter War
Pictures

mora · « **Reply #1 on:** November 30, 2004, 07:24:43 AM »

All lies! They never bombed civilian targets! They were just securing Leningrad from the imminent attack of the whitebandits!

Ripsnort · « **Reply #2 on:** November 30, 2004, 08:33:43 AM »

Surely this was all reported as Western propoganda, right Boroda?

Rooster · « **Reply #3 on:** November 30, 2004, 09:05:30 AM »

ahh the Finnish propaganda war where they killed some Soviets and then gave up all the land they were asked to at the start. Or the delaying war tactic so they could hook up with the Nazi's in all good concience?

AWMac · « **Reply #4 on:** November 30, 2004, 09:42:09 AM »

Helsinki Bob

Staga · « **Reply #5 on:** November 30, 2004, 09:56:56 AM »

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Originally posted by Rooster
ahh the Finnish propaganda war where they killed some Soviets and then gave up all the land they were asked to at the start. Or the delaying war tactic so they could hook up with the Nazi's in all good concience?

Yeah... because of our army Finland couldn't join to the happy Russian countries like Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.

Have to ask... You don't give much value for the freedom ? Are you born Russian or are you just a bright red commie ?

mora · « **Reply #6 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:05:37 AM »

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Originally posted by Rooster
ahh the Finnish propaganda war where they killed some Soviets and then gave up all the land they were asked to at the start. Or the delaying war tactic so they could hook up with the Nazi's in all good concience?

Too obvious. 0 points for you my friend.

Panzzer · « **Reply #7 on:** November 30, 2004, 10:20:05 AM »

The Winter War (also known as the Russo-Finnish War) broke out when the Soviet Union attacked Finland on November 30, 1939, three months after the start of World War II. As a consequence, the Soviet Union was expelled from the League of Nations on December 14th. Stalin had expected to conquer the whole country by the end of 1939, but Finnish resistance frustrated the Soviet forces, which outnumbered them three to one. Finland held out until March 1940, when a peace treaty was signed ceding about 10% of Finland's territory, and 20% of her industrial capacity, to the Soviet Union.

"We gained 57,000 km² [22,000 square miles] of territory. Just enough to bury our dead." – a Soviet General.

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

spitfiremkv · « **Reply #8 on:** November 30, 2004, 12:35:14 PM »

and then Germany got their tulips kicked by the same people.
defending your homeland sure is good motivation to fight hard and fight well.

Rooster · « **Reply #9 on:** November 30, 2004, 12:40:46 PM »

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Originally posted by mora

Too obvious. 0 points for you my friend.

Busted

Furball · « **Reply #10 on:** November 30, 2004, 01:01:05 PM »

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Originally posted by AWMac

Helsinki Bob

Helsinki Nilsen

Nilsen · « **Reply #11 on:** November 30, 2004, 01:28:54 PM »

LOL Furby..

..i knew it was a bad idea to post my ugly mug on this forum.

Now im being used in finlandia propaganda too !

Furball · « **Reply #12 on:** November 30, 2004, 01:31:47 PM »

I was not drunk when i crashed the boat. In fact, i never crashed my parents boat at all. There are no boats in Norway! It is all infidel LIES!

Panzzer · « **Reply #13 on:** November 30, 2004, 03:37:10 PM »

LOL Furball... (Sorry, Nilsen

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Ok, back to the subject.. I didn't mean this to be day-by-day update on the Winter War, but found something for tomorrow (Dec 1st).

Finland records its first successes in the air war: Finnish fighters shoot down 13 Soviet aircraft, two over Helsinki.

AWMac · « **Reply #14 on:** November 30, 2004, 03:43:19 PM »

Helsinki Nilsen