description: On 30 November 1939, Soviet bombers unloaded their bombs on Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Stalin's ultimatum, demanding the cession of huge tracts of territory as a buffer zone against Nazi Germany, had been rejected by the Finnish government, and now a small Baltic republic was at war with the giant Soviet military machine.
language: English
title: The Winter War:  The Russo Finnish War Of 1939-40
titlecomplete: The Winter War:  The Russo Finnish War Of 1939-40
characters: Gustaf Mannerheim
genres: Soviet Union, War, European History, Nonfiction, Military History, Russian History, Military Fiction, Russia, History, World War II
ratings_count: 1555
publisher: Aurum Press