By the third week of the war, Soviet propaganda was working hard to explain the failures of the Soviet military to the populace: blaming bad terrain and harsh climate, and falsely claiming that the Mannerheim Line was stronger than the Maginot Line, and that the Americans had sent 1,000 of their best pilots to Finland.
Cara á terceira semana da guerra a propaganda soviética estivera traballando duro para explicar os erros do exército soviético á poboación: culpaban ao mal terreo e ao duro clima, e falsamente afirmaba que a liña Mannerheim era máis forte que a liña Maginot, e que os estadounidense enviaran 1.000 dos seus mellores pilotos a Finlandia.