Senin, 10 Oktober 2016

White Death and the Winter War: How a Tiny Army Defeated the USSR

When attempting to summarize the 1939 conflict between the Soviet Union and its small Nordic neighbor, Finland, the old proverb stating that “big things come in small packages” seems to serve exceptionally well. How else can you explain a diminutive army with only 32 tanks and barely 100 airplanes repelling the invasion of a military …

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