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Winter War (1939–40)
On the Road to WW2 map as “The Winter War”
30 Nov 1939–13 Mar 1940 — Stalin attacks Finland and loses perhaps 130,000 dead to a nation of four million. Finland cedes Karelia but keeps its freedom — and the Red Army’s weakness is noted in Berlin.
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- Phoney War and the fall of France (chapter 9 of Road to WW2)
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- The Road to War, 1931–1941
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