The Winter
war 1939 - 1940
The negotiations1939 in Moscow aiming to normalize the relations between the Soviet Union
and Finland, were disrupted by the Soviet Union. Stalin was aware of the closeness of a
capitalist country and wanted to make sure the Leningrad was secure by gaining some land
from Finland. The Finnish side thought the conditions offered by Stalin were unacceptable.
On November 26, the Russians staged an "incident, an alleged Finnish artillery
attack, at Mainila on the Karelian Isthmus.
The result of these circumstances was the Winter War.On November 30, 1939, three months after the start of World War II Soviet Union
attacked Finland. 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.
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