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Americans like to cheer for the underdog. But when little Finland was invaded by the mighty Soviet Union in December 1939, folks in Southeast Minnesota became more than cheerleaders. This faraway war, ...

The Russian military's performance in Ukraine has raised doubts about its capabilities. The war has also drawn comparisons to the Winter War, when the Soviets attacked Finland in 1939. There's reason ...

Finland’s frontier, as I subsequently found, is only twenty miles from Leningrad at its southernmost tip on the Gulf of Finland. The Muscovite spokesmen shouted through the microphone that the Finns ...

Officials preparing for the 1940 Olympics in Helsinki were no exception, although the greetings they sent out towards the end of 1939 were a little different. Instead of reindeer, a Christmas tree or ...