Combat has changed since Finland's bloody Winter War with Russia, but this classic tactic endures

Lessons from the conflict are still important to the Finnish Army, especially the Jaeger Brigade, which specializes in Arctic ...
TimeGhost on MSN

Finland holds the line, Swedish aid, Soviet reorganization, and the expanding Winter War

In January 1940, foreign volunteers and supplies begin reaching Finland as the Winter War intensifies and Soviet forces ...
The National Interest

Can Ukraine Draw Lessons from Finland’s Winter War Against Russia?

The Soviets ended up winning the Winter War, but it was a Pyrrhic victory for Moscow. U.S. secretary of defense Pete Hegseth’s recent controversial statement that Ukraine’s “borders won’t be rolled ...
War History Online

General Winter: How History’s Greatest Commanders Weaponized the Cold

Is the cold a curse or a tool? From Napoleon’s frozen retreat to Finland’s "White Death," see how history's greatest commanders used General Winter to crush their enemies.
The New York Times

Prepping for War With Russia on the Ice and Snow

President Trump may be turning relations with NATO and Russia inside out, but winter war games revealed that two militaries’ cooperation was unchanged. President Trump may be turning relations with ...
The National Interest

Finland Is Going to War with Russia Again—This Time on the Big Screen

Aatami Korpi, the hero of the upcoming film “Sisu: Road to Revenge,” fights against both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union—mirroring Finland’s complicated World War II history. Following the ...
The Hill

Russia’s propaganda from the 1939 Winter War is now strangely familiar

Exactly 85 years ago — on Nov. 30, 1939 — the USSR’s aggression against Finland began. This “Winter War,” as it came to be known, was part of the Soviet leadership’s grand plan to divide Eastern ...