Winter War

British  

noun

1. the war of the winter of 1939–40 between Finland and the USSR after which the Finns surrendered the Karelian Isthmus to the USSR

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Example Sentences

"They also have a memory of the Winter War, which transpired during World War Two, where they were invaded by the Soviet Union."

From BBC

Eric Rauchway is a professor of history at the University of California–Davis who wrote about the electoral consequences of the 19th Amendment—as well as the growth of social welfare programs and federal regulation of business—in his book Winter War: Hoover, Roosevelt, and the First Clash Over the New Deal.

From Slate

Finland has an extended history of war with its larger eastern neighbor — Finns coined the term “Molotov cocktail” during their 1939 Winter War with Russia.

From New York Times

The neighbors have fought numerous wars through the centuries, and Finns have strong memories of the 1939 Winter War and World War II, when their country fought the Soviet Union and lost territory.

From New York Times

“The Finns fought bravely and alone against enormous odds in what became known as the Winter War, inflicting massive casualties on the Soviet juggernaut, stopping it cold, and earning the accolades of the entire free world. Accolades, however, were all they got. With no help from the West, exhausted and out of hope, they signed the first armistice with the Soviet Union in the spring of 1940, giving up over 10 percent of their land.”

From Seattle Times