Talvisota Frozen Hell 1939 1940

Winter War from early december to early march. On 26th November soviet artilery shelled the soviet village of Mainila. Soviet Union declared that the fire orginated from the finnish side, and on 30th of November the invasion began. Soviet leadership expected total victory within a few weeks, however fighting lasted for next 3, 5 months, often in temperatures exceeding 35 C, reaching record low 43 C on 16 January 1940. Over 150 000 soviet soldiers and 25 904 finnish soldiers were killed. For every square