✦ History

Winter War

November 30, 1939 – March 13, 1940

Result Moscow Peace Treaty

Ended by Moscow Peace Treaty

Soviet invasion of Finland beginning 30 November 1939, ending with the Moscow Peace Treaty of 13 March 1940. Despite superiority in tanks and aircraft, the Red Army suffered severe losses and made little headway; Finland ceded 9 percent of its territory but kept its sovereignty. The League of Nations expelled the USSR, and the poor showing emboldened Hitler toward war with the Soviet Union.

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Battles 10

November 30, 1939 – March 12, 1940
Battle of Petsamo Soviet victory Pechenga Kirill Meretskov, Valerian Frolov
November 30, 1939 – February 28, 1940
Battle of Salla (1939) Finnish victory Salla Vasily Chuikov, Kurt Martti Wallenius, Mikhail Dukhanov
December 6–27, 1939
Battle of Taipale Finnish victory Solovyovo Hugo Österman, Vladimir Grendal
December 7, 1939 – January 8, 1940
Battle of Suomussalmi Finnish victory Suomussalmi Vasily Chuikov, Wiljo Tuompo, Aleksei Vinogradov
December 7, 1939 – March 13, 1940
Battle of Kollaa Finnish victory Kollaa Dmitry Timofeyevich Kozlov, Grigori Shtern, Woldemar Hägglund
December 12, 1939
Battle of Tolvajärvi Finnish victory Tolvajärvi
December 16, 1939 – February 15, 1940
Battle of Summa First battle: Finnish victory Second battle: Soviet victory Summa Semyon Timoshenko, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
December 25–27, 1939
Battle of Kelja Finnish victory Gromovo
January 4–7, 1940
Battle of Kuhmo Stalemate Kuhmo
February 25–27, 1940
Battle of Honkaniemi Soviet victory Karelian Isthmus

Key commanders

Soviet Union 12

Joseph Stalin belligerent leader Semyon Timoshenko Kliment Voroshilov Kirill Meretskov belligerent leader Valerian Frolov military commander Grigori Shtern military commander Vladimir Grendal military commander Vasily Chuikov military commander Mikhail Dukhanov military commander Aleksei Vinogradov military commander Dmitry Timofeyevich Kozlov military commander Ivan Khabarov military commander

Finland 11

Kyösti Kallio Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim belligerent leader Hugo Österman belligerent leader Wiljo Tuompo military commander Woldemar Hägglund military commander Kurt Martti Wallenius military commander Ernst Linder military commander Hjalmar Siilasvuo military commander Paavo Susitaival military commander Antero Svensson military commander Lauri Tiainen military commander