Winter War
The USSR's invasion of Finland 30 November 1939–12 March 1940, also called the Russo-Finnish War.
The USSR set up a Finnish puppet government in eastern Karelia, but their invasion forces were at first repulsed by the greatly outnumbered Finnish troops under Marshal Mannerheim. In February 1940 the Finnish lines were broken by a million-strong Soviet offensive. In the March armistice Finland ceded part of Karelia to the USSR.
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