10 Crazy Ways Finland Fought Off Soviet Domination

Check out our New Biography Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics The Winter War began in November of 1939, when the Soviets invaded Finland, seeking to claim Finnish territory. With overwhelming numbers advantages in men and firepower, the Soviets were expecting victory in a couple of weeks. Instead, the conflict went on for three months, with the Soviet soldiers taking casualties at a rate five times that of the Finnish forces. While Finland ultimately agreed to sign 11% of its land over to the Soviets in the peace treaty that ended the war, Finland retained its sovereignty and demonstrated that it was no easy target. Nikita Khrushchev characterized the advantages the Soviets had, noting, “But on these most favorable terms, we could only win through huge difficulties and incredibly great losses. In fact, this victory was a moral defeat.” →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 Help us translate our videos: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_queue?msg=10&tab=0 - Learn more why you might want to help: http://ift.tt/1l7FnjV Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Entertaining and educational top 10 lists from TopTenzNet! Subscribe to our Facebook: http://ift.tt/1QRrRgJ Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net Other TopTenz Videos: 10 Dark and Depressing Facts About Slavery https://youtu.be/9uYS7zFrv8I?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnKajPA6HFawry8Y3my_VX5Q 10 Lies You’re Told About American Slavery https://youtu.be/smnvJGzOkhU?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnKajPA6HFawry8Y3my_VX5Q Text version: http://ift.tt/2leXjew Coming up: 10. They ate well… and made sure the Soviets didn’t 9. They used (and coined the name) Molotov cocktails to neutralize Soviet tanks 8. They had the “White Death” 7. They had saunas 6. They divided and conquered 5. They used psychological warfare 4. They used reindeer and sleds 3. Finnish soldiers knew the terrain, and how to navigate it 2. They dressed for success 1. They had sisu Source/Further reading: http://ift.tt/2nwE5Tz http://ift.tt/2BP29pi http://ift.tt/1zCvz27 http://ift.tt/1xSmxhz http://ift.tt/2nvS0Jw http://ift.tt/2BPqds3 http://ift.tt/2nysUK4 http://ift.tt/2BPqew7 http://ift.tt/2n0dUqA