http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1939/dec39/f01dec39.htm
In the Winter War... Helsinki is bombed by Soviet aircraft. Casualties amount to 80 killed. Soviet attacks on the Karelian Isthmus continue.
In Occupied Finland... A Soviet sponsored Democratic Republic of Finland is established under Finnish Communist Otto Kuusinen at Terijoki on the Gulf of Finland. The Kuusinen government calls on all Finns to “overthrow the oppressor” (i.e., the government in Helsinki) and welcome the “liberators” (of the Red Army). A treaty is signed with the USSR giving the Soviets everything that has previously been demand, in exchange for the whole of Karelia.
In the Soviet Union... The TASS news agency claims that in Finland, “the people already rose in various parts of the country and proclaimed the formation of a democratic republic. Port of the soldiers of Finland’s army already have sided with the new government, backed by the people.”
In Helsinki... The legitimate Finnish government is reorganized. A coalition government is formed with Dr. Ryti as Prime Minister and Tanner as Foreign Minister.
Sorry it’s so late. Haven’t had a lot of spare time today.
My Focus on the Winter War is the Battle of the Raate Road, which is part of the Battle of Suomussalmi, north of Lake Ladoga. This is where the Finns gained the reputation as ferocious soldiers.
Over the course of the next month, the small Finnish garrison here, made up mostly of local gaurdsman, and never numbering more than around 3,700, will totally destroy two complete frontline Soviet Division (163rd Infantry, 44th Motorized, 40,000 troops) including a fully modernized Motorized division from the Ukraine.
Survivors of the 44th Motorized (Just over 1,000) who returned to the Soviet Union after the armistace, will be executed by the NKVD to hide the scale of the defeat.