[Vanders9]

The “winter war” is one of the most heroic and little known conflicts of 39/40. How the finns held them off for so long is mind boggling.

[Bringbackthedraft]

The “winter war” is one of the most heroic and little known conflicts of 39/40. .......................... Not if you are Finnish or Russian. I had an Uncle through marriage who was in it, he didn’t hold back describing how they left the Russians after the battles.

[magslinger]

The Finns did have a lot of Russian help. Stalins purges and see the headline above "Finns Say Russians Bomb Own Troops" to name just two factors.

The second may be a result of the first. It takes time to make a good artillery officer. A good artillery officer being defined as one who does not shell his own troops unintentionally.