Finland managed to inflict in between 230,000 and 270,000 fatalities plus 200,000-300,000 injuries on Russia,
For anyone who hasn’t read about the devastation visited on Russia’s army in the 1939 Finnish Winter War, here is great synopsis of how tough and smart the Finns are:
http://www.historyhouse.com/in_history/winter_war/
Winter War | |||||||||
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Part of World War II | |||||||||
A Finnish machine gun crew during the Winter War |
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Finland Swedish Volunteers |
Soviet Union Finnish Democratic Republic (A puppet state. Recognized only by USSR.) |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim | Joseph Stalin Kirill Meretskov Kliment Voroshilov Semyon Timoshenko[F 1] Otto Wille Kuusinen |
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Strength | |||||||||
337,000346,500 men[F 2][5][6] 32 tanks[F 3][7] 114 aircraft[F 4][8] |
425,640760,578 men[F 5] 998,100 men (overall) |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||||
25,904 dead or missing [F 7][14] 43,557 wounded[15] 1,000 captured[F 8][16] 957 civilians in air raids[14] 2030 tanks 62 aircraft[17] 70,000 total casualties |
126,875 dead or missing[18][F 9] 188,671 wounded, injured or burned[18] 5,572 captured[20] 3,543 tanks[F 10][21][22][23] 261515 aircraft[F 11][23][24] 323,000 total casualties |