[Stonewall Jackson]

The White Death just dares them to try it again.

[sergeantdave]

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/

[Chode]

yup...

Winter War

Part of World War II

A Finnish machine gun crew during the Winter War

Date	30 November 1939 – 13 March 1940 (3 months, 1 week and 5 days)
Location	Eastern Finland
Result	Interim Peace
Territorial changes	Cession of the Gulf of Finland islands, Karelian Isthmus, Ladoga Karelia, Salla, and Rybachy Peninsula, and rental of Hanko to the Soviet Union

Belligerents

 Finland
Swedish Volunteers

 Soviet Union
Finnish Democratic Republic (A puppet state. Recognized only by USSR.)

Commanders and leaders

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

Joseph Stalin
Kirill Meretskov
Kliment Voroshilov
Semyon Timoshenko^{[F 1]}
Otto Wille Kuusinen

Strength

337,000–346,500 men^{[F 2][5][6]}
32 tanks^{[F 3][7]}
114 aircraft^{[F 4][8]}

425,640–760,578 men^{[F 5]}
998,100 men (overall)

2,514–6,541 tanks^{[F 6][13]}
3,880 aircraft

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]
20–30 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]}
261–515 aircraft^{[F 11][23][24]}
323,000 total casualties