he Winter War ( Finnish: talvisota, Russian: Зимняя война[9], Swedish: vinterkriget) began when the Soviet Union attacked Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the invasion of Poland by Germany that started World War II. Because the attack was judged as illegal, the Soviet Union was expelled from the League of Nations on 14 December. [10] Russian historians prefer the name Soviet-Finnish War ( Russian: Советско-финская война).
The Soviet forces had four times as many soldiers as the |