The Winter War (1939-40)

The ‘Winter War’ of 1939-1940 or the Russo-Finnish War was fought between the Soviet Union and Finland. The Soviet Union claimed parts of Finnish territory mainly to create a buffer against a German attack as the Finnish border was close to Leningrad. Stalin demanded that Finland cede parts of its Karelian Isthmus territory in exchange for other Soviet land in the center of the border. Support the cartoons on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory Get your copy of Simple History: World War II. https://www.amazon.com/Simple-History-simple-guide-World/dp/1505922410/ Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-% 60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner-% 60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ http://www.simplehistory.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/simple_guides Credit: Narrator: Chris Kane www.ckvox.com Artwork: Daniel turner Direction, Animation: Daniel Turner Music: Stormfront Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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