Excellent study of the Winter War, which saw the USSR hurl entire divisions against tiny Finland's regiments and battalions. In a war that should have been a pushover for Stalin the Finns managed to do surprisingly well. An inspiration for many of the democracies still untouched by the new world war, it nevertheless saw Finland fighting a desperate war with no concrete help from outside. The hard fighting done by these free men still resonates today. A little redundant in places, but the book is well-illustrated with maps and photographs.
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