On November 30, Russia’s Embassy in South Africa posted a tweet commemorating the anniversary of the 1939 war between the Soviet Union and Finland, commonly known as the “Winter War.”. That ...

These 17 photos show Finland's brutally cold World War II battle with the Soviet Union. ... Farther north, another battle raged in the unprecedentedly cold winter of 1939-1940, ...

The Russian military's performance in Ukraine has raised doubts about its capabilities. The war has also drawn comparisons to the Winter War, when the Soviets attacked Finland in 1939.