In January 1940, foreign volunteers and supplies begin reaching Finland as the Winter War intensifies and Soviet forces reorganize for a renewed assault on the Mannerheim Line. At the same time, ...

Aatami Korpi, the hero of the upcoming film “Sisu: Road to Revenge,” fights against both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union—mirroring Finland’s complicated World War II history. Following the ...

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has accused neighbouring Finland of pursuing a course of war against Russia - and has renewed claims for reparations for World War II. "After joining NATO, ...

The Soviets ended up winning the Winter War, but it was a Pyrrhic victory for Moscow. U.S. secretary of defense Pete Hegseth’s recent controversial statement that Ukraine’s “borders won’t be rolled ...

In late 1939, the Soviet Union – a country with more than 170 million people and the world’s biggest army – went to war with Finland, a country with a population of less than four million and an ...

Exactly 85 years ago — on Nov. 30, 1939 — the USSR’s aggression against Finland began. This “Winter War,” as it came to be known, was part of the Soviet leadership’s grand plan to divide Eastern ...

The sharp loss in the Winter War came as a surprise to many Finns, as emergency wartime censorship created the impression that their military was doing well and not on the verge of major defeat. This ...