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Music Hello everyone and welcome to history of the Second World War, episode 145, The Winter War Part 3, The Attack Begins.

This week, a big thank you goes out to Renee, Justin, and

Leonard for choosing to support the podcast by becoming members. Find out more over at

History of the Second World War.com slash members. When the Soviet invasion of Finland started,

it would begin all along the border, which due to geography meant that there were

multiple unrelated offensives. And what was waiting for all of the border, which due to geography meant that there were multiple unrelated

offensives. And what was waiting for all of these offensives was something of a shock.

Soviet leaders believed that the fighting might be violent, but it would be quick, and that the

Finnish defenses would rapidly fall apart. But what they found was a very motivated and highly

skilled enemy, which was full of what

in the Finnish language might be called Sisu, which does not directly translate into English,

but I like the translation of the word into something like guts or grit. The Finns would not be

lacking in Sisu, and they would show it in their early defenses.

This episode will cover the early actions of the war before ending on some, let's call it,

interesting political developments.

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