Winter War (Finland-Soviet Union)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Winter_War_(Finland-Soviet_Union)
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:war
gptkbp:casualties Finland: ~25,000 killed
Soviet Union: ~126,000 killed
gptkbp:cause gptkb:Soviet_invasion_of_Finland
gptkbp:civilianCasualties 400,000 Finns displaced
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Finland
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim
gptkb:Kliment_Voroshilov
gptkb:Semyon_Timoshenko
gptkbp:endDate 1940-03-13
gptkbp:FinnishAirForce gptkb:Fokker_D.XXI
gptkbp:FinnishAllies gptkb:Swedish_volunteers
International volunteers
gptkbp:FinnishDefenseLine gptkb:Mannerheim_Line
gptkbp:FinnishLeader gptkb:Kyösti_Kallio
gptkb:Risto_Ryti
gptkbp:FinnishLosses ~25,000 killed
gptkbp:FinnishNavy Coastal defense
gptkbp:FinnishPropaganda gptkb:Sisu
gptkbp:FinnishTactics gptkb:Motti_tactics
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Continuation_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Winter War (Finland-Soviet Union)
gptkbp:internationalResponse Limited material support
Widespread sympathy for Finland
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Joseph_Stalin
gptkbp:location gptkb:Finland
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Kollaa
gptkb:Battle_of_Raate_Road
gptkb:Battle_of_Suomussalmi
gptkb:Battle_of_Taipale
gptkbp:notableWeather Extreme cold
gptkbp:objective Territorial security for Leningrad
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy Soviet–Finnish negotiations
gptkbp:result gptkb:Moscow_Peace_Treaty
gptkbp:SovietAirForce gptkb:Polikarpov_I-16
gptkbp:SovietLosses ~126,000 killed
gptkbp:SovietNavy gptkb:Baltic_Fleet
gptkbp:SovietPropaganda Liberation of Finnish workers
gptkbp:SovietTactics Massed infantry and armor
gptkbp:startDate 1939-11-30
gptkbp:territorialChange Finland ceded Karelia to Soviet Union
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:Moscow_Peace_Treaty
gptkbp:UNAction Soviet Union expelled from League of Nations
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:Molotov_cocktail
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_R._Trotter
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7