RUSSIA'S WORST DEFEAT, Finland inflicted it

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Sources:
https://www.jaegerplatoon.net/UNIFORMS4.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telogreika
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_War
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/jn364sh5237
https://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~dbertuca/miniatures/ref-ww2.html
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/SMALL+ARMS+OF+THE+RUSSO-FINNISH+WINTER+WAR%3A+PART+II%3A+%22Kollaa+kestaa!%22.-a0655942119
https://espressostalinist.com/2011/10/08/the-communist-league-the-soviet-finnish-7war/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosin%E2%80%93Nagant
https://histdoc.net/pdf/NKID1939-10-14.pdf
https://histdoc.net/history/history.html
https://www.history.co.uk/articles/how-finland-protected-its-ww2-independence-during-the-winter-war
https://www.youtube.com/@WorldWarTwo
https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/manly-lessons/sisu-finnish-winter-war/#:~:text=As%20we'll%20see%2C%20Finnish,limited%20artillery%20alone%20could%20not.
https://smleo.com/2022/06/07/joseph-stalins-purge-of-the-soviet-military-and-its-subsequent-consequences/
https://www.winterwar.com/battles.htm
https://www.ranker.com/list/a-list-of-all-winter-war-battles/reference
https://talvisota.fi/en/battles

The winter war was a chaotic Time for Finland, and by far the defining moment in their history as they stood strong while heavily outnumbered against the Soviet union.

Note: A lot of the music used in this video is from the continuation war, not the winter war thus it is a slight anachronism. I have used it simply because it is good.