The Finnish War (Swedish: Finska kriget; Russian: Финляндская война; Finnish: Suomen sota) was fought between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire from 21 February 1808 to 17 September 1809 as part of the Napoleonic Wars.

Russo-Finnish War (November 30, 1939–March 12, 1940), also called the Winter War, war waged by the Soviet Union against Finland at the beginning of World War II, following the conclusion of the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact (August 23, 1939).

This is a list of wars involving Finland since its declaration of independence on 6 December 1917.

On November 30, 1939, following a series of ultimatums and failed negotiations, the Soviet Red Army launched an invasion of Finland with half a million troops. Though vastly outnumbered and...

冬季战争(Winter War)说的是1939年到1940年冬天，爆发在苏联和芬兰之间的一场战争，也叫第一次苏芬战争(First Soviet-Finnish War)。 虽然这场战争爆发前的三个月，以德国入侵波兰为标志的第二次世界大战的欧洲战争…

Holmila points out that the generally accepted view in Finland is that the outbreak of war was others’ doing. The culprits were the architects of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, in effect Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. That view also affects …

At varying times in history, Finland has been ruled by both Sweden and Russia, but since independence in 1917, literally all of Finland’s wars have involved conflict with Russia/the Soviet Union (Russo-Finnish Wars). Map courtesy of the CIA and WikiMedia. 1200s-1809-Swedish Rule of …

The Finnish War (Swedish language: Finska kriget, Russian: Финляндская война, Finnish language: Suomen sota) was fought between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire from February 1808 to September 1809. As a result of the war, the eastern third of Sweden was established as the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within the ...

4 天之前 · How Finnish War Tactics Caused Significant Problems For The Soviets. Following the artillery strike in Mainila, Vyacheslav Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Minister, claimed that Finland was responsible and demanded an apology. When Finland denied any involvement and ordered a joint Finnish–Soviet commission to look into the matter, Molotov deemed ...

The Soviet-Finnish War of 1939 – 1940, which lasted 103 days and is commonly known as the "Winter War," had its origins in the Nazi-Soviet Pact of August 23, 1939. The secret protocols of that non-aggression accord divided Eastern Europe into German and Soviet security zones.