US_Ch8_webquest2_Winter-War

=**The Winter War**=

The Soviet Union invaded Finland in November of 1939 and hostilities went into 1940, a lot longer than the USSR expected. Finland was committed to defending its territory plus Stalin's Great Purge of 1937 had resulted in the execution of 30,000 officers leaving a lot of inexperience in the Red Army in 1939. The Soviet Union and Finland eventually negotiated a peace agreement in which the USSR got some parts of Finland as well as economic assets. The map below shows the territory the Soviet Union got. On your map, make sure you mark who fought in the Winter War.

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