Philadelphia: Casemate Pub, 2011. Pp., xxiii, 409. Illus., maps, notes, index. $32.95. ISBN: 1935149482. There are a number of books in English on the Russo-Finnish “Winter War” of 1939-1940, but ...

In the freezing winter of 1939, the Soviet Union launched an invasion of Finland, expecting an easy victory. Instead, they encountered fierce resistance from outnumbered Finnish troops who used ...

In what became known as the Winter War, Finland fought off an invasion from the Soviet Union in 1939, but ended up ceding most of its eastern province of Karelia. Anna-Liisa Anttila was a teenager ...