rich 1.0 A crucial prelude to Operation Barbarossa and the war on the Eastern Front of World War II: the Winter War between the USSR and Finland. Spoiler alert: The Soviet Union gets its ass kicked by a force less than half the size. This episode is the first part in a three-part series on the Winter War; parts 2 and 3 will be for supporters and members only. Map 1: The Mannerheim Line of Finnish defences across the Karelian Isthmus. Map 2: The USSR's four main attacks on Finland, 30 November 1939 Map 3: Soviet advances in the Karelian Isthmus, December 1939 Map 4: Ladogo Karelia, north of Lake Ladoga Sources: Philip Jowett and Brent Snodgrass, Finland at War 1939–45. New York, NY: Osprey Publishing, 2006. Wikipedia: Timeline of World War II (1939) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1939)) —: The Winter War (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War#Soviet_invasion) The Winter War. Captivating History, 2020. Vesa Nenye, Peter Munter, Toni Wirtanen and Chris Birks, Finland at War: The Winter War, 1939–40. New York, NY: Osprey Publishing, 2018. Sound effects obtained from Zapsplat (https://www.zapsplat.com/) . Hosted on Acast. See https://acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Ausha. See https://ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. Beyond Barbarossa: The Eastern Front of World War 2 https://audioboom.com/channels/5173732-beyond-barbarossa-the-eastern-front-of-world-war-2 Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43762597/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8933061/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>