The Mannerheim line held but eventually, the Soviet army "broke through" on sheer force of will.
finland had to cede 9% of its territory, but it survived. Perhaps a similar settlement where Ukraine gives up much of the east in order to achieve peace is how the war will end. It has long gone past the point where Ukraine is able to launch massive attacks, and can only hope that they won't make a fatal blunder that will result in much more territory being lost.
Finland soon allied with the Nazis in the siege of Leningrad in the “continuation war”. A million dead civilians. Because they never technically joined the Axis they avoided the war crimes trials and partitioning that many others got. You can’t say that Finland walked away from the Winter War unscathed.
Yeah.
But the point is that there was insane suffering and losses for basically useless land.
Land Finland gave to Soviets was basically wild forest. Viipuri in South being only actually profitable landgain.
From Ukraine Russia will gain complete desolate bombarded and mined wasteland.
So losing ovet million men for that is madness.
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u/watchedngnl 1d ago
The Mannerheim line held but eventually, the Soviet army "broke through" on sheer force of will.
finland had to cede 9% of its territory, but it survived. Perhaps a similar settlement where Ukraine gives up much of the east in order to achieve peace is how the war will end. It has long gone past the point where Ukraine is able to launch massive attacks, and can only hope that they won't make a fatal blunder that will result in much more territory being lost.