The Winter War occurred when the Soviet Union invaded Finland. The Soviets tried to hide their invasion to the western world, even to the lubricious claim that the their bombing raids were "humanitarian efforts". This lead the Finnish giving the nickname of Soviet Bombs "Molotov Breadbasket", and the Finns giving the nickname of the now famous "Molotov Cocktails in order to complete the meal". The Russian Army was totally unprepared for the war (most of the leaders were purged out by Stalin), leading to extremely heavy causalities among the Soviet Red Army. In fact, the Soviet troops were extremely easy prey for the Finnish Ski Snipers. Some Finnish Snipers claimed a middle bungling number of victims like with the extreme case of the sniper Simo Hayha who killed 750 men (500 with his sniper rifle, and the rest with his sub-machine gun).
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