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| | History House: Those Burly Finns |
 | | The year is 1939, and the nation of Finland has been independent of Russia for but two decades, having escaped from the Empire as it was consumed by Lenin's October revolution. |
 | | So great were the casualties that hospitals in Leningrad filled to capacity early in the invasion; soon after, mile-long lengths of trains wound their way as far as Moscow, windows covered with curtains to hide curious passersby from the hideous sight of the frostbitten, the bleeding, the wounded and the dying. |
 | | Nevertheless, Finland managed to inflict in between 230,000 and 270,000 fatalities plus 200,000-300,000 injuries on Russia, while losing 48,745 troops and enduring 159,000 other casualties during the campaign. |
| www.historyhouse.com /in_history/winter_war (1937 words) |
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