Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Where Al-Qaeda Began: 48 Photos From The Soviet-Afghan War The Fall Of The Soviet Union, In 36 Rarely-Seen Photos Vintage Mongolia: Photos Of Life Before The Soviet Purge 1 of 31 Finnish troops wear gas masks while on skis. The Soviet 163rd Rifle Division had advanced into Finland with the objective of capturing the town of Suomussalmi and subsequently cutting Finland in half by reaching the Gulf of Bothnia. Based in part on the surprising amount of trouble that the weakened Soviets had with the small Finnish force, Adolf Hitler decided to break his own non-aggression pact with the Soviets and invade the U.S.S.R. in June 1941.
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