{"id":951,"date":"2023-02-27T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=951"},"modified":"2026-10-18T15:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T15:48:00","slug":"winter-war-free-bonus-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=951","title":{"rendered":"The Winter War: Bonus Episode 2, part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">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.&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spoiler alert: The Soviet Union gets its ass kicked by a force less than half the size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" 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>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Map 1: The Mannerheim Line of Finnish defences across the Karelian Isthmus.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/m1-Mannerheim-line.png?resize=600%2C476&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-952\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2594458438287153;width:500px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/m1-Mannerheim-line.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/m1-Mannerheim-line.png?resize=300%2C238&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Map 2: The USSR&#8217;s four main attacks on Finland, 30 November 1939&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/m2-december1939-soviet-attacks.png?resize=320%2C760&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-953\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.42105263157894735;width:400px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/m2-december1939-soviet-attacks.png?w=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/m2-december1939-soviet-attacks.png?resize=126%2C300&amp;ssl=1 126w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/m2-december1939-soviet-attacks.png?resize=300%2C713&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Map 3: Soviet advances in the Karelian Isthmus, December 1939<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/m3-Winterwar-december1939-karelianisthmus.png?resize=546%2C492&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-954\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.1097560975609757;width:546px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/m3-Winterwar-december1939-karelianisthmus.png?w=546&amp;ssl=1 546w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/m3-Winterwar-december1939-karelianisthmus.png?resize=300%2C270&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Map 4: Ladogo Karelia, north of Lake Ladoga<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ladogakarelia-winterwar-dec-1939.png?resize=640%2C496&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-955\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2910798122065728;width:550px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ladogakarelia-winterwar-dec-1939.png?w=687&amp;ssl=1 687w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ladogakarelia-winterwar-dec-1939.png?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ladogakarelia-winterwar-dec-1939.png?resize=600%2C465&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philip Jowett and Brent Snodgrass,&nbsp;<em>Finland at War 1939\u201345<\/em>. New York, NY: Osprey Publishing, 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wikipedia:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1939)\">Timeline of World War II (1939)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winter_War#Soviet_invasion\">The Winter War<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Winter War<\/em>. Captivating History, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vesa Nenye, Peter Munter, Toni Wirtanen and Chris Birks,&nbsp;<em>Finland at War: The Winter War, 1939\u201340.<\/em>&nbsp;New York, NY: Osprey Publishing, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sound effects obtained from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapsplat.com\/\">Zapsplat<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hosted on Audioboom. See Beyond Barbarossa\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?page_id=3\">privacy policy\u00a0<\/a>for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.&nbsp; Spoiler alert: The Soviet Union gets its ass kicked by a force less than half the size. 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