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Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
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Shelling of Mainila
1939 false flag attack by the Soviet Union against Finland, leading to the Winter War
The Shelling of Mainila, or the Mainila incident, was a military incident on 26 November 1939 in which the Soviet Union's Red Army shelled the Soviet border village of Mainila near Beloostrov. The Soviet Union declared that the fire originated from Finland across the nearby…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Soviet Army
Land warfare branch of the Soviet Armed Forces (1946–1992)
The Soviet Ground Forces was the land warfare service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1946 to 1992. It was preceded by the Red Army.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Winter War
1939–1940 war between the Soviet Union and Finland
The Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II, and ended three and a half months later with the Moscow Peace Treaty on 13 March 1940. Despite superior…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)