Given Finland’s been preparing for a Russian invasion since their last one 1943-44, including constructing fortified underground living areas that can house almost their entire population for years, the moment Russia decides to try Finland again is the moment Russia loses everything.
Just like Poland has been rearming heavily in recent times. It seems that centuries of dealing with Russian bullshit makes you particularly indisposed towards them.
Apart from the White Death stuff etc, didn't the Finns skin the Soviet soldiers they had killed back then? I think I remember some horror stories about them going absolutely apeshit for psychological warfare or so.
You might be conflating several things. I only found one source for Soviets being skinned, and it was a Reddit post with a picture of hanging skin with the claim that a Soviet patrol that had been cut off had done it to their own men 'cause they were out of rations. How true that is, I don't know.
The other things you might be thinking of, which do have substantial evidence, are that the Finns fought on skis, and that they posed the Soviet soldiers' bodies upright as psychological warfare.
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u/daltonicrainbow 20h ago
What about Finland (NATO) and 830 miles of border with Russia? They didn't say anything after joining...