01839cam a2200289 4500 608813494 TxAuBib 20120125120000.0 120124s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781605980560 $15.95 1605980560 $15.95 DLC TxAuBib Edwards, Robert. The Winter War : Russia's Invasion Of Finland, 1939-40 / Robert Edwards. 1st Pegasus Books ed. New York : Pegasus Books, 2008. 319 p. , [8] p. of plates : ill. , maps ; 24 cm. Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006. Includes bibliographical references and index. On November 30, 1939, the Soviet Union's Red Army invaded the young nation-state of Finland, in the full expectation of routing the small, ill-equipped Finnish army and annexing the former Russian territory by the end of the year. But Finland held out for 105 bitterly cold, fiercely combative days, until March 15, 1940, when a peace agreement ended the short, savage Winter War. At the stirring center of the story lie the resourcefulness and resolve of the Finnish people, who agains all military odds-in want of ammunition, food, sleep, and troops-fought a blundering, ineptly commanded Red Army to a standstill. On March 15, they ceded to the Soviet 11 percent of their territory and 30 percent of the economic assets, but none of their national pride. -- From publisher description. 20120125. Russo-Finish War, 1939-1940. World War, 1939-1945 Finland. Finland- History, Military 20th century. Soviet Union- History , Military 20th century. TXDAP