Why did the Soviet invasion of Finland fail?

Soviets tried to invade Finland twice, during the Winter War and in 1944 during the Continuation War. read more

The Soviet invasion of Finland didn't fail, and in fact the Soviet Union and annexed Finnish territory after World War II. However, the Finnish and German invasion of Murmansk and the rest of the Soviet Union did in fact fail, and fortunately so. read more

Germany and Soviet Union made a non-aggression pact just before the start of WWII, and agreed on splitting up central, eastern and northern Europe between them, basically a huge land grab. Finland was 'given' to Soviet Union, Finland a pawn in a much wider game of chess. read more

After attempts to negotiate the stationing of Soviet troops in Finland failed, Joseph Stalin ordered the Red Army to invade on 30th November 1939. Adolf Hitler, who also had designs on Finland, had under the terms of the Nazi-Soviet Pact, was forced to standby and watch the Soviet Union build up its Baltic defences. read more