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Name: Finnish Democratic Republic

Type: Polity

Start: 1939 AD

End: 1940 AD

Parent: russia

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Was a short-lived socialist puppet state of the Soviet Union in occupied Finnish territory during World War II.

Establishment


  • November 1939: Start of the Battle of Petsamo.
  • November 1939: Finnish forces marched up to Salla.
  • December 1939: The Finnish Democratic Republic was a short-lived puppet state of the Soviet Union in Finland from December 1939.
  • December 1939: The Soviet 163rd Rifle Division captured Suomussalmi.
  • December 1939: Soviets reach Mannerheim line of Finnish resistance on the Karelian Isthmus.
  • December 1939: Soviet advancement in Finland by december, 12th.
  • December 1939: The Red Army approached Kemijärvi.
  • December 1939: The northern branch of the Finnish moved toward Pelkosenniemi .
  • December 1939: In Northern Karelia, Soviet forces were outmanoeuvred at Ilomantsi and Lieksa. The Finns used effective guerrilla tactics, taking special advantage of their superior skiing skills and snow-white layered clothing and executing surprise ambushes and raids. By the end of December, the Soviets decided to retreat and transfer resources to more critical fronts.
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    1. World War II


    Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.

    1.1.World War II (Eastern Theatre)

    Was the Eastern European theatre of World War II.

    1.1.1.Winter War

    The Winter War, also known as the First Soviet-Finnish War, was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. The war 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.

  • January 1940: Retreat of the Reds after the battle of Suomussalmi.
  • March 1940: Battle of Petsamo.
  • March 1940: The Finnish Democratic Republic was dissolved upon signing of the Moscow Peace Treaty ending the Winter War and merged into the government of the Karelo-Finnish SSR.

  • 1.1.1.1.Battles in Ladoga Karelia

    Was the war front on the Ladoga Lake during the Winter War.


    1.1.1.2.Soviet offensive (Winter War)

    Were Soviet offensives against Finland in early 1940 during the Winter War.

  • February 1940: Soviet offensive in Finland.
  • March 1940: Soviet offensive in Finland.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1940: Retreat of the Reds after the battle of Suomussalmi.
  • February 1940: Soviet offensive in Finland.
  • March 1940: Soviet offensive in Finland.
  • March 1940: The Finnish Democratic Republic was dissolved upon signing of the Moscow Peace Treaty ending the Winter War and merged into the government of the Karelo-Finnish SSR.
  • March 1940: Battle of Petsamo.
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