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Much of the buildup is happening in the Leningrad Military District, which borders Estonia, Latvia, and Finland. As part of a broader plan to increase the Russian army’s size to 1.5 million troops, small brigades stationed there are being expanded into full divisions of around 10,000 soldiers, the report said.
By whom?
Finland…
The Winter War - Finland vs the Soviet Union, lasted just over three months in 1939-1940.
Finland had about 300k soldiers, 30 tanks and 60 aircraft. The USSR had over 500k soldiers, over 3k tanks, over 3k aircraft.
Total casulaties was 70k vs. 350k. The USSR lost over 1500 tanks and 300 aircraft.
USSR still won that war though.
Yes, but they held back the Soviets for 2 months. And that was probably the Soviets at their peak, stronger than Russia is today.
It was right after the massive Stalinist purges of the army. They were complete dogshit. Don’t get me wrong, the Finnish put up a hell of a fight and I think they could’ve continued militarily, it was the government that decided to cut their losses, but the red army was pretty incompetent at the time.
Online normie don’t appreciate these nuances…
If defeating Russia is so easy, then why nobody in EU is willing to help Ukraine boots on the ground?
So much fucking bravado online…
Don’t fuck with Finland. I thought Russia learned that during WW2.
A large group of Russian soldiers in the border area in 1939 are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a small hill: “One Finnish soldier is better than ten Russian”.
The Russian commander quickly orders 10 of his best men over the hill where Upon a gun-battle breaks out and continues for a few minutes, then silence. The voice once again calls out: “One Finn is better than one hundred Russian.”
Furious, the Russian commander sends his next best 100 troops over the hill and instantly a huge gun fight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again Silence. The calm Finnish voice calls out again: “One Finn is better than one thousand Russians!”
The enraged Russian commander musters 1000 fighters and sends them to the other side of the hill. Rifle fire, machine guns, grenades, rockets and cannon fire ring out as a terrible battle is fought…
Then silence.
Eventually one badly wounded Russian fighter crawls back over the hill and with his dying words tells his commander, “Don’t send any more men…it’s a trap. There’s two of them.”