Combat has changed in the decades since Finland's Winter War with Russia, but one key lesson still shapes how it thinks about fighting in the Arctic. Dense forests and deep snow force armies onto ...

Beyond, up a gentle slope, looms Russia. Finns used to drive across here to fill up on half-price gasoline. That was before ...

In January 1940, foreign volunteers and supplies begin reaching Finland as the Winter War intensifies and Soviet forces reorganize for a renewed assault on the Mannerheim Line. At the same time, ...

Häyhä is believed to have been a major inspiration for Aatami Korpi, the stoic main character of the ongoing “Sisu” film series. During the Winter War of 1939-40, the small northern European nation of ...

Aatami Korpi, the hero of the upcoming film “Sisu: Road to Revenge,” fights against both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union—mirroring Finland’s complicated World War II history. Following the ...

Exactly 85 years ago — on Nov. 30, 1939 — the USSR’s aggression against Finland began. This “Winter War,” as it came to be known, was part of the Soviet leadership’s grand plan to divide Eastern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Combat has changed dramatically in the 86 years since the Winter War between Finland and Russia. Lessons from the war still apply ...