TY - BOOK ID - 10690533 TI - Finnish Military Effectiveness in the Winter War, 1939-1940 PY - 2016 SN - 1137446048 1137446064 PB - London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - History. KW - Europe KW - Russia KW - Europe, Eastern KW - World War, 1939-1945. KW - Russian, Soviet, and East European History. KW - History of Modern Europe. KW - History of World War II and the Holocaust. KW - History—1492-. KW - Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940. KW - Finno-Russian War, 1939-1940 KW - Soviet-Finnish War, 1939-1940 KW - Winter War, 1939-1940 KW - Talvisota, 1939-1940 KW - Russia-History. KW - Europe-History-1492-. KW - European War, 1939-1945 KW - Second World War, 1939-1945 KW - World War 2, 1939-1945 KW - World War II, 1939-1945 KW - World War Two, 1939-1945 KW - WW II (World War, 1939-1945) KW - WWII (World War, 1939-1945) KW - History, Modern KW - Russia—History. KW - Europe, Eastern—History. KW - Europe—History—1492-. KW - Russo-Finnish War (1939-1940) KW - 1900-1999 KW - Finland KW - Finland. KW - Armed Forces KW - History KW - Fen-lan KW - Fen-lan kung ho kuo KW - Finlande KW - Finlândia KW - Finlandii͡ KW - Finli͡andii͡ KW - Finnland KW - Finnlando KW - Finrando KW - Republic of Finland KW - Republiken Finland KW - Souomi KW - Suomen tasavalta KW - Suomi KW - Finlandii︠a︡ KW - Finli︠a︡ndii︠a︡ KW - פינלנד KW - フィンランド KW - Finland (Grand duchy) KW - Finland (Grand Duchy) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:10690533 AB - This book analyzes the multi-faceted phenomenon of Finnish military effectiveness in the Winter War (1939–40). Drawing on a wide array of primary and secondary sources, Pasi Tuunainen shows how by focusing on their own strengths and pitting these against the weaknesses of their adversary, the Finns were able to inflict heavy casualties on the Red Army whilst minimizing their own losses. The Finns were able to use their resources for effective operational purposes, and perform almost to their full potential. The Finnish small-unit tactics utilized the terrain and Arctic conditions for which they had prepared themselves, as well as forming cohesive units of well-motivated and qualitatively better professional leaders and citizen soldiers who could innovate and adapt. The Finnish Army had highly effective logistics, support and supply systems that kept the troops fighting. . ER -