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After the Soviet military reorganized and adopted different tactics, they renewed their offensive in February and overcame Finnish defences. The battles focused mainly on Taipale in Karelian Isthmus, on Kollaa in Ladoga Karelia and on the Raate Road in Kainuu, but there were also battles in Salla and Petsamo in Lapland. Finland repelled Soviet attacks for more than two months and inflicted substantial losses on the invaders while temperatures ranged as low as вЂ“43В вЊ (вЂ“45.4В вЏ).

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Most sources conclude that the Soviet Union had intended to conquer all of Finland, and use the establishment of the puppet Finnish Communist government and the MolotovвЂ“Ribbentrop Pact's secret protocols as evidence of this, while other sources argue against the idea of the full Soviet conquest.

The Soviets made several demands, including that Finland cede substantial border territories in exchange for land elsewhere, claiming security reasons-primarily the protection of Leningrad, 32В km (20В mi) from the Finnish border. The League of Nations deemed the attack illegal and expelled the Soviet Union from the organisation. Despite superior military strength, especially in tanks and aircraft, the Soviet Union suffered severe losses and initially made little headway. It 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. The Winter War also known as First Soviet-Finnish War was a war between the Soviet Union (USSR) and Finland. Finnish Democratic Republic ( puppet government)ДЇinnish Ladoga Naval Detachment ceded to the Soviet UnionДЎ26,875вЂ“167,976 dead or missing ДЎ88,671вЂ“207,538 wounded or sick (including at least 61,506 sick or frostbitten ).Cession of the Gulf of Finland islands, Karelian Isthmus, Ladoga Karelia, Salla, Rybachy Peninsula and lease of Hanko to the Soviet Union

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