With France and Britain at war with Germany, the Soviet Union was free to do as it pleased in the East.
When Finland refused to consider allowing Soviet military bases on its soil, the USSR invaded. Most thought Finland would quickly collapse, as Poland had just two months earlier, but in Finland the outcome was different.
- Listen now:
Playlist:
Fanfare
Opening War Theme
“Maame” (The informal national anthem of Finland.)
Composed in 1848 by Fredrik Pacius. Public domain.
Performed by the United States Navy Band. Public domain recording. Source.
Closing War Theme
Except when otherwise indicated, the contents of this podcast are © and ℗ 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 by Mark Painter, all rights reserved. Some music and sound effects used by arrangement with Pond 5.
Great! But the links are still pointing to Episode 314!
Darn. I thought I checked that. It’s fixed now.
the Mannerheim Line part is so well written and delivered (even better than usual), love this episode 🙂