It looked very much like a cakewalk – with the Soviets vastly outnumbering the Finns and carrying far more firepower. However, despite all odds, the Finns were able to hold off the Soviets for several months. By the time the Russians were able to reorganize and break through the defenses, they were exhausted.
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Best of Humanity’s Worst – “Top” Dictators of the Cold War
The Cold War between the U.S.S.R. and the western powers shaped the entire back-half of the 20th century. While the Soviet Union would eventually die a slow and anticlimactic economic/political death in 1991, the echoes of this ideological conflict can still be heard well into the 21st century, as the western powers and the various flavors of communism alike would see dozens of governments deposed and dictators (quite often called “presidents”) installed across the globe. This may seem like your standard listicle of “top” bad people, but our purpose here is not to off-handedly rank whose regime was the cruelest