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The Battle of Suomussalmi: 1939-1940 by JMMPdos is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document summarizes the opposing forces in the Battle for Suomussalmi between Finnish and Soviet forces from December 1939 to January 1940. The Finns were greatly outnumbered but utilized effective guerilla tactics like road blocking to isolate Soviet divisions. The 44th Soviet Rifle Division became trapped on the road south of Suomussalmi, while the 163rd Rifle Division was destroyed by late December 1939. The Finns then turned their attention to the 44th Division and annihilated it by January 8, 1940,
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- JMMPdos
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- EN