03444nam 22005655 450 991025478570332120200703233711.01-137-44606-410.1057/978-1-137-44606-0(CKB)3710000000735010(DE-He213)978-1-137-44606-0(MiAaPQ)EBC4720018(EXLCZ)99371000000073501020160625d2016 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFinnish Military Effectiveness in the Winter War, 1939-1940[electronic resource] /by Pasi Tuunainen1st ed. 2016.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2016.1 online resource (XV, 266 p. 1 illus. in color.) 1-137-44604-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction: Understanding Military Effectiveness -- 2. The Origins of Political and Strategic Effectiveness -- 3. The Roots of Operational and Tactical Effectiveness -- 4. Professional Leaders and Citizen Soldiers as an Effective Fighting Force -- 5. Support Systems and Maintenance of Effectiveness -- 6. Conclusion: The Sources of Finnish Military Effectiveness.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. .Russia—HistoryEurope, Eastern—HistoryEurope—History—1492-World War, 1939-1945Russian, Soviet, and East European Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/717090History of Modern Europehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/717080History of World War II and the Holocausthttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/717110FinlandArmed ForcesHistory20th centuryFinlandfastHistory.fastRussia—History.Europe, Eastern—History.Europe—History—1492-.World War, 1939-1945.Russian, Soviet, and East European History.History of Modern Europe.History of World War II and the Holocaust.947Tuunainen Pasiauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut882571BOOK9910254785703321Finnish Military Effectiveness in the Winter War, 1939-19401971481UNINA