Originally posted by Mr_Trek:[..]
Well, not that overlooked in Sweden. But really, The Winter War. The Soviet forces had three times as many soldiers as the Finns, 30 times as many aircraft, and a hundred times as many tanks. Still, they only got 11% of Finland when they were trying to conquer the entire country. That is impressive.
I also today learned that Sweden in the late 1950s had the fourth largest air force in the world.
The Winter War also produced one of the greatest snipers of all time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4
Its worth noting that he got all his kills using standard iron sights since he felt a scope would fog over in the cold.