80 years ago on this day, the Winter War began; fought between Finland and the Soviet Union in temperatures down to −43 °C (−45 °F). Soviet prisoners of war dressed in new clothes near the Arctic Circle at Rovaniemi, Finland, depicted during the war on 6 January 1940 in the photograph.
This is the English translation of the Picture of the day description page from 30 November 2019.
80 years ago on this day, the Winter War began; fought between Finland and the Soviet Union in temperatures down to −43 °C (−45 °F). Soviet prisoners of war dressed in new clothes near the Arctic Circle at Rovaniemi, Finland, depicted during the war on 6 January 1940 in the photograph.
