![]() Finns fought against USSR 105 days and our army still remained in a rather good shape. Together Finland and Baltic States would have 0,5 - 1 million men which would have been a serious opponent even to USSR and perhaps prevented their attack.īaltic States unlike Finland chose to surrender without fight. Balts could have mobilized more than 360.000 men and form 18 infantry divisions (Estonia 4, Lithuania 6 and Latvia 8 ). Still the area they would have needed to defend was only about the half the one Finns defended during Winter War. Their military bugdets were high, about 25% of all expenses. In 1939 the combined military power of the three Baltic States Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia was bigger that for example of Finnish Defence Forces and their armies were better equipped. ![]()
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