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March 14th, 2018
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| 12:06 pm [Link] | 10.45AM Soviet-Finnish ceasefire will start at 11AM- Finn defenders starting to relax & emerge from trenches. Suddenly, high whistling sound- a last-minute Red Army artillery barrage Red Army signalman Anatoly Derevenets: "The entire earth started vibrating- all weapons on both sides. 2 days' ammunition spent in minutes." 100s of Finnish troops, caught unawares, are killed just before armistice. Anatoly: "Divisional HQ signalled us news of peace. I told my commander: 'The war is to end at noon!' He was stunned: 'Quite a surprise! Now the fun is over..." |
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