End of the Winter War

When the situation in the Karelian Front was getting too critical went Finnish diplomatic delegation to Moscow to negotiate for the terms of peace. Peace negotiation started on 8 March 1940. Finnish army was supported by Western countries and their sympathies were with Finland.

Soviet Union saw the danger that the on going war could escalate to an international crisis and so rattled tight rules for the peace. Finland had nothing to do but to accept the terms in the critical situation. So took the cease-fire effect on 13 March 1940 at 11.00 hours as told on the peace treatment. Finland had stopped the Red Army at the critical moment on the Gulf of Finland but suffered several area losses for the Soviet Union under the peace treatment or the peace of Moscow after 105 days of fighting.

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