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I bet they have been building them ever since 1939 when Russia invaded them (and Poland in the same year in a pact with Hitler).
"Molotov cocktail" came from this war apparently.
"Molotov cocktail" came from this war apparently.
A Short History Of The 'Winter War'
The ‘Winter War’ of 1939-1940, also known as the Russo-Finnish War, saw the tiny Finnish Army take on the might of the Soviet Union’s gigantic Red Army. There was mistrust between the two countries. Finland believed the Soviet Union wanted to expand into its territory and the Soviet Union feared...
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