The “Sausage War” — The Legendary Battle That Encouraged Hitler To Invade The Soviet Union

How Finns defeated Russian soldiers occupying their cauldrons of sausage soup

Sausages caused the hungry Soviet soldiers to lose their initiative (Photo by Rachel Clark on Unsplash)

During the Winter War, which lasted for three months from November 30, 1939, to March 13, 1940, the Soviet Union invaded its tiny neighbor Finland. Finns were outnumbered…