Pekhota Stalina v 'Zimnei voine' Oboiti 'Liniiu Mannergeima' [Stalin's Infantry

TO THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOVIET-FINNISH WAR. Rifle troops account for about 95% of those killed on the Karelian Isthmus in December 1939 - the first month of the 'Winter War'. Undoubtedly, it was the Soviet infantry that suffered the main losses in the subsequent battles of 'that unremarkable war,' because 52 of the 166 rifle divisions of the Red Army took part in the battles with our northern neighbor. One of the main myths of the Soviet-Finnish war is the idea, firmly rooted in the mass consciousness, that battles were fought only on the MANNERHEIM LINE. Soviet propaganda made the 'Line' insurmountable, and a natural question arose: why did the Red Army men simply not bypass the Finnish fortifications? In fact, such attempts were repeatedly undertaken by the Soviet command. The actions of the Red Army when bypassing the 'Mannerheim Line', reconstructed in detail on the basis of archival materials, are discussed in detail in this book on the example of the 43rd, 56th, 75th, 155t