The Moscow Peace Treaty ended the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union had attacked Finland in the autumn of 1939 after Finland refused to cede territory near Leningrad, and the Finnish army, though far smaller, resisted fiercely in the cold. Under the treaty, Finland had to give up the Karelian Isthmus, including the city of Viipuri, parts of Ladoga Karelia and other areas, and to lease the Hanko peninsula for a Soviet naval base. Many people had to leave their homes. Even so, Finland kept its independence, which many had expected it to lose, and the war showed weaknesses in the Red Army. Finland fought the Soviet Union again in 1941.
Before and after
- 9 February 1940Birth of J. M. Coetzee
- 19 February 1940Birth of Saparmyrat Nyýazow
- 23 February 1940Release of Pinocchio
- 10 March 1940Birth of Chuck Norris
- 12 March 1940Moscow Peace Treaty
- 16 March 1940Death of Selma Lagerlöf
- 1 April 1940Birth of Wangari Muta Maathai
- from 9 April 1940 to 10 June 1940Operation Weserübung
- 13 April 1940Birth of Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
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