Background of the Winter War

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I aim for making the Winter War and its subarticle Background of the Winter War (now under peer reviews) the A-class (maybe GA) article for 30 November 2009, the 70th anniversary of the start of the war. Comments and suggestions? Peltimikko (talk) 17:37, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

YellowMonkey

 Done Peltimikko (talk) 20:03, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Done references fixed and a source book added, though subjective comments partly under construction. Peltimikko (talk) 19:34, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Peltimikko (talk) 20:03, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Peltimikko (talk) 20:03, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cplakidas

Extra hands needed Peltimikko (talk) 20:03, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I know :). I am going through the article now, making some changes. There are some points were the narrative is unclear, they will be added below as I come across them. Constantine ✍ 14:34, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Done see comments above. Peltimikko (talk) 19:34, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Aftermath of the Winter War will be published later. Peltimikko (talk) 19:37, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Otherwise, in terms of content covered, I think it is quite comprehensive. Constantine ✍ 13:10, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Further points:

Sweden, as the largest Scandinavian country, was the key to Scandinavian security. Other countries, Denmark and Norway, would have probably follow its decisions. So, Sweden = Scandinavia. 1920s Finland was a part of weak alliance of Poland and the Baltic countries, but it was over by late 1920s. I have not yet found the correct english name for the "alliance", maybe "Edge State Policy"?. Estonia is Finno-Ugric country, so close relations are natural. All small European countries had high expectations from the League in the 1920s, as it was meant to prevent wars and disarm. "Committee of Erich" was lead by Rafael Erich. Peltimikko (talk) 20:47, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It was top secret for public, but the Soviets probably knew most of it, as later it was a one of the demands in 1939 negotiations. But the Soviets did not know everything, for example the radio cable at the bottom of the sea, used later during Winter War. Read more Finnish–Estonian defense cooperation (needs also copy-editing). Peltimikko (talk) 20:47, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
British spelling would be best option. My not so sophisticated "broken english" from early years of the elementary school, can only stress that British use the word "lorry" and the Americans "truck". Peltimikko (talk) 20:47, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You are right about the "collapse", the claim should had a better sourced and explained. Though, we have to take consider that Russian Civil War and later Stalin's collectivization did couse huge famines, where at least the latter was deliberated (a part of the Stalin's ideological action to create new Soviet-human, no matter the human cost). "The world revolution" and "state interest relation to national security" is taken from a book by A.O. Chubaryan, Academnician from the Russian Academy of Sciences. But again, you are right, this section needs improvement. Peltimikko (talk) 18:40, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Peltimikko (talk) 18:40, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Last of the first phase negotiations were held winter 1939. Still, winter 1939 did not offer anything new, so title could remain the same (or change). Peltimikko (talk) 18:40, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Done On second thought, the title is changed and added a mention of Sten's department. Peltimikko (talk) 07:55, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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