Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine is remarkably similar to Josef Stalin’s war against Finland — the Winter War of 1939-1940 — which began on...

Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine is remarkably similar to Josef Stalin’s war against Finland — the Winter War of 1939-1940 — which began on November 30, 1939, 86 years ago this week. Putin’s war is similar to Stalin’s war in why he started it, how it went and what the world thought of it. It could also be similar in how it ends. After three and a half months of war, Finland gave up 11 percent of its territory and allowed the Russian navy to have a large base on the southwestern Finnish coast. At the time, the settlement was denounced as a surrender. James A. Wood, associate editor of the Seattle Times, saw nothing good in...

Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine is remarkably similar to Josef Stalin’s war against Finland — the Winter War of 1939-1940 — which began on November 30, 1939, 86 years ago this week. Putin’s war is similar to Stalin’s war in why he started it, how it went and what the world thought of it. It could also be similar in how it ends. After three and a half months of war, Finland gave up 11 percent of its territory and allowed the Russian navy to have a large base on the southwestern Finnish coast. At the time, the settlement was denounced as a surrender. James A. Wood, associate editor of the Seattle Times, saw nothing good in...