<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War" id="mwdA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Winter War">Winter War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tolvajärvi" id="mwdQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Tolvajärvi">Battle of Tolvajärvi</a>, also known as the first major <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland" id="mwdg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Finland">Finnish</a> victory in the Winter War, begins.<sup about="#mwt76" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-13"}}' id="cite_ref-13" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_12#cite_note-13" id="mwdw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 13;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mweA">[13]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-13"><cite about="#mwt73" class="citation web cs1" id="mwBjA"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211212065935/http://www.winterwar.com/Battles/Tolvaj.htm" id="mwBjE" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The Battle of Tolvajärvi, 12 December 1939"</a>. <i id="mwBjI">Winterwar.com</i>. Archived from <a class="external text" href="http://www.winterwar.com/Battles/Tolvaj.htm" id="mwBjM" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">the original</a> on 12 December 2021<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBjQ">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBjU">8 December</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt73" class="Z3988" id="mwBjY" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Winterwar.com&amp;rft.atitle=The+Battle+of+Tolvaj%C3%A4rvi%2C+12+December+1939&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.winterwar.com%2FBattles%2FTolvaj.htm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+12"></span></span>