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Let us suppose that the allies moved far more quickly to intervene and deceided to conduct an amphibious operation in northern Finland. The Admiralty provided 2 battleships,1 aircraft carrier,1 heavy cruiser,3 light/aa cruisers and 9 escorts. The French attached 2 cruisers, 5 destroyers and the Poles also provided 2 destroyers. The landing force consisted of a British division with an attached Matilda battalion, French Division ( Legionnaires, Alpine and mountain) and a small Polish Division.
The Soviets were not expecting the allies to land feeling that it was all talk and no action. Thus they were shocked when gunfire from the sea began to hit their positiond in the Finnish port. It seems that the Finns had provided intelligence. The allies forces landed and quickly overwhelmed the stunned soviet force command and the red forces surrendered in droves.
The British commander was in a hurry to get all of the forces in place as well as to land supplies for the Finnish Army. On board were more than 100,000 rifles plus ammunition for them as well as 100 artillery pieces. These would allow the Finnish army to replace damaged equipment and arm more troops and volunteers. The artillery pieces would help to replace guns lost and help to adjust the embalance.
Additional help was on the way as Hungarian volunteers were being helped to get to Finland by the British government.
The Royal Navy's planes conducted a stunning surprise attack on Murmmask blocking the port. Stalin would have been stunned except that the British had also struck at the radio and telegraph communications with the south.
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