<b>It’s well into the northern european winter season at the end of 1939. Five hundred thousand Russian Soviet Soldiers are making a collective push northwards, swarming the countryside as they go. They are armed to the hilt with tanks, explosives, machine guns, grenades and a staggeringly overwhelming number of troops. </b><br /><b></b><br /><b>But there is one thing that they didn’t count on, one thing that threatened to derail their entire military offensive altogether. And that one thing, was the humble sausage.</b><br /><br />-------------------<br /><br />Thank you to my brand-new supporters:<br /><br /><br /><ul><li>Josh Lovetere</li><li>Zachary Hedden</li></ul><br /><br />You too can support me on Patreon for just $2 a month: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/foodhistorypod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">patreon.com/foodhistorypod</a><br /><br />-------------------<br /><br />Sources for this episode's research:<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="https://www.history.com/news/the-bizarre-sausage-war-that-inspired-hitler" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.history.com/news/the-bizarre-sausage-war-that-inspired-hitler</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Varolampi_Pond" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Varolampi_Pond</a></li><li><a href="https://www.finlandatwar.com/the-sausage-war-an-army-marches-on-its-stomach/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.finlandatwar.com/the-sausage-war-an-army-marches-on-its-stomach/</a></li><li><a href="https://sofrep.com/news/sausage-war-when-hunger-got-the-best-of-the-soviets/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://sofrep.com/news/sausage-war-when-hunger-got-the-best-of-the-soviets/</a></li><li><a href="https://short-history.com/sausage-war-733d71767317" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://short-history.com/sausage-war-733d71767317</a></li><li><a href="https://pennytyrrellmcqueen.wixsite.com/togetherapart/single-post/2016/10/26/sausage-war" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://pennytyrrellmcqueen.wixsite.com/togetherapart/single-post/2016/10/26/sausage-war</a></li></ul><br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fantastic-history-of-food--3591729/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fantastic-history-of-food--3591729/support</a>.