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The history of the Molotov cocktail, an iconic weapon of underdogs
The Finns responded by dubbing the bombs “Molotov’s bread baskets” and offered to provide drinks—or cocktails—to go with them. State liquor factories had already switched from making ...
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Molotov or mazel tov cocktail? How one of the world's most well-known weapons got its name
Exhibiting wit under fire, the Finns started referring to the cluster munitions dropped by the Soviets as "Molotov bread baskets." To complete the pairing, Finnish fighters started calling the ...
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From Nazi Resistance to Ferguson's Unrest: The Weird History of the Molotov Cocktail
Exhibiting a keen wit, the Finns thus dubbed Soviet cluster bombs “Molotov bread baskets” (the food) and named the improvised weapons that they were using against Soviet armor “Molotov ...
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The Molotov Cocktail: The Revolutionary’s Weapon of Choice
These Soviet munitions, which were incendiary in nature, were sarcastically called “Molotov’s bread baskets.” The Finn Army, badly outmatched by the Soviet Union’s war machine, resorted to ...
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Molotov: 6 facts about Stalin’s most devoted comrade who lived to almost 100
It was “a drink to go with food” – the bombs dropping on Finland were ironically called “Molotov bread baskets" because Molotov used to state that the USSR was dropping food over Finland.