Chapter 181
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March 24, 1941
Helsinki, the capital of Finland
"Haa, haa. Ugh…"
Finnish President Kyösti Kallio groaned in pain, hastily tossing medicine into his mouth and swallowing it with water.
"Mr. President…"
While Prime Minister Risto Ryti watched with a pained expression, President Kallio clutched his chest and endured the pain.
Having been beloved as a minister and prime minister who worked harder than anyone for his homeland of Finland, Kallio was burning the last of his flames as president, fighting the bleakest war in his nation's history.
The war between Finland and the Soviet Union, which in the original history was named the Winter War and ended in Finland's defeat in just four months despite its desperate struggle and lack of aid, was not yet over.