Molotov
Cocktail: The drink
of the masses
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| lightin it up |
The Molotov cocktail
is a simple device aimed to cause damage through incendiary means.
The name was coined by the Finnish after soviet foreign minister ‘Vyacheslav Molotov’ who through the Ribbentrop–Molotov pact or Nazi–Soviet
pact made sure that Finland was to be under Soviet control. The Finnish
despite being invaded and in a fight for their survival was still able to mock ‘Vyacheslav’ through his propaganda.
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| Molotov bread basket |
The propaganda broadcasted on Soviet radio told that the
bombing missions rampaging Finland were humanitarian food efforts intended for
the starving neighboring countries. The Finnish
were not happy being having their country being invaded and bombed to oblivion.
Thus the Finnish dubbed the cluster
bombs from the raids Molotov bread baskets
and when the hand held fire bomb was created to combat the soviet tanks it was
aptly named the Molotov cocktail a
drink to go with the food.
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