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Molotov cocktails

A civilian trains to throw Molotov cocktails to defend the city, in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

In case someone doesn't know the name's russian invasion connections:

The name "Molotov cocktail" was coined by the Finns during the Winter War in 1939.

The name's origin came from the propaganda Molotov produced during the Winter War, mainly his declaration on Soviet state radio that incendiary bombing missions over Finland were actually "airborne humanitarian food deliveries" for their "starving" neighbours. As a result, the Finns sarcastically dubbed the Soviet incendiary cluster bombs "Molotov bread baskets" (Finnish: Molotovin leipäkori) in reference to Molotov's propaganda broadcasts. When the hand-held bottle firebomb was developed to attack and destroy Soviet tanks, the Finns called it the "Molotov cocktail", as "a drink to go with his food parcels".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov_cocktail