This name was derived during the Winter War when the Finns employed this weapon to disable Soviet tanks.
This name was derived during the Winter War when the Finns employed this weapon to disable Soviet tanks. The name mocked this namesake People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs after he claimed that they were not bombing the Finnish, but delivering food to the starving people. The Finns responded by throwing this mixture at Soviet tanks "to go with the food." Eventually the Finnish alcohol giant ALKO mass produced them. For ten points, name this term, now used to describe generic improvised incendiary weapons.
This name was derived during the Winter War when the Finns employed this weapon to disable Soviet tanks.
{Molotov }Cocktail