Did Stalin kill all Soviet officers involved in the Winter War?
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Wikipedia article on the Winter War
The 3 top Soviet officers (apart from Stalin):
Kliment Voroshilov: died 2 December 1969.
Semyon Timoshenko: died 31 March 1970.
Kirill Meretskov: died 30 December 1968.
Since Stalin died 5 March 1953, it is rather obvious that there were officers (at least three of them!) involved in the Winter War who were not executed (Voroshilov was sacked from his post, though).
The claim is false.
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The head commander, Meretskov, was promoted after the winter war, in spite of all his inability. So, definitely, the answer is "no".
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Certainly not "all officers", but some:
According to Robert Edwards, the [44th] division's Commander A. Vinogradev managed to escape, but later, on the orders of Stalin's emissary, Lev Mekhlis, he was shot for incompetence following a sham trial. [...]
Other records suggest that Commander (kombrig) Alexei Vinogradov was sentenced in January 1940 to the Highest Degree of Punishment (VMN) by the Military Tribunal of the 9th Army along with his chief of staff Onufri Volkov. On January 11 he was publicly executed in front of [the] formation.
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