 The Winter War was a political success for the Germans . Both the Red Army and the League of Nations were humiliated , and the Allied Supreme War Council had been revealed to be chaotic and powerless . However , the German policy of neutrality was not popular in the homeland , and relations with Italy had suffered badly . After the Peace of Moscow , Germany did not hesitate to move to improve ties with Finland , and within two weeks Finno @-@ German relations were at the top of the agenda . 
