Went here today.(24th July) Talvisotamuseo | Raatteen Portti Here's some photos. One of those great Finnish museums that is just full of stuff.
On 17th July we went here. Full of interesting stuff. Everything relating to Finnish infantry from their Civil war through WW2 ( including one...
As some of you may know I went here on 10th July. Finnish Defence Forces - 100 Years at War and Peace - Sotamuseo Military Museum of Finland Here...
Stumbled across this museum today. Sadly we found it on the only day of the week it's closed. Kollaa ja Simo Häyhä -museon nettisivut Simo Häyhä...
Stalin tried to take Finland and failed. Any parallels to the Ukraine war of today? Stefan.
I was reading about the winter war and all the different tanks the Finnish operated. They certainly had a mix lots of different French even char...
In many WW2 theatres the use of railways was critical to the maintenance of logistics, and thus became a target for the opposing side. A key...
A song and video to honor those who served during the Battle Of the Bulge. Bells of Home is the title track on Circa Blue's 2016 Christmas Album...
I've been researching the volunteers who signed up to go to Finland before the start of the war but who ended up in Sweden instead; my father in...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02prmgr More than 50 first-hand accounts of significant moments in WW2. Looking back at almost six years of...
Good Evening! I am doing some research on the Finnish Army during the Second World War (1939-40) and wondered if anybody could help in pointing...
This is a little known and very short-lived unit, which was formed in response to the plight of the Finns in the Winter War with the Russians....
Last summer i made a trip to Salpa Line museum, here some photos from that trip. Panssari -Tanks and armored vehicles / Salpalinja
Seems that the Swedes provided some assistance to the Finns in the Winter War in the form of squadron F.19. They fought for 62 days and flew...
Whilst ruminating through the thread about Norway in 1945 and the Soviet Offensive, I thought about the Finnish Army and came across some links to...
Managed to answer some questions I had about this by finding this site. http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=6299 One point struck me as...
A day-by-day record of events commencing with the invasion of Finland by Soviet forces. See: The Winter War 1939-1940
First of all I'm totally new to this site so forgive any errors of placing, protocol or whatever. I (aged 58) have just received a box containing...
Is anything known in Poland about the Anglo-French plan in early 1939 to aid Finland in the Winter War? From official documents that I have been...
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