Continuation War, day by day. - Page 27

Dowly · 10-20-17, 07:18 AM

14 October 1942

The Battle of Stalingrad reaches its peak.

Finnish daily losses: 21

Marshal Mannerheim inspects new defensive positions in Vammelsuu.

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15 October 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 15

Convoy on Sea of Åland.

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16 October 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 18

German medical staff visiting a hospital in Helsinki.

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17 October 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 29

Russian propaganda poster, the caption reads: "While you lie in the trenches, the Germans chase after your wifes back home."

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18 October 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 21

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19 October 1942

Red Army begins its counter-attack at Stalingrad.

Finnish daily losses: 7

Gunboat 'Hämeenmaa'.

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20 October 1942

There are 17,640 war orphans in Finland so far.

Finnish daily losses: 15

German Siebel ferry on lake Ladoga.

Dowly · 10-27-17, 03:55 AM

21 October 1942

Finnish submarine "Vesihiisi" sinks Soviet submarine S-7 on the Sea of Åland. Four men are picked up from the sea including the submarine's commander Sergei Prokofjevitš Lisin.

Code:

21.10.1942

1926hrs - Submarine spotted bearing 195, heading 330. Speed about 12kts. Began attack on surface.
1941hrs - Tube #1 fired at a distance of about 3000 meters.
1942-1944hrs - Opened fire with our deck gun. Big explosion observed on the aft of the enemy submarine. Our shells had fallen short, so it must have been the torpedo. Submarine sank.
1946hrs - Oil slick spotted ahead of us, cries for help heard.
1947hrs - Began picking up survivors from the sea.
2010hrs - Picked up one officer and three crew. No further survivors observed.
2013hrs - Heading back to base.

Finnish Air Force forms a radio intelligence company.

Finnish daily losses: 16

German Flak-tower under construction in Rovaniemi.

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22 October 1942

Operation "House Elf" fails on Lake Ladoga.

The joint operation between Finnish, German and Italian forces aimed to capture the island of Suho on southern Ladoga. 61 men are lost in the operation.

German and Italian forces abandon their operations on Lake Ladoga, leaving four Italian MAS boats to Finnish use.

Finnish daily losses: 21

View from fire support position "Mascot". (Riihiö)

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23 October 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 20

Camouflaged Gloster Gladiator. (Hirvas)

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24 October 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 18

Foggy Nurmoila village.

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25 October 1942

Russian ambassador Boris Jartsev hints to a Swedish reporter that the Soviet Union might be interested in a separate peace with Finland. The information is passed on to Finland's President and Foreign Minister.

Finnish daily losses: 33

Burial of two Finnish soldiers killed in the Winter War whose bodies have only recently been recovered. (Viipuri)

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26 October 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 35

Men from an unspecified unit pose infront of their dugout. (Lempaala)

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27 October 1942

Finnish submarine "Iku-Turso" sinks Soviet submarine Štš-320 on the Sea of Åland. There are no survivors.

Code:

26.10.1942

1940hrs - Alarm! Enemy submarine spotted ~100 meters ahead of us, heading 320. It passed by within 30 meters. Opened fire on it with our 20mm Madsen cannon. After about 50 rounds we stopped firing since we lost the submarine, presumably it had dived. No hydrophone contact.
2030hrs - Hydrophone picked it up and we are following.
2351hrs - Enemy submarine broke surface. Ordered flank speed towards it.
2355hrs - Enemy submarine now completely surfaced, heading east.
2358hrs - Fired two bow tubes.

27.10.42

0000hrs - Opened fire with our Bofors gun. Five rounds.
0001hrs - Two torpedo hits observed, one amidship and the other aft. Enemy sank quickly. Continued towards the sinking site at flank speed.
0130hrs - "Vetehinen" arrived at the site as well.
0240hrs - Observed a large oil slick.
0315hrs - Began return trip to base.

Finnish daily losses: 15

Submarines "Vesihiisi" and "Iku-Turso" photographed in Toppila on July 14th, 1934.

Dowly · 10-27-17, 10:59 AM

I recall there being some interest on the Finnish SS-volunteers (Steed?), here are some photos from the book "Suomalaisena SS-miehenä itärintamalla - Herkko Kosonen aseveljineen Wiking-divisioonassa."*

Stralsund, May 1941. Group of volunteers dressed in their uniforms. The uniforms were surplus ones, which explains the Totenkopf collar tabs; these were later changed to the SS runes. (training period)

SS-Schütze Herkko Kosonen. (Stralsund, May 1941)

Graves of Westland regiment's soldiers, including the first Finn to die: Aulis Gröndahl, in Husiatyn on July 7th, 1941.

From left: Penna Konttinen, Pentti Maunula, Kyösti Virtaniemi, Tauno Lammi and Sakari Pöyhönen on the grave of Osmo Kauppinen who fell on July 22nd 1941 in Lukjanowsk, Ukraine.

There is plenty more photos and diary entries in the book, if there is interest.

*Translated: "As a Finnish Waffen-SS volunteer on the eastern front - Herkko Kosonen and his comrades in the Wiking division."

Dowly · 11-01-17, 05:45 AM

Map of Battle for Suursaari added to post #322, 28th of March.

sublynx · 11-02-17, 12:19 PM

That Lt. Penttilä looks about 15 years older in the after the patrol picture. Reminds me of these before and after pictures of Scottish soldiers who fought in Afghanistan:

http://www.upworthy.com/mesmerizing-...nd-after-a-war

Dowly · 11-02-17, 03:10 PM

Yes, I noted the same. Perhaps it is just a different angle, or somenthing.

All the photos I post are from SA-kuva.fi and from the date I am writing about, other photos I mark with the date.

11-02-17, 04:29 PM

28 October 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 24

AAA emplacement. (11.D/Svir front)

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29 October 1942

Over 20 people are arrested in Tampere and charged with sabotage. At their peak, they would carry up to 11 bomb attacks simultaneously. The leader of the group, Pellervo Takatalo is sentenced to death, but the supreme court commutes her sentence to life in "kuritushuone"*.

*"Kuritushuone" was a way of punishing prisoners by restricting their contact with other inmates. Kind of like solidary confinement.

Finnish daily losses: 21

Trench conditions in Termola.

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30 October 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 25

Lieutenant Autio and 2nd Lieutenant Cadolin at base "Fingertip". (Rajajoki)

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31 October 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 13

Italian MAS-boat being loaded onto a train. (Lahdenpohja)

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1 November 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 16

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2 November 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 13

A pioneer placing a pipemine. (Äänisjärvi)

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3 November 1942

The German-Finnish Association is formed in Berlin.

Finnish daily losses: 16

Schroeder · 11-02-17, 07:19 PM

Do you want to make Dowly unemployed?

Dowly · 11-03-17, 12:47 PM

Damn Krauts, coming here and taking our jobs!

EDIT:

Info about the LRRP and Sissi units:

Finland's armoured forces:

Dowly · 11-10-17, 03:06 AM

4 November 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 27

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5 November 1942

Submarine "Vetehinen" rams and sinks Soviet submarine Štš-305 on the Sea of Åland.

Finnish daily losses: 14

Russian desant meets his end. (Rukajärvi)

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6 November 1942

Finland turns over eight Jews to the Germans.

Finnish daily losses: 12

Russian soldier killed and cannibalized by his comrades. (Seesjärvi)

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7 November 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 28

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8 November 1942

A lone enemy plane hits Helsinki, dropping two bombs. The second bomb hits a tram track, propelling fragments in all directions killing 45 people and wounding over 120 who were leaving a nearby cinema.

The Chief Physician of Mikkeli's military hospital Sigurd Althan is shot at his villa where Mannerheim often visits. The man, dressed in Finnish uniform, attacks Althan and in the ensuing scuffle shoots him in the head. It is suspected that the man was a Soviet desant, aiming to kill Mannerheim.

The Finnish HQ orders that all officers are to carry a sidearm from now on.

Finnish daily losses: 26

Bomb damage in Helsinki.

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9 November 1942

On the Svir front at Shemensk, Russian planes begin to attack Finnish positions at 0130hrs followed by a battalion sized infantry assault at 0300hrs. By noon, the Finnish IR 61 has been forced to retreat from parts of their section. The positions are however recaptured later in the day by a Finnish counter-attack.

Finnish daily losses: 39

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10 November 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 13

Finnish guns firing at night. (Svir front)

Dowly · 11-17-17, 03:11 AM

11 November 1942

Finns recapture 2/3 of base "Kako" on the Svir front which had fallen to the enemy earlier.

Much of the gains are lost again by evening.

Finnish daily losses: 65

Finns storming base "Kako". (Svir front)

Wounded soldier watching the attack play out.

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12 November 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 30

Lieutenant-Colonel Marttinen of IR 61 leading the battle. (Svir front)

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13 November 1942

Attacks from base "Kako" by the enemy are repelled on the Svir front.

Finnish daily losses: 20

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14 November 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 25

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15 November 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 20

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16 November 1942

Finnish HQ orders the founding of Kindred Battalion 3 (Heimopataljoona 3) from Finnic POWs.

Finnish daily losses: 13

A young replacement. (Svir front)

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17 November 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 22

Staff Sergeants Mörö and Suoranta, both Mannerheim Cross Knights.
EDIT: Both men got their Crosses for their service in a LRRP unit.

Dowly · 11-17-17, 05:37 AM

Quick overview of Finnish Air Forces:

Dowly · 11-24-17, 02:53 AM

18 November 1942

Finnish motor torpedo boats hit Lavansaari and sink gunboat Krasnoye Znamya.

Finnish daily losses: 10

MG position in IR 22's sector on Svir front.

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19 November 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 15

View towards enemy positions across lake Kapujärvi. (Lempaala)

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20 November 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 12

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21 November 1942

According to an overview by the Finnish HQ, the morale of the frontline soldiers remains relatively high, especially new recruits are in high spirits and eager to get to the front.

Finnish daily losses: 17

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22 November 1942

The German Sixth Army becomes encircled in Stalingrad.

Finnish daily losses: 16

Runway lights being lit. (Onttola, Joensuu)

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23 November 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 18

AA guns firing in the night. (Helsinki)

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24 November 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 16

Bombing damage in Helsinki.

Dowly · 11-30-17, 02:12 PM

I may suffer from self-inflicted headache and general tiredness tomorrow (

), so I'll post this a day early.

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25 November 1942

On the Karelian Isthmus at Leimasaari, approximately 50-man size enemy force that tried to get to Finnish positions under cover of a blizzard is pushed back.

Finnish daily losses: 17

FAF Bleinheim's over Joensuu.

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26 November 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 22

Winter has arrived to Rukajärvi.

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27 November 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 17

Replacements marching to the front. (Kriv)

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28 November 1942

A total of 21 enemy patrols and four attacks have been repelled during the day on the Karelian Isthmus.

Finnish daily losses: 11

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29 November 1942

On the Maaselkä Isthmus, the enemy attacked with two companies in the Leppäjoki area and reached the Finnish trenches. After an hour of fighting the Finns had recaptured their positions.

Finnish daily losses: 21

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30 November 1942

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 10

Twelve-year-old Corporal Nestori Lindström who has earned his stripes as a messenger during the ongoing war. (Uhtua area)

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1 December 1942

After talking with the Germans, Finland declines the 25 October (#392) offer of opening peace negotiations with the Soviet Union.

Finnish daily losses: 18

Schroeder · 11-30-17, 06:51 PM

You recruited 12 year olds?

When the Nazis did that here it was a last ditch effort.

10-27-17, 03:55 AM	#392
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	21 October 1942 Finnish submarine "Vesihiisi" sinks Soviet submarine S-7 on the Sea of Åland. Four men are picked up from the sea including the submarine's commander Sergei Prokofjevitš Lisin. Code: 21.10.1942 1926hrs - Submarine spotted bearing 195, heading 330. Speed about 12kts. Began attack on surface. 1941hrs - Tube #1 fired at a distance of about 3000 meters. 1942-1944hrs - Opened fire with our deck gun. Big explosion observed on the aft of the enemy submarine. Our shells had fallen short, so it must have been the torpedo. Submarine sank. 1946hrs - Oil slick spotted ahead of us, cries for help heard. 1947hrs - Began picking up survivors from the sea. 2010hrs - Picked up one officer and three crew. No further survivors observed. 2013hrs - Heading back to base. Finnish Air Force forms a radio intelligence company. Finnish daily losses: 16 German Flak-tower under construction in Rovaniemi. * 22 October 1942 Operation "House Elf" fails on Lake Ladoga. The joint operation between Finnish, German and Italian forces aimed to capture the island of Suho on southern Ladoga. 61 men are lost in the operation. German and Italian forces abandon their operations on Lake Ladoga, leaving four Italian MAS boats to Finnish use. Finnish daily losses: 21 View from fire support position "Mascot". (Riihiö) * 23 October 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 20 Camouflaged Gloster Gladiator. (Hirvas) * 24 October 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 18 Foggy Nurmoila village. * 25 October 1942 Russian ambassador Boris Jartsev hints to a Swedish reporter that the Soviet Union might be interested in a separate peace with Finland. The information is passed on to Finland's President and Foreign Minister. Finnish daily losses: 33 Burial of two Finnish soldiers killed in the Winter War whose bodies have only recently been recovered. (Viipuri) * 26 October 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 35 Men from an unspecified unit pose infront of their dugout. (Lempaala) * 27 October 1942 Finnish submarine "Iku-Turso" sinks Soviet submarine Štš-320 on the Sea of Åland. There are no survivors. Code: 26.10.1942 1940hrs - Alarm! Enemy submarine spotted ~100 meters ahead of us, heading 320. It passed by within 30 meters. Opened fire on it with our 20mm Madsen cannon. After about 50 rounds we stopped firing since we lost the submarine, presumably it had dived. No hydrophone contact. 2030hrs - Hydrophone picked it up and we are following. 2351hrs - Enemy submarine broke surface. Ordered flank speed towards it. 2355hrs - Enemy submarine now completely surfaced, heading east. 2358hrs - Fired two bow tubes. 27.10.42 0000hrs - Opened fire with our Bofors gun. Five rounds. 0001hrs - Two torpedo hits observed, one amidship and the other aft. Enemy sank quickly. Continued towards the sinking site at flank speed. 0130hrs - "Vetehinen" arrived at the site as well. 0240hrs - Observed a large oil slick. 0315hrs - Began return trip to base. Finnish daily losses: 15 Submarines "Vesihiisi" and "Iku-Turso" photographed in Toppila on July 14th, 1934. Last edited by Dowly; 10-27-17 at 06:04 AM.

11-02-17, 12:19 PM	#395
sublynx Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: In the conning tower of my VIIC scanning the sea through the periscope Posts: 1,698 Downloads: 173 Uploads: 7	That Lt. Penttilä looks about 15 years older in the after the patrol picture. Reminds me of these before and after pictures of Scottish soldiers who fought in Afghanistan: http://www.upworthy.com/mesmerizing-...nd-after-a-war __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] NYGM+H.sie v16+Stiebler 4C+MaGui WS

11-02-17, 07:19 PM	#398
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Do you want to make Dowly unemployed? __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

11-03-17, 12:47 PM	#399
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Damn Krauts, coming here and taking our jobs! EDIT: Info about the LRRP and Sissi units: Finland's armoured forces: Last edited by Dowly; 11-03-17 at 01:39 PM.

11-17-17, 03:11 AM	#401
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	11 November 1942 Finns recapture 2/3 of base "Kako" on the Svir front which had fallen to the enemy earlier. Much of the gains are lost again by evening. Finnish daily losses: 65 Finns storming base "Kako". (Svir front) Wounded soldier watching the attack play out. * 12 November 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 30 Lieutenant-Colonel Marttinen of IR 61 leading the battle. (Svir front) * 13 November 1942 Attacks from base "Kako" by the enemy are repelled on the Svir front. Finnish daily losses: 20 * 14 November 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 25 * 15 November 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 20 * 16 November 1942 Finnish HQ orders the founding of Kindred Battalion 3 (Heimopataljoona 3) from Finnic POWs. Finnish daily losses: 13 A young replacement. (Svir front) * 17 November 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 22 Staff Sergeants Mörö and Suoranta, both Mannerheim Cross Knights. EDIT: Both men got their Crosses for their service in a LRRP unit. Last edited by Dowly; 11-17-17 at 04:57 AM.

10-20-17, 07:18 AM	#391
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	14 October 1942 The Battle of Stalingrad reaches its peak. Finnish daily losses: 21 Marshal Mannerheim inspects new defensive positions in Vammelsuu. * 15 October 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 15 Convoy on Sea of Åland. * 16 October 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 18 German medical staff visiting a hospital in Helsinki. * 17 October 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 29 Russian propaganda poster, the caption reads: "While you lie in the trenches, the Germans chase after your wifes back home." * 18 October 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 21 * 19 October 1942 Red Army begins its counter-attack at Stalingrad. Finnish daily losses: 7 Gunboat 'Hämeenmaa'. * 20 October 1942 There are 17,640 war orphans in Finland so far. Finnish daily losses: 15 German Siebel ferry on lake Ladoga.

10-27-17, 10:59 AM	#393
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I recall there being some interest on the Finnish SS-volunteers (Steed?), here are some photos from the book "Suomalaisena SS-miehenä itärintamalla - Herkko Kosonen aseveljineen Wiking-divisioonassa."* Stralsund, May 1941. Group of volunteers dressed in their uniforms. The uniforms were surplus ones, which explains the Totenkopf collar tabs; these were later changed to the SS runes. (training period) SS-Schütze Herkko Kosonen. (Stralsund, May 1941) Graves of Westland regiment's soldiers, including the first Finn to die: Aulis Gröndahl, in Husiatyn on July 7th, 1941. From left: Penna Konttinen, Pentti Maunula, Kyösti Virtaniemi, Tauno Lammi and Sakari Pöyhönen on the grave of Osmo Kauppinen who fell on July 22nd 1941 in Lukjanowsk, Ukraine. There is plenty more photos and diary entries in the book, if there is interest. Translated: "As a Finnish Waffen-SS volunteer on the eastern front - Herkko Kosonen and his comrades in the Wiking division.*"

11-01-17, 05:45 AM	#394
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Map of Battle for Suursaari added to post #322, 28th of March.

11-02-17, 03:10 PM	#396
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Yes, I noted the same. Perhaps it is just a different angle, or somenthing. All the photos I post are from SA-kuva.fi and from the date I am writing about, other photos I mark with the date.

11-02-17, 04:29 PM	#397
Nippelspanner Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	28 October 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 24 AAA emplacement. (11.D/Svir front) *** 29 October 1942 Over 20 people are arrested in Tampere and charged with sabotage. At their peak, they would carry up to 11 bomb attacks simultaneously. The leader of the group, Pellervo Takatalo is sentenced to death, but the supreme court commutes her sentence to life in "kuritushuone". "Kuritushuone" was a way of punishing prisoners by restricting their contact with other inmates. Kind of like solidary confinement. Finnish daily losses: 21 Trench conditions in Termola. * 30 October 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 25 Lieutenant Autio and 2nd Lieutenant Cadolin at base "Fingertip". (Rajajoki) * 31 October 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 13 Italian MAS-boat being loaded onto a train. (Lahdenpohja) * 1 November 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 16 * 2 November 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 13 A pioneer placing a pipemine. (Äänisjärvi) *** 3 November 1942 The German-Finnish Association is formed in Berlin. Finnish daily losses: 16

11-10-17, 03:06 AM	#400
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	4 November 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 27 * 5 November 1942 Submarine "Vetehinen" rams and sinks Soviet submarine Štš-305 on the Sea of Åland. Finnish daily losses: 14 Russian desant meets his end. (Rukajärvi) * 6 November 1942 Finland turns over eight Jews to the Germans. Finnish daily losses: 12 Russian soldier killed and cannibalized by his comrades. (Seesjärvi) * 7 November 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 28 * 8 November 1942 A lone enemy plane hits Helsinki, dropping two bombs. The second bomb hits a tram track, propelling fragments in all directions killing 45 people and wounding over 120 who were leaving a nearby cinema. The Chief Physician of Mikkeli's military hospital Sigurd Althan is shot at his villa where Mannerheim often visits. The man, dressed in Finnish uniform, attacks Althan and in the ensuing scuffle shoots him in the head. It is suspected that the man was a Soviet desant, aiming to kill Mannerheim. The Finnish HQ orders that all officers are to carry a sidearm from now on. Finnish daily losses: 26 Bomb damage in Helsinki. * 9 November 1942 On the Svir front at Shemensk, Russian planes begin to attack Finnish positions at 0130hrs followed by a battalion sized infantry assault at 0300hrs. By noon, the Finnish IR 61 has been forced to retreat from parts of their section. The positions are however recaptured later in the day by a Finnish counter-attack. Finnish daily losses: 39 * 10 November 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 13 Finnish guns firing at night. (Svir front)

11-17-17, 05:37 AM	#402
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Quick overview of Finnish Air Forces:

11-24-17, 02:53 AM	#403
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	18 November 1942 Finnish motor torpedo boats hit Lavansaari and sink gunboat Krasnoye Znamya. Finnish daily losses: 10 MG position in IR 22's sector on Svir front. * 19 November 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 15 View towards enemy positions across lake Kapujärvi. (Lempaala) * 20 November 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 12 * 21 November 1942 According to an overview by the Finnish HQ, the morale of the frontline soldiers remains relatively high, especially new recruits are in high spirits and eager to get to the front. Finnish daily losses: 17 * 22 November 1942 The German Sixth Army becomes encircled in Stalingrad. Finnish daily losses: 16 Runway lights being lit. (Onttola, Joensuu) * 23 November 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 18 AA guns firing in the night. (Helsinki) * 24 November 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 16 Bombing damage in Helsinki.

11-30-17, 02:12 PM	#404
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I may suffer from self-inflicted headache and general tiredness tomorrow (), so I'll post this a day early. * 25 November 1942 On the Karelian Isthmus at Leimasaari, approximately 50-man size enemy force that tried to get to Finnish positions under cover of a blizzard is pushed back. Finnish daily losses: 17 FAF Bleinheim's over Joensuu. * 26 November 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 22 Winter has arrived to Rukajärvi. * 27 November 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 17 Replacements marching to the front. (Kriv) * 28 November 1942 A total of 21 enemy patrols and four attacks have been repelled during the day on the Karelian Isthmus. Finnish daily losses: 11 * 29 November 1942 On the Maaselkä Isthmus, the enemy attacked with two companies in the Leppäjoki area and reached the Finnish trenches. After an hour of fighting the Finns had recaptured their positions. Finnish daily losses: 21 * 30 November 1942 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 10 Twelve-year-old Corporal Nestori Lindström who has earned his stripes as a messenger during the ongoing war. (Uhtua area) *** 1 December 1942 After talking with the Germans, Finland declines the 25 October (#392) offer of opening peace negotiations with the Soviet Union. Finnish daily losses: 18

11-30-17, 06:51 PM	#405
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	You recruited 12 year olds? When the Nazis did that here it was a last ditch effort. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.