Continuation War, day by day. - Page 5

Dowly · 06-17-16, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

I bet Dowly will be getting some early nights now as we draw near to Barbarossa.

I wont be at home when it starts.

Von Due · 06-17-16, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

WHOLE of it?

That might be a tad too much.

Whole of it

It is one of the 2 best anti war novels I ever read. Packs a punch like a mule on steroids.

Ok, last paragraph will do

STEED · 06-17-16, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

I wont be at home when it starts.

Dowly · 06-17-16, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

Midsummer here, I spend it with my friends and family.

Von Due knows how it all goes, I shall give it to him.

You are welcome.

Schroeder · 06-17-16, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Midsummer here, I spend it with my friends and family.

But you probably won't remember it, right?

Dowly · 06-17-16, 03:47 PM

I do apologize Von Due, I misread what you said. I am after all just a drunk Finn.

I cannot give you the last phrase of the book as I am not fortunate enough to have both copies of it. I own two copes, both from my grandfather's, but neither of them are the 'real deal' (both are the movie version).

Sorry, if there was misunderstandment, that was on me.

-Dowly

PS. You still stink bad

Von Due · 06-17-16, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

I do apologize Von Due

Huh?

You lost me but do carry on with this thread.

Dowly · 06-17-16, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Von Due

Huh?

You lost me but do carry on with this thread.

Must be a translation error, at any rate

.

Dowly · 06-20-16, 03:17 AM

20 June 1941

Evacuation of towns near the southeast border begins at 8 o'clock in the morning.

Squadron X is formed in Vaasa. Their task is maritime reconnaissance over Gulf of Bothnia.

Dowly · 06-21-16, 04:55 AM

21 June 1941

Discussing with leaders of the political parties, President Ryti says that he believes war will start on the 23rd of June.

In Helsinki, Finnish Army's blood donors are asked to register their current address and phone number to the blood bank.

German General of the Infantry Waldemar Erfurth laying a wreath to a memorial of German soldiers killed in the Finnish Civil War of 1918. (Helsinki)
The inscription reads:
Den in Kampf um Helsingfors im April 1918 gefallenen Deutschen
Helden Errichtete dieses Denkmal die dankbare Stadt

Dowly · 06-22-16, 02:06 AM

22 June 1941

Operation Barbarossa begins in the early hours.

Airfields at Utti, Malmi and Vaasa are reserved for use by Luftwaffe bombers returning from their sorties over Russia.

Finnish submarines Vetehinen, Vesihiisi and Iku-Turso mine parts of Gulf of Finland and the coast of Estonia in a secret operation.

Operaatio Kilpapurjehdus (=op. Regatta) - the militarization of the Åland Islands - begins at 0430hrs.

23 ships are involved in transporting Infantry Regiment 14 and Light Battery 14 to the islands.

Soviet planes attack the ships and the Älskar Fortress, causing only minor damage.

16 men from Detachment Marttina are flown to White Karelia to destroy the locks of the Stalin White Sea-Baltic Canal.

The canal turns out to be too well guarded and the group abandon their mission. On their return trek they cut the Murmansk railroad.

They return on 11/7 with two men lost.

Finnish and German forces in June.

STEED · 06-22-16, 06:53 AM

And we are off the blocks.

Go Dowly Go..more more more.

If Germany and her Allies won what was Finland going to get as a reward in taking part?

Dowly · 06-22-16, 08:38 AM

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And we are off the blocks.

Go Dowly Go..more more more.

No! Too much candy for one day!

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If Germany and her Allies won what was Finland going to get as a reward in taking part?

Ask 5 people and you get 5 different answers.

Plenty of officials of various types made statements to the Germans, though these were more in a way of personal opinions. I don't think there are any official documents available that show the intentions of those in power in regards to this question.

The White (or Viena) Karelia would have been one area for sure along with East Karelia. Both of which Mannerheim mentions in his 'Sword Scabbard' order of 1918 and again in 1941:

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"... In 1918 during the War of Liberation I stated to the Finnish and Viena Karelians, that I would not set my sword to the scabbard before Finland and East Karelia would be free."

Possible the Kola Peninsula as well.

Schroeder · 06-22-16, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by STEED

If Germany and her Allies won what was Finland going to get as a reward in taking part?

A painting by Hitler.

STEED · 06-22-16, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

No! Too much candy for one day!

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Ask 5 people and you get 5 different answers.

Plenty of officials of various types made statements to the Germans, though these were more in a way of personal opinions. I don't think there are any official documents available that show the intentions of those in power in regards to this question.

Shame.

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A painting by Hitler.

Is that it!...No nude statue of him holding the flag in one hand and a sword in the other standing on a tank with a good helping of fig leafs.

06-22-16, 06:53 AM	#72
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06-17-16, 03:47 PM	#66
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,004 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I do apologize Von Due, I misread what you said. I am after all just a drunk Finn. I cannot give you the last phrase of the book as I am not fortunate enough to have both copies of it. I own two copes, both from my grandfather's, but neither of them are the 'real deal' (both are the movie version). Sorry, if there was misunderstandment, that was on me. -Dowly PS. You still stink bad

06-20-16, 03:17 AM	#69
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,004 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	20 June 1941 Evacuation of towns near the southeast border begins at 8 o'clock in the morning. Squadron X is formed in Vaasa. Their task is maritime reconnaissance over Gulf of Bothnia.

06-21-16, 04:55 AM	#70
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,004 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	21 June 1941 Discussing with leaders of the political parties, President Ryti says that he believes war will start on the 23rd of June. In Helsinki, Finnish Army's blood donors are asked to register their current address and phone number to the blood bank. German General of the Infantry Waldemar Erfurth laying a wreath to a memorial of German soldiers killed in the Finnish Civil War of 1918. (Helsinki) The inscription reads: Den in Kampf um Helsingfors im April 1918 gefallenen Deutschen Helden Errichtete dieses Denkmal die dankbare Stadt

06-22-16, 02:06 AM	#71
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,004 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	22 June 1941 Operation Barbarossa begins in the early hours. Airfields at Utti, Malmi and Vaasa are reserved for use by Luftwaffe bombers returning from their sorties over Russia. Finnish submarines Vetehinen, Vesihiisi and Iku-Turso mine parts of Gulf of Finland and the coast of Estonia in a secret operation. Operaatio Kilpapurjehdus (=op. Regatta) - the militarization of the Åland Islands - begins at 0430hrs. 23 ships are involved in transporting Infantry Regiment 14 and Light Battery 14 to the islands. Soviet planes attack the ships and the Älskar Fortress, causing only minor damage. 16 men from Detachment Marttina are flown to White Karelia to destroy the locks of the Stalin White Sea-Baltic Canal. The canal turns out to be too well guarded and the group abandon their mission. On their return trek they cut the Murmansk railroad. They return on 11/7 with two men lost. Finnish and German forces in June.