[Finns]Talvisodan sotapäiväkirjat netissä

[Dowly]

Elikäs kuka nyt ei ole vielä kuullut/lukenut, niin Talvisodan aikaisten rykmenttien sotapäiväkirjoja on nyt digitalisoitu ja ne on vapaasti luettavissa täältä.

Harmi vaan että ei ole yleistä kategorisoitua hakua, vaan haku on tehtävä ns. täsmähakuna jonkun rykmentin nimellä. (ainakaan en huomannut mitään tollasta, kertokaa jos löytyy )

Todella mielenkiintoista tekstiä luettavana ja lisää laitetaan kokoajan. Toivottavasti tulevaisuudessa myös Jatkosodan kirjat saadaan luettavaksi.

EDIT: Noh... kyllä se sokeampikin joskus jotain löytää. Elikäs tässä linkki josta voi valita rykmentin/divisioonan päiväkirjan ilman että pitää erikseen etsiä nimellä: http://digi.narc.fi/digi/dosearch.ka?o=1

[JU_88]

Que?

[Dowly]

You must be worthy to be able to read that.

Ok ok, recently they started to digitalise war diaries for all the divisions and regiments that fought in the Winter War and now they have uploaded 3000+ diaries to the site I linked. But as they are all in finnish, I made the thread finnish as they are little use for anyone who doesnt understand finnish.

Thanks, interesting stuff. There is still plenty to learn about the war, from the little everyday things to the bigger political aspects.

[AVGWarhawk]

Teemu, diaries are the best reading! Any chance these might be uploaded in English?

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Teemu, diaries are the best reading! Any chance these might be uploaded in English?

Sadly, I doubt it. These are scans of the original documents, I think that translating and writing all of the 3000+ documents available in finnish would be too big of an task.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Sadly, I doubt it. These are scans of the original documents, I think that translating and writing all of the 3000+ documents available in finnish would be too big of an task.

Surely not for a man/ferret of your abilities....get crackin

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Sadly, I doubt it. These are scans of the original documents, I think that translating and writing all of the 3000+ documents available in finnish would be too big of an task.

Perhaps a babelfish program would translate the page? Perhaps you could call me and read me a bed time story over the phone since I can not read your language.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Perhaps a babelfish program would translate the page?

If you are willing to type all the document to babelfish. Like I said, they are scanned from the originals, i.e. handwritten pages. You cant just copy & paste them, now can you?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Perhaps you could call me and read me a bed time story

Majority seems to be typed. It's possible to transform scanned typed text into text files pretty quickly. Been there done that.

Not saying I'm going to transform these texts though. I'd suggest you learn basics of Finnish, most of the entries are stuff like "Morning tea", "Pointing artillery eastward", "Shooting", "Going to sleep" etc.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

...most of the entries are stuff like "Morning tea"

Sounds a very British way to fight a war...

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Dowly

If you are willing to type all the document to babelfish. Like I said, they are scanned from the originals, i.e. handwritten pages. You cant just copy & paste them, now can you?

Oh, I see. These are just being scanned from the originals correct? That makes sense. It does not relieve you of the bedtime stories as a result.

Originally Posted by Oberon

Sounds a very British way to fight a war...

We had morning tea when I was in the service. It's more like a breakfast but it's called morning tea. Unless you're in a guerilla unit and in the bush, then your morning tea will be the funny colored water from a near-by ditch. Just add water purification pills and shake.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

We had morning tea when I was in the service. It's more like a breakfast but it's called morning tea. Unless you're in a guerilla unit and in the bush, then your morning tea will be the funny colored water from a near-by ditch. Just add water purification pills and shake.

What sorta food do you have on the average morning tea?