Winter War 70th anniversary

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Originally Posted by Letum

Kptlt. Hellmut Neuerbur:
Those Images are far to big for the forum. Could you link them instead please?


Interesting history Finland has.
Always between rocks and hard places.

Ok I resized the photos.
And its very true that Finland has had a long and difficult history, considering that both its Sweden and Russia where fomer owners of Finland. Finnish History in a nutshell: Finland was a part of the Swedish Empire. During the 18th Century two wars between Sweden and Russia, Finland was occupied twice by Russia the first time from 1714 to 1721 and again from 1742 to 1743. Then from 1809 to 1918 Finland was a Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire. Then in 1939 Russia attacked Finland in what is now know as the Winter War. Then after a year of peace with Russia, they attacked Finland a second time in 1941-44 during the Continuation War. At the end of the Continuation War Finland and Russia where at peace, but then Finland went to war to remove any German forces still in Finland which is know as the Lapland War which lasted from 1944 to 1945. What I find really intersting is just the amount of support that Finland recived in its wars agianst Russia not only from other Scandinavina Counties but from Germany,England, The United States and many others.

[Happy Times]

Originally Posted by Kptlt. Hellmut Neuerburg

Ok I resized the photos.
And its very true that Finland has had a long and difficult history, considering that both its Sweden and Russia where fomer owners of Finland. Finnish History in a nutshell: Finland was a part of the Swedish Empire. During the 18th Century two wars between Sweden and Russia, Finland was occupied twice by Russia the first time from 1714 to 1721 and again from 1742 to 1743. Then from 1809 to 1918 Finland was a Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire. Then in 1939 Russia attacked Finland in what is now know as the Winter War. Then after a year of peace with Russia, they attacked Finland a second time in 1941-44 during the Continuation War. At the end of the Continuation War Finland and Russia where at peace, but then Finland went to war to remove any German forces still in Finland which is know as the Lapland War which lasted from 1944 to 1945. What I find really intersting is just the amount of support that Finland recived in its wars agianst Russia not only from other Scandinavina Counties but from Germany,England, The United States and many others.

Actually there have been tens of wars against Russia over the past thousand years. Finlands population has sometimes halfed because of these invasions.
The century that Finland has been officially part of Russia, 1809-1917, was achieved by granting autonomy to Finland. In short, his pact was broken from the Russian side and finally led to the proclamation of Finlands independence and the War of Indepedence.