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The Continuation War, [f] also known as the Second Soviet-Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union during World War II. It began with a Finnish declaration of war on 25 June 1941 and ended on 19 September 1944 with the Moscow Armistice .
These included pictures of villages burned by the partisans, bodies of the victims, including children, and old men being armed with rifles to defend their villages. Previously only researchers or relatives of the victims could access these pictures with a special permission. [25] The declassified pictures were widely discussed in the Finnish ...
The Battle of Ilomantsi (Finnish: Ilomantsin taistelu) was a part of the Svir–Petrozavodsk Offensive of the Continuation War (1941–1944). It was fought from 26 July to 13 August 1944, between Finland and the Soviet Union in an area roughly 40 kilometers wide and 30 kilometers deep, near the Finnish-Soviet border, close to the Finnish village of Ilomantsi, in North Karelia.
Finnish soldiers raise the flag at the three-country cairn between Norway, Sweden, and Finland on 27 April 1945, which marked the end of World War II in Finland.. Finland participated in the Second World War initially in a defensive war against the Soviet Union, followed by another, this time offensive, war against the Soviet Union acting in concert with Nazi Germany and then finally fighting ...
The Battle of Tali–Ihantala (June 25 to July 9, 1944) was part of the Finnish-Soviet Continuation War (1941–1944), which occurred during World War II. The battle was fought between Finnish forces—using war materiel provided by Germany—and Soviet forces. To date, it is the largest battle in the history of the Nordic countries. [15]
Finnish Civil War: White Guard German Empire: Red Guard Soviet Russia: 1917–1918: White guard victory: Russian presence in Finland ceased, [1] Heimosodat: Soviet-Finnish border conflicts : Volunteers: Various: 1918–1922: Undecided: Treaty of Tartu: Winter War Finland: Soviet Union: 1939–1940: Moscow Peace Treaty: Continuation War ...
Finnish Civil War (1918) ... Aseveljet vastakkain – Lapin sota 1944–1945 [Brothers in Arms Opposing Each Other – Lapland War 1944–1945] (in Finnish). Helsinki ...
In order to destroy the Finnish Army and to push Finland out of the war, the Stavka decided to conduct the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The strategy called for a two-pronged offensive , one from Leningrad via Vyborg to the Kymi river , and the second across the Svir River through Petrozavodsk and Sortavala past the 1940 border ...