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The Eastern Front or Eastern Theater of World War I (German: Ostfront; Romanian: Frontul de răsărit;), for Russia Second Patriotic War[ 24 ][ 25 ] (Russian: Вторая Отечественная Война), was a theater of operations that encompassed at its greatest extent the entire frontier between Russia and Romania on one side and ...
The Finnish Civil War[ a ][ b ] was a civil war in Finland in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of the country between White Finland and the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (Red Finland) during the country's transition from a grand duchy ruled by the Russian Empire to a fully independent state.
The history of Finland begins around 9,000 BC during the end of the last glacial period. Stone Age cultures were Kunda, Comb Ceramic, Corded Ware, Kiukainen, and Pöljä cultures [ fi ]. The Finnish Bronze Age started in approximately 1,500 BC and the Iron Age started in 500 BC and lasted until 1,300 AD. Finnish Iron Age cultures can be ...
Finnish nationalism started growing in the 19th century alongside European nationalist movements. [ 1 ] Runeberg's The Tales of Ensign Stål and Lönnrot's Kalevala formed a basis for the nation's cultural identity. World War I and internal problems caused a revolution in Russia in 1917. [ 2 ] Finland took advantage of the situation and began ...
Contents. Finland in World War II. 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 ...
Built. 1920–1924, 1932–1939. In use. 1939–1940. Materials. Wood, boulders, concrete, steel, natural features. Battles/wars. Winter War. The Mannerheim Line (Finnish: Mannerheim-linja, Swedish: Mannerheimlinjen) was a defensive fortification line on the Karelian Isthmus built by Finland against the Soviet Union.
The Central Powers, also known as the Central Empires, [1][notes 1] were one of the two main coalitions that fought in World War I (1914–1918). It consisted of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria; this was also known as the Quadruple Alliance.[2][notes 2] The Central Powers' origin was the alliance of Germany ...
The Battle of Valkeala in 1790 took place in Valkeala, Finland, between Sweden and the Russian Empire.At the time, Finland was a component of the Swedish Realm. During the several following centuries, a gradual and slow process of Swedish expansion in today's Finland and the consolidation of Sweden took place, not through wars fought between the Finns and the Swedes, but rather by various ...