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The Battle of Hanko (also known as the Hanko front or the siege of Hanko) was a lengthy series of small battles fought on Hanko Peninsula during the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union in the second half of 1941. As both sides were eager to avoid a major, costly ground battle, fighting took the form of trench warfare, with ...
This line was not fully completed at the beginning of the Continuation War and remained unused at the Battle of Hanko. But the existence of this defense line made it possible to transfer troops from the Hanko area to the east in July–August 1941. Major Komola was responsible for the construction of this line.
In January 1942, the company succeeded the Swedish Volunteer Battalion that had been disestablished after the Battle of Hanko in December 1941. The Swedish Volunteer Company fought on the River Svir Front in Finnish-occupied East Karelia from 1942 to 1944, and in the largest battle in Nordic history, the Battle of Tali–Ihantala on the ...
"The Hunters of Kentucky", also called "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Half Horse and Half Alligator", is a song written to commemorate Andrew Jackson's victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans. In 1824 and 1828, he used it as his presidential campaign song.
A plaque at the Hanko town hall commemorating the Swedish Volunteer Battalion. The Swedish Volunteer Battalion (Swedish: Svenska frivilligbataljonen, SFB) or the Hanko Battalion was a Swedish military unit consisting of 1,000 volunteers, including 800 Swedes, which participated in the siege of the Soviet naval fleet in the Battle of Hanko during the Continuation War of Finland.
A report from Hanko told of a transport arriving with two unexploded Finnish torpedoes jutting from its hull. [ 2 ] As naval bases at Riga and Liepāja were lost to German advances, the Soviet Navy withdrew to Tallinn, which was surrounded by the end of August, forcing the Soviets to conduct an evacuation by sea.
"Through Valleys and Over Hills" (Russian: По долинам и по взгорьям) or "Through Forests and Over Hills" (Serbo-Croatian: По шумама и горама / Po šumama i gorama), also known as the "Partisan's Song", is a popular Red Army song from the Russian Civil War.
The Battle of Bengtskär was an amphibious landing action fought between Finnish and Soviet forces on 26 July ... The port in Hanko was within range of the heavy ...