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Includes military units and formations of Finland in which served during the Winter War and the Continuation War. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Finnish military vehicles roundel during WWII. The Army of Karelia was formed on 29 June 1941 soon after the start of the Continuation War. There were seven Finnish corps in the field during the war: the I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VII. During the war the Finnish Army was responsible for the front from the Gulf of Finland to Kainuu.
They are more mobile and more heavily armed than the ordinary jaeger brigades, and have a higher proportion of regular to reservist personnel; there is one readiness brigade for each of Finland's 3 territorial commands. Wartime strength of the Army is 237,000, of which 61,000 are in Operational Units and 176,000 are in Regional Units.
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 ...
List of military divisions – List of Finnish divisions in the Winter War. This is a list of Finnish divisions that existed during the Winter War, 1939–1940. 1st Division; 2nd Division – renamed from 11th Division in 1940; 3rd Division – renamed from 6th Division in 1940; 4th Division; 5th Division; 6th Division – renamed to 3rd ...
The Finnish Supreme headquarters ordered the foundation of an armoured division on 28 June 1942 and the actual foundation was on 30 June 1942. The division consisted of the newly formed Armoured Brigade and the old (1st) Jaeger Brigade. The Cavalry Brigade was also part of the division until January 1943.
From 1941 to 1943, 1,408 Finns volunteered for service on the Eastern Front of World War II in the Waffen-SS, in units of the SS Division Wiking.Most of these volunteers served as motorized infantry in the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS (German: Finnisches Freiwilligen-Bataillon der Waffen-SS; Finnish: Suomalainen Waffen-SS-vapaaehtoispataljoona).
List of military divisions – List of Finnish divisions in the Continuation War. This is a list of Finnish divisions that existed during the Continuation War, 1941–1944. 1st Division; 2nd Division; 3rd Division; 4th Division; 5th Division; 6th Division – formed the 12th Brigade in 1942, reformed as 6th Division in 1943; 7th Division; 8th ...