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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.
A view in 2007 to the south-east from Sturmbock-Stellung, a fortified German position in Finland 100 km (62 mi) from Norway. Germany and Finland had been at war with the Soviet Union (USSR) since Operation Barbarossa began in June 1941, co-operating closely in the Continuation War and Operation Silver Fox with the German 20th Mountain Army (German: 20.
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 Winter War [F 6] was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland.It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II, and ended three and a half months later with the Moscow Peace Treaty on 13 March 1940.
Part of the Second World War Finland Germany: Victory. German retreat from Finnish territory; C. G. E. Mannerheim. 1,036 [5] War in Afghanistan (2009–2021)
In the United Kingdom, the "Finland Aid Bureau" and the politician Leo Amery sought to raise a contingent of volunteers to fight on the Finnish side despite the fact that the country was already at war with Germany at the time. 500 volunteers were found for a "British Volunteer Contingent" which was to be commanded by the American officer ...
Germany and Finland have both said they are "deeply concerned" by the severing of the C-Lion1 cable communications cable, adding that Europe's security is threatened by Russia's war, "but also ...
Finland solidified its independence from Russia in the Finnish Civil War of January to May 1918 between German-supported nationalists and Russian Bolshevik-supported communists, in the closing stages of World War I. Tensions between the new anti-communist republic and the Soviet Union remained high during the early interwar years.