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  2. Finland in World War II - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Lapland War - Wikipedia

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    The delaying action by Kampfgruppe Esch and the destroyed road network thwarted the Finnish strategy. [60] Finnish soldiers raise the flag at the three-country cairn between Norway, Sweden and Finland on 27 April 1945 after the end of the Lapland War and thus, the end of World War II in Finland

  4. Karelian question - Wikipedia

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    Map showing areas ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union; Porkkala was returned to Finland in 1956. The Karelian question or Karelian issue (Finnish: Karjala-kysymys, Swedish: Karelska frågan, Russian: Карельский вопрос) is a dispute in Finnish politics over whether to try to regain control over eastern Karelia and other territories ceded to the Soviet Union in the Winter War ...

  5. Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn - Wikipedia

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    The picture became widely circulated in Finland and became an exemplar of war photography in Finnish World War II history. It has been compared to similar pictures, such as the American Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima and the Soviet Raising a Flag over the Reichstag. All three of these were 'staged' photographs; in each case the photo was a re ...

  6. List of wars involving Finland - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of wars involving Finland since its declaration of independence on 6 December 1917. List. Conflict Party 1 Party 2 Result Finnish leaders

  7. History of Finland - Wikipedia

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    The post-war period was a time of rapid economic growth and increasing social and political stability for Finland. The five decades after the Second World War saw Finland turn from a war-ravaged agrarian society into one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world, with a sophisticated market economy and high standard of living.

  8. Continuation War - Wikipedia

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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.

  9. Aftermath of the Winter War - Wikipedia

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    According to Nikita Khrushchev, 1.5 million men were sent to Finland and one million of them were killed, while 1,000 aircraft, 2,300 tanks and armored cars and an enormous amount of other war materials were lost. [23] [24] Finland's losses were limited to 25,904 dead or missing [25] and 43,557 wounded. [26]