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The Winter War (Finnish: Talvisota) is a 1989 Finnish war film directed by Pekka Parikka, and based on the novel Talvisota by Antti Tuuri.It is set in the 1939 Winter War and tells the story of a Finnish infantry regiment from Southern Ostrobothnia fighting on the Karelian Isthmus, focusing mainly on a platoon of reservists from Kauhava.
No. 10 Squadron Finnish Air Force; Active: 30 November 1939 - 13 March 1940 12 August 1941 - 30 October 1941: Country: Finland: Branch: Finnish Air Force: Role: dive bombing: Engagements: Winter War, Continuation War
See also The Finnish Air Force 1944–60 Finnish Fouga CM-170 Magisters in 1986 A Finnish Saab 35CS Draken in 1994. The end of World War II in 1945 and the Paris peace talks of 1947 brought about some limitations imposed on the FAF. For example, the Finnish Air Force could have: no more than 60 combat aircraft; no aircraft with internal bomb bays
The aerial warfare in the Winter War was the aerial aspect of the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union from 30 November 1939 to 13 March 1940. While the Soviet air forces greatly outnumbered the Finnish Air Force, the Soviet bombing campaign was largely ineffective, and Finnish pilots and antiaircraft gunners inflicted significant losses on the Soviets.
It shows how the Finnish–Russian Winter War of 1939 influenced World War II and how Finland mobilized against the world's largest military power. Among the witnesses in the documentary is Eeva Kilpi , the Finnish feminist writer, who was a child in Karelia at the time.
On the fuselage is the swastika, which the Finnish Air Force had adopted as their symbol in 1918. Despite the similarity, it was not a Nazi design but was based on the personal owner; Eric von Rosen had donated the first aircraft to the Air Force. At the beginning of the war, Finland had a small air force, with only 114 combat planes fit for duty.
The Finnish Air Force requested preliminary proposals for a domestic fighter from State Aircraft Factory (Valtion Lentokonetehdas) in early 1939, before the Winter War. State Aircraft Factory prepared five alternative proposals by May 1939. After that, The Ministry of Defence ordered the fighter design from State Aircraft Factory in June 1939.
The Finnish Air Force responded to the air raids with a series of night infiltration bombings of ADD airfields near Leningrad. Finnish bombers, Junkers Ju 88s, Bristol Blenheims, and Dornier Do 17s, tailed or in some cases even joined formation with returning Soviet bombers over the Gulf of Finland and followed them to their bases. Once most ...