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The Winter War (Finnish: Talvisota) is a 1989 Finnish war film directed by Pekka Parikka, and based on the 1984 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.
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.
It is known to be the only Hollywood film about the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union. [1] Two rival skiers competing in the 1936 Olympics, one Russian and one Finn, are pitted against each other just a few years later, as the Russians attack the Finnish border in the Winter War, and the Finnish heroes defend a snow-laden mountain ...
Talvisota: Icy Hell (Russian "Talvisota: Ледяной ад") is a real-time tactics and educational computer game, developed by the international developer group Blitzfront Game Studio and is based on the events of the Winter War (Finnish: talvisota) conflict of 1939–1940 between Finland and the Soviet Union.
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.
Be afraid, be very afraid: Finnish mystery thriller “Icebreaker” has just revealed exclusive first-look photos. Set on a stranded icebreaker, it sees coast guard Sanna Tanner (Jessica ...
The native Finnish name of Winter War, a 1939—1940 war between Finland and the Soviet Union; Talvisota or The Winter War, a 1989 Finnish film; Talvisota, a novel by Antti Tuuri, basis for the film; Talvisota: Icy Hell, a real-time action computer game "Talvisota", a song by Sabaton from The Art of War
The Finno-Soviet Winter War broke out on the morning of 30 November 1939 with a Soviet assault over the Finno-Soviet border on the Karelian Isthmus. [7] In the lead-up to the war, Talvela had been promoted to a major general and became a member of the war materiel council, but just two days after the start of the war he approached the Finnish commander-in-chief Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim ...