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2. The Winter War (film) - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Battle of Vyborg Bay (1940) - Wikipedia

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   The ice within the bay had frozen to the extent that it could support heavy tanks, despite Finnish attempts to form cracks by sawing or detonating the ice. On 28 February, the commander of the Finnish Kannas Army Erik Heinrichs formed the Coastal Group, under Kurt Martti Wallenius, and then later Karl Lennart Oesch. [1]

5. Ski Patrol (1940 film) - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

6. Battle of Suomussalmi - Wikipedia

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   The action took place from 30 November 1939 to 8 January 1940. The outcome was a Finnish victory against superior forces. This battle is considered the clearest, most important, and most significant Finnish victory in the northern half of Finland. [4] In Finland, the battle is still seen today as a symbol of the entirety of the Winter War itself.

7. Talvisota - Wikipedia

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   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

8. Finland’s ‘Icebreaker’ Introduces New Kind of Nordic Thriller ...

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   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 ...

9. Winter War - Wikipedia

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   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.