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The Battle of Hanko (also known as the Hanko front or the siege of Hanko) was a lengthy series of small battles fought on Hanko Peninsula during the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union in the second half of 1941. As both sides were eager to avoid a major, costly ground battle, fighting took the form of trench warfare, with ...
A plaque at the Hanko town hall commemorating the Swedish Volunteer Battalion. The Swedish Volunteer Battalion (Swedish: Svenska frivilligbataljonen, SFB) or the Hanko Battalion was a Swedish military unit consisting of 1,000 volunteers, including 800 Swedes, which participated in the siege of the Soviet naval fleet in the Battle of Hanko during the Continuation War of Finland.
This line was not fully completed at the beginning of the Continuation War and remained unused at the Battle of Hanko. But the existence of this defense line made it possible to transfer troops from the Hanko area to the east in July–August 1941. Major Komola was responsible for the construction of this line.
In January 1942, the company succeeded the Swedish Volunteer Battalion that had been disestablished after the Battle of Hanko in December 1941. The Swedish Volunteer Company fought on the River Svir Front in Finnish-occupied East Karelia from 1942 to 1944, and in the largest battle in Nordic history, the Battle of Tali–Ihantala on the ...
Soviet troops stationed in Hanko during the Continuation War, disturbed by a Finnish observation post in the light house tried to blow up and destroy the lighthouse during the Battle of Bengtskär in 1941. These days Bengtskär Lighthouse is a popular tourist destination [3] and is visited annually by roughly 13,000 to 15,000 tourists. [4]
The city said that the bomb threats was issued Thursday “to multiple facilities throughout Springfield” and media outlets. City officials were alerted to the threat via an email message at 8: ...
Hanko Naval Base was a short-lived Soviet naval base on the southern coast of Finland, operational for less than two years in the early 1940s. The base was located in the town of Hanko on the Hanko Peninsula , which is located 100 kilometers (62 mi) from Helsinki , the Finnish capital.
Springfield, a central Ohio city of 58,000 about 50 miles west of Columbus, is experiencing a "significant housing crisis," according to a letter from Heck. Heck said the city's Haitian population ...