The Last Finnish War
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The Last Finnish War
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Author : Waldemar Erfurth
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1979
The Last Finnish War written by Waldemar Erfurth and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with History categories.
Last Finnish War 1941 1944
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Author : Waldemar Erfurth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1947
Last Finnish War 1941 1944 written by Waldemar Erfurth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1947 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Last Finnish War
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Author : Waldemar Erfurth
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Release Date : 1979-06-01
Last Finnish War written by Waldemar Erfurth and has been published by Greenwood Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-06-01 with History categories.
Vyborg 1944
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Author : Bair Irincheev
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-06-28
Vyborg 1944 written by Bair Irincheev and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-28 with categories.
The war between the Soviet Union and Finland in 1941-44 is much less known in the West and in Russia than the Winter War 1939-40. For Finland the Continuation War is one of cornerstones of national identity. The Vyborg offensive, the battle that ended this war, is described very differently in Russian and Finnish literature. This book attempts to provide an extensive description of the buildup and course of the battle as well as the diplomatic games that lay behind it, including role of the Tehran Conference between the Allies. The book covers all the main battlefields of the Vyborg offensive - both ones where the Leningrad front was victorious and where it failed. The author tries to give credit to simple soldiers on both sides and provides not only statistics but also recollections and memories of men who were there. Extensive archival research in Russia and Finland was undertaken, as well as numerous trips to the actual battlefields that lie less than 100 miles north from Saint Petersburg. The book includes photos and maps of the operations. The final part of the book summarizes the end of hostilities between the Soviet Union and Great Britain on one side and Finland on another.
War Of The White Death
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Author : Bair Irincheev
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2012
War Of The White Death written by Bair Irincheev and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
On 30 November 1939 Stalin's Red Army attacked Finland, expecting to crush the outnumbered, ill-equipped Finnish forces in a matter of days. But, in one of the most astonishing upsets in modern military history, the Finnish defenders broke the Red Army's advance, inflicting devastating casualties and destroying some of the divisions that had been thrown against them. Eventually, in March 1940, the overhauled Red Army prevailed through the deployment of massive force. The Finns were compelled to cede territory and cities to their overbearing neighbour, but the moral victory was theirs. The courage and skill their army displayed in the face of the Soviet onslaught - and the chaotic and reckless performance of their opponents - had an important influence on the massive struggle that was about to break out between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. For this highly illustrated and original portrayal of this famously unequal struggle, Bair Irincheev has brought together a compelling selection of eyewitness accounts, war diaries, battle reports, and other records from the Finnish and Russian archives to reconstruct the frontline fighting, and he analyses the reasons for the Red Army's poor performance. Never before has the harsh reality of the combat in the depths of the northern winter been conveyed in such authentic detail. The arduous daily experience of the troops on both sides, the brutality of combat and the constant struggle against the elements are recalled in the words of the men who were there. AUTHOR: Bair Irincheev is an expert on the troubled twentieth-century history of Finland and Russia and has made a particular study of the Finnish army during the Winter War and the Continuation War that followed. He is based in Helsinki and recently compiled a highly illustrated survey of the Mannerheim Line which was Finland's principal defence against the Soviet Union. Among his previous publications is On the Roads of War: A Soviet Cavalryman on the Eastern Front. SELLING POINTS: * Compelling new account of the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union * Based on eyewitness testimony, was diaries, battle reports, and other records from the Finnish and Russian archives * Authentic portrayal of frontline fighting in the harshest of conditions ILLUSTRATIONS: 90 illustrations *
The Soviet Invasion Of Finland 1939 40
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Author : Carl Van Dyke
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-01-11
The Soviet Invasion Of Finland 1939 40 written by Carl Van Dyke and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-11 with History categories.
Western accounts of the Soviet-Finnish war have been reliant on Western sources. Using Russian archival and previously classified secondary sources to document the experience of the Red Army in conflict with Finland, Carl Van Dyke offers a reassessment of the conflict.
The Winter War
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Author : William R Trotter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-08-08
The Winter War written by William R Trotter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-08 with Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940 categories.
On 30 November 1939, Soviet bombers unloaded their bombs on Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Stalin's ultimatum, demanding the cession of huge tracts of territory as a buffer zone against Nazi Germany, had been rejected by the Finnish government, and now a small Baltic republic was at war with the giant Soviet military machine. But this forgotten war, fought under brutal, sub-arctic conditions, often with great heroism on both sides, proved one of the most astonishing in military history. Using guerrilla fighters on skis, even reindeer to haul supplies on sleds, heroic single-handed attacks on tanks, and with unfathomable endurance and the charismatic leadership of one of the 20th century's true military geniuses, Finland not only kept at bay but won an epic, if short-lived, victory over the hapless Russian conscripts. Its surreal engagements included the legendary "Sausage Battle", when starving Soviet troops who had over-run a Finnish encampment couldn't resist the cauldrons of hot sausage soup left behind by their opponents - and were ambushed as they stopped to sup. Although by sheer attritional weight of numbers Stalin eventually prevailed over the Finns, their pointed resistance enabled their country to remain free, even as other countries fell one by one.
Finland S War Of Choice
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Author : Henrik O. Lunde
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2011-02-22
Finland S War Of Choice written by Henrik O. Lunde and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-22 with History categories.
A selection of the Military Book Club: “A solid operational analysis” from “an established scholar of the Scandinavian theater” (Publishers Weekly). This book describes the odd coalition between Germany and Finland in World War II and their joint military operations from 1941 to 1945. In stark contrast to the numerous books on the shorter and less bloody Winter War, which represented a gallant fight of a democratic “David” against a totalitarian “Goliath” and caught the imagination of the world, the story of Finland fighting alongside a Goliath of its own has not brought pride to that nation and was a period many Finns would rather forget. A prologue brings the reader up to speed by briefly examining the difficult history of Finland, from its separation from the Soviet Union in 1917 to its isolation after being bludgeoned in 1939–40. It then examines both Finnish and German motives for forming a coalition against the USSR, and how—as logical as a common enemy would seem—the lack of true planning and preparation would doom the alliance. In this book, Henrik Lunde, a former US Special Operations colonel and author of Hitler’s Pre-emptive War: The Battle for Norway, 1940, once again fills a profound gap in our understanding of World War II.
Stalin And The Soviet Finnish War 1939 1940
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Author : E.N. Kulkov
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-05-22
Stalin And The Soviet Finnish War 1939 1940 written by E.N. Kulkov and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-22 with History categories.
This is the verbatim record of a secret and hitherto unpublished meeting, held in the Kremlin in April 1940, devoted to a post mortem of the Finnish campaign.
The Winter War
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Author : Eloise Engle
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-07-31
The Winter War written by Eloise Engle and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-31 with History categories.
This book offers an introduction to the Winter War, as the Russo-Finnish Conflict of 1939-1940 is called. It discusses the Finnish resistance to the Russian take-over of their country and the Red Army in action; a campaign that perhaps changed the pattern of World War II.