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An interpretation and justification of Finland's foreign policy during the war. The author (or authors), being subject to Soviet reprisals in Finland, is not identified.
The Finnish Air Force gained a reputation during the Second World War as a fiercely capable fighting force. In this video we explore one event that helped to consolidate this reputation, when Jorma ...
Children of Finnish immigrants, Elmer Mannisto died in Germany and Allen Ketola was killed at Luzon in the Philippines during World War II.
The film, shooting in Helsinki and Tallinn, follows the deportation from Finland of eight Austrian-Jewish refugees by the Gestapo during World War II.
Taken by Finnish photographer Osvald Hedenström, the photo shows a type of camouflage used by Finland during World War II, to disguise the road from Soviet forces.
Sweden and Finland have all begun warning their residents to prepare for the possibility of war as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine rages on.
Over 160 unexploded practice bombs dating all the way back to World War II have been discovered underneath a children’s playground in the United Kingdom, officials said.
In the freezing winter of 1939, the Soviet Union launched an invasion of Finland, expecting an easy victory. Instead, they encountered fierce resistance from outnumbered Finnish troops who used ...
Artur Roopalu, an Estonian volunteer who fought with the Finnish Army in World War II against the Soviet Union, died in Tallinn on Wednesday at the age of 99.
Film & TV A new Nazi revenge film from Finland is called ‘Sisu’ – is that Finnish for ‘chutzpah’? The movie glosses over Finland’s complicated World War II history — but that shouldn ...
Two German men died when their World War II-era airplane crashed and caught fire in southern Finland minutes after takeoff, police said Thursday.