imperija:

Storming of Vyborg

imperija:

Hand to hand combat during Winter War (1939-1940)

sorsis:

Eino Ilmari Juutilainen (21 February 1914–21 February 1999) was a fighter pilot of the Finnish Air Force, and the top scoring non-German fighter pilot of all time.This makes him the top flying ace of the Finnish Air Force, leading all Finnish pilots in score against Soviet aircraft in World War II (1939–40 and 1941–1944), with 94 confirmed aerial combat victories in 437 sorties. According to himself he achieved a total of 126 victories. He achieved 34 of his victories while flying the Brewster Buffalo fighter.

After the wars, he served in the air force until 1947. He worked as a professional pilot until 1956, flying people in his De Havilland Moth. His last flight was in 1997, in a double-seated F-18 Hornet of the Finnish Air Force.

Juutilainen died on his 85th birthday on 21 February 1999.

suomisodassa:

Trench on the Mannerheim Line during the Winter War.

December 1939.

suomisodassa:

Trench on the Mannerheim Line during the Winter War.

December 1939.

suomisodassa:

Defenders of Summa 20.12.1939, The Company of Death

slavshit:

Red Army soldiers in the Winter War.

gunsandposes:

“Some of the 100 Finnish soldiers after the raid to Soviet supply depot of Petrovskij Jam. February 1942.”

[WW2 in Color]

allthingsfinnish:

Another Katurday Kissa. 

“No, Molotov, No Molotov,
You lied better than Bobrikov himself!”

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact

In 1898, Tsar Nicholas II appointed Bobrikov as the Governor-General of Finland. Bobrikov was both hated and feared by the Finnish population as he thought that Finland was still a foreign country that threatened Russia.

In 1900, Bobrikov issued orders that all correspondence between government offices was to be conducted in Russian and that education in the Russian language was to be increased in schools. The Finnish army was abolished in 1901, and Finnish conscripts could now be forced to serve with Russian troops anywhere in the Russian empire. (wiki)

allthingsfinnish:

Firefighters fighting a blaze in Kajaani during the Winter War

photo credit: Iltalehti