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The Winter War lived up to its name when it came to the battle conditions, with temperatures dropping to as low as minus-45 degrees. The photos by LIFE’s Carl Mydans capture the unique aspects of this distinct theater of war.
19 wrz 2017 · While few in the West even remember its name, the Winter War launched a chain of events that just might have brought down Hitler, handed the Allies victory during World War II, and thus shaped the last 75 years of world history.
November 1939 bis zum 13. März 1940 andauerte. English: The Winter War a war between the Soviet Union and Finland, that began on 30 November 1939 and ended on 13 March 1940. Español: La Guerra de Invierno fue una invasión soviética a Finlandia entre 1939 y 1940.
Winter War, Finnish Army. During January 1940 arrives many volunteers from around the world, however mainly from Nordic countries. In photo some Norwegian volunteers in their battle equipments somewhere in Northern Finland.
Read our guide to key WWII sites and important events in Norway during the Second World War, including the battle of Narvik, the sinking of the Blücher at Oscarsborg, and the heavy water sabotage mission at Rjukan.
2 paź 2009 · Declassified photos of the Winter War. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. A series of 300 photos deemed too grisly, or politically inflammable, were censored by the Finnish Defence Forces as recently as 1981 - but the order to seal the photos was not renewed and they were released to the public.
25 wrz 2022 · Finland fought the Winter War against the USSR (itself one of the results of the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact, albeit not to the knowledge of the Finns), loosing part of its territory and strengthening its link with Germany for some years to come (see this post). The Third Reich attacked Norway by air and sea in April 1940, and help was sought ...
