Finland at War: The Continuation and Lapland Wars 1941–45Bloomsbury Publishing, 24.03.2016 - 336 Seiten The follow-up to Finland at War: The Winter War, this is the astonishing David and Goliath story of Finland's military history during World War II as, heavily outnumbered, they held off the Soviet invaders In the aftermath of the Winter War, Finland found itself drawing ever closer to Nazi Germany and eventually took part in Operation Barbarossa in 1941. For the Finns this was a chance to right the wrongs of the Winter War, and having reached suitable defensive positions, the army was ordered to halt. Years of uneasy trench warfare followed, known as the Continuation War, during which Finland desperately sought a way out, German dreams of victory were dashed, and the Soviet Union built the strongest army in the world. In the summer of 1944, the whole might of the Red Army was launched against the Finnish defences on the narrow Karelian Isthmus. Over several weeks of fierce fighting, the Finns managed to halt the Soviet assault. With Stalin forced to divert his armies to the race to Berlin, an armistice agreement was reached, the harsh terms of which forced the Finns to take on their erstwhile German allies in Lapland. Featuring rare photographs and first-hand accounts, this second volume of a two-part study, publishing in paperback for the first time, details the high price Finland had to pay to retain its independence and freedom. |
Inhalt
SILBERFUCHS ATTACK IN THE NORTH | |
THE CONQUEST OF LADOGA KARELIA | |
ONSLAUGHT ON THE KARELIAN ISTHMUS | |
THE FINNISH NAVY AND HANKO | |
TRENCH WARFARE 194244 | |
CAPTURING SUURSAARI ISLAND | |
THE BEGINNING OF THE | |
ATTACK ON THE KARELIAN ISTHMUS | |
THE TALIIHANTALA BATTLES | |
WITHDRAWAL FROM SOVIET KARELIA | |
ARMISTICE AND THE INTERIM PEACE | |
THE LAPLAND WAR 194445 | |
TOWARDS PEACE | |
APPENDIX | |
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Finland at War: The Continuation and Lapland Wars 1941–45 Vesa Nenye,Peter Munter,Toni Wirtanen,Chris Birks Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2016 |
Finland at War: The Continuation and Lapland Wars 1941–45 Vesa Nenye,Peter Munter,Toni Wirtanen,Chris Birks Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2018 |
Finland at War: The Continuation and Lapland Wars 1941–45 Vesa Nenye,Peter Munter,Toni Wirtanen,Chris Birks Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
11th Division 1st Jäger Brigade 7th Division Ääninen advance anti-tank Armoured Division Assault Gun August Aunus Group Battalion battle bridgehead captured Coastal Colonel continued counter-attack defences Despite destroyed enemy tanks fighting Finnish Air Force Finnish forces Finnish troops flank fortifications German forces Guards Rifle halted Hanko headquarters heavy Hitler II Army Corps Infantry Division Infantry Regiment Interim Peace July June Karelian Army Karelian Isthmus Kemi Lagus Lake Ladoga landing Lapland Lapland War Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General Loimola Maaselkä Major-General Mannerheim Cross military motti Murmansk railway Norway numbers October Oesch operations orders Pajari Petroskoi planes Raappana reached Red Army reinforced retreat Rifle Corps Rifle Division road Rovaniemi Sa-Kuva sector September Siilasvuo soldiers soon Sortavala Soviet attack Soviet forces Soviet troops Soviet Union started Stavka Suursaari Syväri Talvela Task Force took Tornio trench warfare VII Army Corps Viipuri village VT Line Vuoksi River Winter Winter War withdrawal