Finland at War 1939-45

Name: Finland at War 1939-45
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ISBN: 9781841769691

ISBN-10: 184176969X

ISBN-13: 9781841769691

Edition: 2006

Authors: Philip Jowett, Brent Snodgrass, Raffaele Ruggeri

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Finland's fight to defend her independence earned this tiny nation of just 3 million people a distinct place in history. Invaded by Stalin before World War II, Finland held out for months and inflicted huge losses on the invaders, but she was eventually crushed by the weight of Soviet numbers. When Germany invaded the USSR in 1941 the Finns fought alongside the Wehrmacht on the northern Russian Front, with great skill and courage in an attempt to regain their lost territories. When the German armies were forced to retreat in 1944, Finland managed to conclude a separate peace with the USSR – uniquely, without being forced to accept renewed Russian occupation. This book details the…

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List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 7/25/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 64
Size: 7.24" wide x 9.90" long x 0.16" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Alexander M. Bielakowski completed his Ph.D. in US military history at Kansas State University. He has written several articles on various aspects of military history, with a special interest in horse cavalry during the 20th Century. In 2000 he attended the West Point Summer Seminar in Military History at the United States Military Academy, and served as a historical consultant and interviewee for the History Channel documentary "Animals in Action: Horses" (2002). Dr. Bielakowski is an Associate Professor of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The author lives in Leavenworth, KS.



Introduction


Chronology


Soviet pressure, 1939 - the Winter War, November 1939-March 1940 - battle of Sumussalmi


The interim peace, March 1940-June 1941


The Continuation War, June 1941-September 1944 - battle of Tali-Ilhantra


The Lapland War, September 1944-April 1945


Organization of the Finnish Army


The Winter War: infantry divisions, regiments, companies


Cavalry, 1939-45


Jaegers, 1939-45


Independent battalions & companies, 1939-40


Frontier troops, 1939-40


Guerrilla battalions, 1939-43


Foreign volunteers in the Winter War


Artillery organization, 1939-40


The Civil Guard, 1939-40


The Lotta Svard, 1939-45


The Continuation War: reorganizations, 1940-44


The Civil Guard, 1941-44


Estonian & Swedish volunteers, 1941-44


Finnish 'tribal' battalions, 1941-44


Long range reconnaissance troops, 1939-44


Artillery organization, 1941-45


Tactics


'Motti' - snipers


Weapons, 1939-45


Small arms: pistols - rifles - sub-machine guns


Machine guns


Anti-tank weapons: AT guns - AT rifles - mines - satchel charges & 'Molotov cocktails' - Panzerfaust & Panzerschreck


Artillery


The Plates


Index