‘Editor's note: this photo shows evidence of being retouched by hand, likely in an effort to boost sharpness and contrast’ https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/06/world-war-ii-the-invasion-of-poland-and-the-winter-war/100094/
#OTD in 1940
‘Finnish soldiers, members of one of the ski battalions that fought against invading Russian troops, march with their reindeer on March 28, 1940.’
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#Finland #USSR #WW2 #winterwar
The #WinterWar, i.e., the #Soviet invasion of #Finland, ended on #ThisDayInHistory in 1940 with the signing of the #MoscowPeaceTreaty. This cost Finland half of #WestKarelia (#EastKarelia was already in Russia). It was in #Karelia that most folk tales in the #Kalevala were found.
Ukraine has emerged from the most punishing winter since the war began in 2022, after months of record sub-zero temperatures and an air campaign that pushed its energy system to the brink. Bne IntelliNews #Ukraine #WinterWar #EnergyCrisis #RussianAssault #ClimateImpact
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#OTD in 1940
‘A Swedish volunteer, "somewhere in Northern Finland," protects himself from the sub-zero arctic cold with a mask over his face on February 20, 1940, while on duty against the Russian Invaders.’
#WW2 #blackandwhitephotography #Finland #USSR #winterwar
My great grandparents did this with 9 children and a reindeer pulled carriage. #WinterWar
Tried to Join Finland's Elite Arctic Military Unit (impossible) youtu.be/9HHI2EuZoWc?...
AP Photo https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/06/world-war-ii-the-invasion-of-poland-and-the-winter-war/100094/
#OTD in 1940
‘In a frozen, wooded battlefront "somewhere in Finland," Finnish troops scatter to take shelter as Soviet planes fly over on an air raid on January 19, 1940.’
#blackandwhitephotography #WW2 #Finland #USSR #WinterWar #warphotography
TBH that is the same amount of force as a Russian platoon #winterwar
Library of Congress https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/06/world-war-ii-the-invasion-of-poland-and-the-winter-war/100094/
#OTD in 1940
‘Spoils of war -- captured Soviet tanks and cars, along a road in a snow-covered forest on January 17, 1940. Finnish troops had just overpowered an entire Soviet division.’
#blackandwhitephotography #WW2 #Finland #USSR #WinterWar #warphotography
Zelensky declares energy emergency as biting cold persists
#UkraineEnergyCrisis #KyivEmergency #WinterWar
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De Finse Morane-Saulnier M.S.406. De Finnen wisten altijd het maximale uit hun vliegtuigen te halen. In de periode november 1939 - september 1944 schoten Finse MS 406-jagers 118 vijandelijke vliegtuigen neer, terwijl ze zelf 15 vliegtuigen verloren.
#FinnishAirForce #WinterWar #Warbird
The aftermath of the Soviet defeat on the Raate-Suomussalmi road during the Winter War.
7 January 1940: The Finnish 9th Division stopped & completely destroyed a numerically superior Soviet army on the Raate-Suomussalmi road. #History #WinterWar #Finland #USSR
a brutal, frozen battle that would be called the #WinterWar. In this image, a member of a Finnish anti-aircraft detachment, wearing his white camouflage uniform, works with a range-finder on December 28, 1939, during a Russian aerial attack.
#blackandwhitephotography #WW2
a brutal, frozen battle that would be called the #WinterWar. In this image, a member of a Finnish anti-aircraft detachment, wearing his white camouflage uniform, works with a range-finder on December 28, 1939, during a Russian aerial attack.
#blackandwhitephotography #WW2
AP Photo https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/06/world-war-ii-the-invasion-of-poland-and-the-winter-war/100094/
#OTD in 1939
‘A house burns furiously after being hit by a Soviet bomb during a Russian air raid on Turku, a port city in the southwest of Finland, on December 27, 1939.’
#WW2 #WinterWar #Finland #USSR #blackandwhitephotography #warphotography #Turku
Een in Frankrijk gebouwd Morane-Saulnier MS.406C1 jachtvliegtuig van de Finse luchtmacht, serienummer MS-328, in Finland, 1942.
#winterwar #warbird #finairforce
Finland only gained independence from its neighbour in 1917 and which last fought off invaders from the east in the #WinterWar of 1939-40!
❄️🔥 New Release – When the World Sleeps 🔥❄️
While their fires fade, ours rise.
The frost cuts deep, but we endure.
In the storm’s roar, the strong remain—
marching where the night submits
and the world lies still.
🎧https://youtu.be/6cRlkPfeOhA?si=b6BAR3cBsKoPwfN4
#NewMusic #WinterWar
NOV 30, 1939: 👇👇👇 explains EVERYTHING russia's neighbors are doing today.
They're not paranoid; they're remembering.
russian imperialism never stops until it's stopped.
#RussianAggression #WinterWar
Exactly 86 years ago, the #USSR invaded #Finland after a #FalseFlag operation. They started the #WinterWar because the #Soviets and the #Nazis were rewarded for the #invasion of #Poland.
Today, the #Trump administration wants to #reward #Russia for the invasion of #Ukraine. 1/2
Just a reminder of the consequences of russian attack on Finland in the #WinterWar that started on the 30th of november 1939. russians know better, now, than to attack Finland. BEst guarantee of peace for Ukraine is to make russia feel a "Leningrad moment", like Finns did.
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1939, the #WinterWar began. A massive invasion of #Finland by the #SovietUnion, it was launched by Stalin to regain lands lost during the #RussianRevolution. It forced Finland to cede 12% of its territory and unfortunately to ally for a time with Nazis.
starting a brutal, frozen battle that would be called the #WinterWar. In this image, a member of a Finnish anti-aircraft detachment, wearing his white camouflage uniform, works with a range-finder on December 28, 1939, during a Russian aerial attack.’
#blackandwhitephotography
A Finnish machine gun nest during the Winter War. Image Source: Wikimedia Commons Image Credit: Military Museum of Finland, CC BY 4.0
1/4 #OnThisDay in 1939, the Soviet Union invaded #Finland, starting the Winter War. A small democracy stood against a massive authoritarian neighbor, and the world watched as Finland refused to be erased.
#OTD #WinterWar
2022-03-02: Early on, I became concerned about the similarities between the 1939 #WinterWar and the Kremlin's full scale invasion of #Ukraine. Sad to say, we didn't learn enough from history.
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1939, the #SovietUnion staged a #FalseFlag attack with the #ShellingOfMainila. Soviet artillery fired seven shots at a Russian village near the border with #Finland, then blamed the Finns for doing it. This gave pretext to invade in the #WinterWar.
@silvermansecurity.bsky.social @johngcole.bsky.social @beyerstein.bsky.social @doloresquintana.bsky.social Watching a #documentary on the #WinterWar between #USSR & #Findland. At one time, the #Soviets broke through & got behind the #Finnish lines. What stopped them? The field kitchens. The 1
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The #winterwar Heats Up. Ukraine strikes deep inside Russia: a thermal power substation in Belgorod, a strike on Bryansk electronics plant, a drone has taken down a heavy Russian helicopter. There’s a pattern - Ukrainian innovation, daring and ingenuity. https://youtu.be/JtR3Oge7uJw
My turn on the @OrendaBooks #BlogTour of #TheWinterWarriors by #OlivierNorek #Finland #WinterWar #WW2
November, 1939. A conscription officer arrives in the peaceful farming village of Rautjärvi. The Soviet Union has invaded, and for the first time in its history as an independent country, Finland…
❄️OUT TOMORROW❄️
History’s deadliest sniper vs. the world’s largest army.
#OlivierNorek #TheWinterWarriors brings the #WinterWar to life in a gripping #WWII #Thriller.
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📚 bit.ly/3HoyfzH
📱 bit.ly/46aLQDh
#Historical #BookSky #Finland
