Photos WW2 Finnish armed forces

[SamWell]

Finnish POWs marching in Vyborg

 

[BravoZulu]

Soldiers on a destroyed Soviet T-34 tank in the Vuosalmi area. Karelia 1944

 

[SamWell]

Finnish POWs marching in Vyborg
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[BravoZulu]

'Molotov bread basket bomb" during the Winter War 1939-40. Unexploded aerial Soviet rotationally dispersing incendiary bomb, called 'Molotov bread basket' as Russians claimed not to be bombing Finnish cities but dropping bread on the starving Finnish citizens.

 

[BravoZulu]

Lieutenant Toiviainen, commander of the 5th Company from the Infantry Regiment 34, firing a light machine gun at the Kollaa River, Dec 17, 1939.

 

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Bofors 8cm 29M anti-aircraft gun at Stary Oskol in Belgorod in 1942

 

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Finnish soldier with Lahti-Saloranta M/26 light machine gun. Kananoja, August 1941

 

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A Finnish tanker standing next to a captured Soviet T-28. The machine is assigned the number R-48. In the background of the picture, the second trophy tank T-28 number R-49 is seen. The picture shows Soviet T-28s from the 20th Kirov Heavy Tank Brigade captured by Finnish forces in December 1939

 

[BravoZulu]

This day in 1941, Finnish forces begin the offensive into East Karelia, part of the Continuation War against the Soviet Union. By September 1941, Finland had regained its post–Winter War concessions to the Soviet Union

 

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soldiers crossing the Murmansk railway during the Continuation War

 

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A StuG III #Ps.531-10 at the 1952 Finnish Defence Forces Flag Day parade in Helsinki. This particular StuG had 11 confirmed kills during the summer of 1944, and today sits in the Finnish Armoured Brigade's garrison in Parola.

 

[SamWell]

Finnish POWs captured during battle in Beloostrov/Valkeasaari region marching into captivity

 

[SamWell]

Finns and their 150mm Krupp artillery guns in the summer of 1941

 

[FoxBat]

i'm not an expert in military affairs , but from what i've read on wikipedia , the Finnish-USSR war was a useless stallmate , much like the 1980s iran-iraq war it was the same thing fought in Europe , disregarding the bigger picture between the Axis and Allies .

 

[BravoZulu]

Finnish troops inspecting a captured BT-7 and a pile of Mosin-Nagant rifles during the Winter War, 1940.

 

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Swedish volunteers part of Anders Grafströms Ranger Company carrying the Boys anti-tank rifle during the Winter War

 

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Brewster Buffalo MkI in Finnish livery

 

[HorniePonie]

Brewster Buffalo MkI in Finnish livery
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This must be pretty early in the winter war I would assume, since there is no camo and the plane looks factory fresh.

 

[HorniePonie]

Men from JR8 (Infantry regiment 8) during the continuation war. The second from the left is my grandfather.