Soldier during the Winter War. Finland, 1940. Photo by Carl Mydans, Life magazine.
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A Finnish soldier during the Continuation War — As the name implies, the Continuation War (1941-1944) was a sequel to the Winter War (1939-1940). Both of these Finnish-Soviet conflicts were integral parts of the overall war on the Eastern Front during WWII.
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Finnish soldier explores an abandoned Soviet tank.
![“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.”
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“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.”
Finnish soldiers during the great Winter War of 1939-1940. When you think about “heroes of a nation” fighting “against all odds,” this image would be appropriate.
![“Some of the 100 Finnish soldiers after the raid to Soviet supply depot of Petrovskij Jam. February 1942.”[WW2 in Color]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzm9zdiAxX1qigaa4o1_500.png)
“Some of the 100 Finnish soldiers after the raid to Soviet supply depot of Petrovskij Jam. February 1942.”
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