Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim and Lennart Oesch during a field exercise in Finnish Karelia, Finland, Aug 1939The Lutheran church of Sortavala, Finland on fire after Soviet bombing, 2 Feb 1940, photo 1 of 2The Lutheran church of Sortavala, Finland on fire after Soviet bombing, 2 Feb 1940, photo 2 of 2Destroyed Lutheran church of Sortavala, Finland, 4 Feb 1940
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim and Lennart Oesch during a field exercise in Finnish Karelia, Finland, Aug 1939The Lutheran church of Sortavala, Finland on fire after Soviet bombing, 2 Feb 1940, photo 1 of 2The Lutheran church of Sortavala, Finland on fire after Soviet bombing, 2 Feb 1940, photo 2 of 2Destroyed Lutheran church of Sortavala, Finland, 4 Feb 1940
Finnish Army machine gun crew near Lemetti, Karjala, Finland (now Pitkyarantsky, Russia), 21 Feb 1940; note Maxim M32/33 machine gunFinnish Army Colonel Wahlbeck (far right), Lieutenant Colonel Swendelin (behind Wahlbeck), and other officers taking a break in the field during the Äyräpään-Vuosalmen campaign, Karjala, Finland, Jun-Jul 1944Finnish Army Major Major Martti Aho interrogating a captured Soviet soldier, Jessoila, Karelia, Finland, Aug 1941Finnish General Hjalmar Siilasvuo near Kiestinki, Finland, 1940s
Finnish Army machine gun crew near Lemetti, Karjala, Finland (now Pitkyarantsky, Russia), 21 Feb 1940; note Maxim M32/33 machine gunFinnish Army Colonel Wahlbeck (far right), Lieutenant Colonel Swendelin (behind Wahlbeck), and other officers taking a break in the field during the Äyräpään-Vuosalmen campaign, Karjala, Finland, Jun-Jul 1944Finnish Army Major Major Martti Aho interrogating a captured Soviet soldier, Jessoila, Karelia, Finland, Aug 1941Finnish General Hjalmar Siilasvuo near Kiestinki, Finland, 1940s
Finnish General Hjalmar Siilasvuo, Colonel Väinö Palojärvi, and Colonel Lennart Hannelius at Kiestinki, Finland, 1940sRussian children in an internment camp in eastern Karelia, Finland, 1943Finnish Army sergeants Kaarlo Niemelä (leading, with panzerfaust and KP/-31) and Heino Nikulassi (with panzerfaust and small arms on his back) during Battle of Tali-Ihantala, north of Viipuri, Karjala, Finland, 30 Jun 1944; note destroyed Russian T-34 tank in backgroundFinnish soldiers during Battle of Tali-Ihantala, Karjala, Finland, 5 Aug 1944; note German panzerfaust anti-armor weapon
Finnish General Hjalmar Siilasvuo, Colonel Väinö Palojärvi, and Colonel Lennart Hannelius at Kiestinki, Finland, 1940sRussian children in an internment camp in eastern Karelia, Finland, 1943Finnish Army sergeants Kaarlo Niemelä (leading, with panzerfaust and KP/-31) and Heino Nikulassi (with panzerfaust and small arms on his back) during Battle of Tali-Ihantala, north of Viipuri, Karjala, Finland, 30 Jun 1944; note destroyed Russian T-34 tank in backgroundFinnish soldiers during Battle of Tali-Ihantala, Karjala, Finland, 5 Aug 1944; note German panzerfaust anti-armor weapon


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