Blackburn Ripon, Pilot W.O.A. Siltavuori, in Härmälä Finland. Sep. 1941.
When Finland had to surrender the Karelian isthmus after the end of the Winter War to the USSR, 12% of the total population of Finland lived there, ~500,000 people. They were offered Soviet citizenship.
They all declined.
Finnish soldiers inspecting knocked out BT-7.
Finnish StuG III Ausf G during a training exercise in 1960.
The Finns will never end the Winter War!
Finnish StuG III Ausf G during a training exercise in 1960.
The Finns will never end the Winter War!
BT-5 February 1940. Finland. Finnish soldiers inspect the scene of the battle in Western Lemetti