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	::The Winter War::
		The Winter War was fought between Finland and Russia between November 1939 and March 1940.
		In time of war, it was planned by Mannerheim that the peacetime army should act as a covering force to delay any attack until the reservists got to the front.
		Finnish troops were well suited to the forests and snow-covered regions of Finland and they knew the lay of the land.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /winter_war.htm (2385 words)

	Finnish Air Force History
		The war experiences proved both the tactics and the training to be right and as a result, the main fighters Fokker D.XXIs were able to achieve an exchange ratio (kills in air combat versus losses in air combat) of 16:1 against Soviet combat aircraft.
		They added to the Winter War formation tactics and shooting accuracy a vertical energy-speed maneuver which was very effective against their main adversaries of that time, the I-153 Chaikas and I-16 Ratas, which were more agile but a little slower.
		Their advance achieved initial success, forcing the withdrawal of Finnish forces along the Isthmus, but in July 1944 the Finns were able to stabilize the front at the Vuoksi River and further attempts by the Soviet forces to advance beyond this line were repelled.
	www.sci.fi /~fta/FAFhist.htm (3330 words)

	Fire and Ice: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The main goal of the Finnish Army was to this point to delay the Soviet attacks and although the Soviets had been successful in their advance – most of the Finnish troops were still intact.
		The commander of the Finnish II Corps was Lt. General Öhquist and he was one of the main proponents of the Finns taking such an agressive action.
		The 6th Division took the brunt of the Soviet fire and the Finnish losses were quite high.
	www.wfyi.org /fireandice/history/battles_1.htm (1397 words)

	The Finnish Winter War 1939-1940
		The defensive plan of the Finnish high command was dated in 1934 and it had as its basic premise the idea of stopping an enemy attack on the Karelian Isthmus at a certain point where natural obstacles like the Vuoksi-river would suppress the enemy forces and prevent their operational possibilities.
		Finnish artillery punched holes to Russian infantry formations, but still they were able to come over to Finnish positions and take them, but during the day and the next day, they were thrown back.
		Finnish troops (Er.P 17 and after 4th of Dec Er.P 25) were unable to delay the attackers and Salla village was burned in the 9th of December.
	www.feldgrau.com /wwar.html (7528 words)

	Taipale
		When the war broke down on November 30, 1939, the Soviet troops prepared to invade Finland from the South-East part of Karelian Isthmus initially consisted of two divisions, 49th and 150th, combined into "North-East operating group" under command of army coimmander of II rank Vladimir Davydovitch Grendal.
		Finnish batallion advanced from main defence line for 2 km to the south end of Koukkuniemi but Russian troops dug there with furious resistance so Finns were forced to retreat.
		Finnish boot was estimated as 140 captured machine guns, 12 antitank guns, 500 automatic rifles and 200 rifles as well as thousands of ammos.
	geocities.com /taipaleenjoki (4538 words)

	FMP - Camouflage & Markings 1939 - 1945
		During the Winter War tanks were marked with white-blue-white stripe around the upper part of the turret.
		Standard Finnish paint during and after the Winter War was overall field grey (very dark green).
		Finnish three tone camouflage, introduced already on 23.9.1941 for artillery pieces and certain unarmoured vehicles, was adopted on tanks and other armoured vehicles in April 1943 after removing of winter camouflage.
	www.geocities.com /finnmilpge/fmp_ps_camo.html (1421 words)

	Feldgrau :: The Finnish Winter War 1939-1940
		The Finnish air force had 116 air-worthy planes on the eve of the Winter War.
		The 13th Division was in the south and the 12th on the north side of the frontline.
		By the end of February, a Swedish volunteer brigade was moved to the area and relieved the Finnish troops to be used elsewhere.
	www.feldgrau.com /articles.php?ID=62 (7537 words)

	The Sami and World War II
		The SS Division “Nord” and the 169th Infantry Division and the Finnish 6th Infantry Division attacked the South Kola.
		As a result of the Continuation War, the North was devastated and Rovaneimi, the capital of Finnish Sapmi was left in ruins (http://www.bradmans.com/scripts/display.cgi?type=hgc&city=211).
		To avenge this declaration of war by the Finnish Sami troops, the Germans used the tactic of scorched earth.
	www.utexas.edu /courses/sami/dieda/hist/wwii.htm (4371 words)

	FINNISH ARMY 1918 - 1945: FORMATIONS (TO&E), PART 4
		Finnish tank force was established in 1919 and equipped 32 FT-17 light tanks acquired from France that year.
		Finnish Armour units were poorly equipped: Large majority of their tanks were still now outdated variants of T-26.
		Finnish Army HQ also had its own Heavy Artillery Battalions, which had rather similar (maybe bit more modern) weaponry as the ones belonging to Divisions, but the big difference was that these units were usually motorized.
	www.jaegerplatoon.net /FORMATIONS4.htm (1856 words)

	Fighting the Russians in Winter: three case studies
		Also cause for alarm was the possibility that Allied war materiel in Russia might fall into German hands or be used by the Bolsheviks--who espoused the violent eradication of the existing international order--to consolidate their hold on the country.
		Winter clothing, procured on the basis of the occupation force, arrived very late because of the breakdown in transportation.
		The exception, the destruction of the 44th Division, does not invalidate that generalization: the attacking Finns enjoyed concealment and warm shelter in the woods, whereas the Russians were defending a hopeless position, an exposed roadway without sheltering villages.
	www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/Chew/CHEW.asp (15835 words)

	FINNISH ARMY 1918 - 1945: FORMATIONS (TO&E), PART 9
		During Winter War (1939 - 1940) the basic unit of Finnish Engineer Corps was Engineer Company, 33 of which were established for the Winter War.
		However, during the war also Engineer units had to often take part in battles as replacement of infantry.
		These studies and Finnish experiences from Winter War lead to introduction of new training doctrine: "Taistelupioneerikoulutus" (Combat engineer training), which was spread to Finnish Engineer units during Continuation War.
	www.jaegerplatoon.net /FORMATIONS9.htm (880 words)

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