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	Continuation War
		In December 1941, the Finnish advance had reached the outskirts of Leningrad and the River Svir (which connects the southern ends of Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega and marks the southern border of East Karelia).
		Finnish Jews served in the Finnish army, and Jews were not only tolerated in Finland[1], but most Jewish refugees also were granted asylum (less than 20 of the more than 500 refugees were handed over to the Nazis).
		The battalion was pulled back from the front in May 1943 and was transported to Tallinn where it was disbanded on July 11.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/co/continuation_war.html (5793 words)

	Finnish Defence Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Finnish Defence Forces are under the command of the Chief of Defence, who is directly subordinate to the President of the Republic in matters related to the military command.
		These Finnish Jäger troops arrived in February 1918 in the white capital city of Vaasa and formed the core of the White Army in the Finnish Civil War.
		According to the Finnish law the maximum simultaneous strength of the peacekeeping forces is 2000 soldiers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_of_Finland (934 words)

	Battle of Honkaniemi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The commander of the Finnish II Corps General Harald Öhquist had attached Jaeger Battalion 3 and the 4th company of the Armoured Battalion to the 23rd Division.
		As the Finnish attack started, at 07:15 in the morning of February 26th, 2 of the tanks suffered technical failures.
		Six of the Finnish tanks that managed to engage in the battle were lost and only destroyed 3 of the opposing Soviet tanks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Honkaniemi (298 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Continuation War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Finnish foreign trade was another critical issue as it was dependent on British navycerts and the Ministry of Economic Warfare was extremely strict when issuing those so that even Finnish trade (and relations) with the Soviet Union suffered from it.
		Finnish II Corps had cut railroads between Viipuri and Sortavala August 6, and on August 8 Mannerheim formed the new I Corps from 19 Division, 7 Division and 2 Division, with the task to clear the western shore of Lake Ladoga.
		Finnish Jews served in the Finnish army, and Jews were not only tolerated in Finland[5], but most Jewish refugees were granted asylum (only 8 of the more than 500 refugees were handed over to the Nazis).
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Continuation_War (12882 words)

	AllRefer.com - Finland - Military Heritage \| Finnish Information Resource
		When most of the Finnish officer corps threatened to resign in 1924 over the dominance of the Russian-trained leadership, most of the Russian officers were moved aside and the jaeger officers began to occupy the higher echelons, bringing the influence of German military doctrine and training methods with them.
		The Finnish Military Academy was reactivated in 1919, and during the 1920s a reserve officers' school was formed, together with NCO schools for various branches and arms of the service.
		The Finnish army was able to inflict sharp defeats in battles on the Karelian Isthmus and in northeastern Finland.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/finland/finland163.html (1607 words)

	Finnish Army -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The (The official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages) Finnish Army ((The official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages) Finnish: Maavoimat) is one of the branches of the (additional info and facts about Finnish Defence Forces) Finnish Defence Forces.
		In wartime, the army is composed of (Rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey) Jaeger, (An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot) Infantry and (Protective covering made of metal and used in combat) Armoured Brigades.
		Jaeger and infantry brigades are similar, except that infantry brigades are equipped with older materiel.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fi/finnish_army.htm (1168 words)

	The Battle of Honkaniemi, the only Finnish tank attack of the Winter War
		Also the 3rd battalion of the 67th regiment, which was "on loan" to the 5th division, was returned.
		The Jaegers were to cut through the defending Soviet forces, and two battalions from the JR 67 would advance forward through the Jaegers.
		On the night between 25th / 26th, the JP 3 was transferred by trucks to Heponotko (the road on the map leads to it, 3 km NE from the Honkaniemi depot) and skied to the starting point, arriving at 0400 hrs.
	www.winterwar.com /Battles/Naykkijaervi.htm (1344 words)

	ipedia.com: Finnish Army Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Finnish Army is one of the braches of the Finnish Defence Forces.
		The Finnish Army (Finnish: Maavoimat) is one of the braches of the Finnish Defence Forces.
		In wartime, the army is composed of Jaeger, Infantry and Armoured Brigades.
	www.ipedia.com /finnish_army.html (432 words)

	FMP - Estonian Volunteers in Finland 1939 - 1944
		Commander of the II Battalion was Finnish Lt.Col. V.
		Battalion remained at their positions until it was ordered to withdraw to VT-line at Sahakylä and later to Vammeljärvi for rest.
		Fortress Battalion 4 and 5 (Linnoituspataljoona 4 and 5, Lin.P 4 and 5) were subordinated to JR 200.
	www.geocities.com /finnmilpge/fmp_jr200.html (1542 words)

	Vesa Saarikoski: Middle-of-the-roader General Aarne Sihvo (1889-1963) and the interaction between the Finnish armed ...
		In the history of independent Finland, Aarne Sihvo, twice Commander of the Finnish army, was indisputably a person of note as a military figure, though he was not a great man in the Finnish context in the same sense of the word as, for example, Mannerheim, Paasikivi and Kekkonen were.
		He it was who was needed to prove that the heart of the Finnish people was healthy and that despite the accident caused by some Bolshevik-inspired demagogues, (which was how the supporters of the Fennoman tradition visualized the situation), the Finnish nation and people were ready to build a state of their own.
		General Sihvo was the military adviser of the Finnish delegation in Paris and one of the military advisers of President Paasikivi during the negotiations between Finland and the Soviet Union for the Friendship Treaty in the Spring 1948.
	www.lib.helsinki.fi /elektra/sumsaar.html (3605 words)

	All words on Continuation War
		Petsamo crisis had disillusioned Finnish politicians, especially Ryti and Mannerheim, that peaceful existence with Soviet Union was impossible, and the only way Finland would survive in peace would be if Soviet Union is defeated, as Ryti presented it to US ambassador Arthur Schoenfeld April 28.
		An airfield in Utti was evacuated from Finnish planes on June 18 and Germans were allowed to use it for refuelling since June 19.
		Finnish Jews served in the Finnish army, and Jews were not only tolerated in Finlandhttp://www.finemb.org.il/Historia.htm, but most Jewish refugees also were granted asylum (less than 20 of the more than 500 refugees were handed over to the Nazis).
	www.allwords.org /co/continuation-war.html (9451 words)

	FINNISH ARMY 1918 - 1945: FORMATIONS (TO&E), PART IV
		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 (1866 words)

	physics - Continuation War
		The Petsamo crisis had disillusioned Finnish politicians, especially Ryti and Mannerheim, creating teh impression that peaceful co-existence with the Soviet Union was impossible, and that Finland would survive in peace only if the Soviet Union was defeated, as Ryti presented it to US ambassador Arthur Schoenfeld on April 28.
		On the morning of June 22, the German XIX Mountain Corps began its move from Northern Norway to Petsamo, and the German ambassador initiated urgent negotiations with Sweden for transfer of the German 163rd Infantry Division from Norway to Finland using Swedish rail.
		Finnish Jews served in the Finnish army, and Jews were not only tolerated in Finland[5], but most Jewish refugees were granted asylum (only 8 of the more than 500 refugees were handed over to the Nazis, and these 8 were expelled only because they had a criminal record in Finland, not because of German requests).
	physicsdaily.com /physics/Continuation_War (10097 words)

	Axis History Factbook: Armored Division (Finland)
		The plans of founding an armoured group in the Finnish armed forces were confirmed on 28th June 1942 which resulted in the founding of the Panssaridivisioona.
		While most of the Battalion attacked towards Karhumäki one Tank Company was left behind at Svir and participated in fighting in eastern shore of the river in the vicinity of the Lobskaja and Gora villages.
		The Jäger Battalions of the division were operationg mainly in the northern and western parts of the lake Lake Onega at that time.
	www.axishistory.com /index.php?id=6265 (1094 words)

	History - The Finnish Jaeger Movement - Embassy of Finland, Riga
		The battalion took part in battles fought between the Misa River and the Gulf of Riga.
		In 1997 a granite stone brought from the Finnish Eastern antitank defence line was erected on the bank of the Gulf of Riga as a memorial to the Jaeger Movement and in 2003 a permanent photographic exhibition depicting the Jaegers' war experience was inaugurated at the Lapmezciems local museum.
		In 1997 a memorial plaque commemorating the Jaegers' oath of allegiance to the legal government of Finland was unveiled in the Holy Trinity Church in Liepaja and in May 2004 a copy of the memorial next to the military cemetery in Klapkalnciems, originally erected in 1929, was unveiled.
	www.finland.lv /doc/en/embassy/jaeger.html (551 words)

	The Karelian Isthmus front-line on 30 November 1939
		At the end of November, the Finnish army had deployed on the Karelian Isthmus some 133 000 men, which was some 42 % of the total number of men in the defense forces.
		The delaying groups were consisted of separate companies, divisional light detachments, Jaeger Battalions, separate artillery batteries and border guard companies in addition to the HRR, URR and the 3.Pr shown on the map.
		The 7th Army was supported by the 10th Tank Corps (3 Tank Brigades), and at least by 4 artillery regiments of the Soviet High Command.
	www.winterwar.com /Maps/Frontline1.htm (510 words)

	Axis History Forum :: View topic - Question on Finnish OOB 1941
		3 Sissi Battalions were formed.1st and 2nd were with VIII Corps and 3rd with III Corps.
		From these 1 officer, 3 NCO and 64 were unfit for military service (too old) and had been organised to Ancillary Unit, which was intended for home front use.
		The Battalion was sent to front 6th of February and was transported to Kuhmo area.
	forum.axishistory.com /viewtopic.php?t=84724&highlight=linnoituskomppania (1692 words)

	Edvard Grieg : Peer Gynt / Jean Sibelius : Pelleas And Melisande
		Solvejg's Song is the prelude to Act III scene 3, an orchestral version of the song sung by Peer's true loves who waits patiently at home for him through all his adventures.
		Although he was Finland's great nationalist composer, he was araise3d speaking Swedish and did not speak Finnish until he was eight.
		He absorbed the language and the great Finnish mythological epics that were taught there.
	ooz.tripod.com /cd/htm/DB0F1F11400D3.htm (5018 words)

	INKPOT#58 CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWS: SIBELIUS The Origin of Fire and other choral works (BIS) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Although it may seem a little odd to place something as evocatively titled as "The Origin of Fire" next to the Finnish Jäger March, this disc proved to be a thoroughly fascinating record of a mixture of Sibelius' compositional characteristics.
		Tulen synty, op.32 (1902, rev.1910) depicts "The Origin of Fire" as it is written in the Finnish epic, The Kalevala.
		As to the "Sandels" poem by Runeberg, you might note one important point: The reason for Sandels refusing to move initially is that the truce with the Russians is not supposed to end until at one o'clock.
	inkpot.com /classical/siboriginfire.html (1361 words)

	Military History Online - The Kerensky Offensive
		The Zoraisky Regiment took the village of Presovce and the Fourth Finnish Division, assisted by the Czech brigade, moved into good positions on the heights of Zborov and Korshiduv.
		The counterattack was initially successful but the Russians, with superior numbers and flashing bayonets in house to house fighting, soon forced their enemies out of the town.
		The Jaegers said that another unit had relieved them and they had simply performed a retreating movement while the Finns reminded their comrades that they had participated in the deadly street by street fighting in Tarnopol.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwi/articles/kerenskyoffensive.aspx (4584 words)

	THE WHITE DEATH:
		A professional elite, nearly every Finn battalion or higher commander was an alumnus of the 27th Jaegers, or had been trained by one.
		At 1700 the battalion reached their new assembly area at the end of a horse trail paralleling the Raate road, where they had a hot meal before proceeding on skis through the dark and silent woods to their attack position about three miles further.
		Late on 3 Jan, 3/27 assaulted again, this time from the left flank of the new roadblock, but was unable to cut the road in the face of stiff resistance and extensive fortifications.
	home.interserv.com /~tazio/7dSuomu.htm (10815 words)

	World War II Books & Videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Formed as a battalion of convicted poachers in 1940, the unit operated in Poland until 1942.
		Focusing on the German Armored Units from platoon to battalion in combat according to the manuals of March 1939 to May 1943, plus examples of battlefield modifications, this is a highly detailed analysis of not only how German armored formations were supposed to operate, but how they actually operated on the battlefield.
		Specifically dealing with the formal tactics of the tank platoon, company, battalion, and regiment and the way those units were combined with the other armored elements in the Panzer Divisions in tactical situations.
	www.wwiibooks.com /reich.html (16757 words)

	Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music
		58; March of the Finnish Jaeger Battalion; 13 Pieces for Piano Op.
		Received opinion generally slights Sibelius' piano music as crumbs from the master's table, salonish charmers, or nothing more than keyboard ephemera.
		On the other hand, Mustonen proudly pumps up the Battalion March as if he were a one-man-band.
	www.classicstoday.com /review.asp?ReviewNum=5923 (230 words)

	How to say cheers - Slainte - prost - skål in different languages / countries - skål på forskellige ...
		To say that these forms are never used in Finland is simply incorrect; their place is at a formal dinner party, for example.
		"Pohjanmaan kautta" might possibly be derived from a historical event: literally translated it means "By way of Ostrobothnia", and Ostrobothnia is precisely the way by which Finnish Jäger troops of the Royal Prussian 27th Jäger Battalion came back from training in Germany, to contribute to the victory of the "whites" in the Finnish Civil War.
		This repeats for up to 3 times depending on the mood of the crowd.
	www.awa.dk /glosary/slainte.htm (1230 words)

	September 2, The Daily Bleed: A Calendar Better Than Boiled Coffee! A People's History: Social, Cultural, Labor, Arts & ...
		Hans Henrik Jaeger, writer & anarchist & important friend & influence on Edvard Munch, lives (1854-1910), Drammen.
		In the 1960s he joined the Finnish Communist Party & was one of the more visible intellectuals in the media.
		Result of the nationalist, imperialist, racist madness: 55 million dead men, 35 million wounded, 3 million dispersed.
	www.eskimo.com /~recall/bleed/0902.htm (2304 words)

	WUOT 91.9 fm \| Knoxville TN
		J.S. BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 3, D, S. 9:52 ALBENIZ: Suite espanola, Op.
		1:27 SIBELIUS: March of the Finnish Jaeger Battalion, Op.
		3, No. 3, Bb STRAUSS: Don Juan, Op.
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