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  Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is situated in Northern Europe, bounded by the Baltic Sea with the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west.
During World War II, Finland fought the Soviet Union twice: in the Winter War of 1939–1940 and in the Continuation War of 1941–1944 in accordance with Operation Barbarossa in which Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
After the Winter War (1939) (and confirmed by the outcome of the Continuation War) 12% of Finland's population had to be re-settled.
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 Wikinfo | Continuation War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Continuation War was fought between Finland and the Soviet Union during World War II; from the Soviet bombing attacks on June 25, 1941, to cease-fire September 4, 1944 (on the Finnish side) and September 5 (on the Soviet side).
Although the Continuation War was fought in the periphery of World War II, and the engaged troops were relatively few, the history of this war is intriguing as it challenges much of the conventional wisdom on the World War.
Specifically for the Continuation War, Finland aimed at reversing her territorial losses under the March 1940 Moscow Peace Treaty and by extending the territory further east, to guarantee the survival of the Finnic brethren in East-Karelia.
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 List of Finnish corps in the Continuation War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of Finnish corps in the Continuation War
List of military corps — List of Finnish corps in the Continuation War
This is a list of Finnish army corps that existed during the Continuation War.
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 Continuation War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Although the Continuation War was fought on the periphery of World War II and the troops engaged were relatively few, its history is intriguing as it challenges both conventional wisdom about the moral clarity of the Allied effort and the popular and academic theory that democratic countries do not wage war against each other.
Specifically for the Continuation War, Finland aimed at reversing its territorial losses under the March 1940 Moscow Peace Treaty and by extending the territory further east, to guarantee the survival of the Finnic brethren in East-Karelia — thus in effect aiming at creating a Greater Finland, as advocated by vociferous right-wing groups.
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.
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 Continuation War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Although the Continuation War was fought in the periphery of World War II and the engaged troops were relatively few, the history of this War is intriguing as it challenges much of the conventional wisdom on the World War, and the popular theory that democratic countries don't wage War against each other.
Memories of the 1939 Winter War with the Soviets, and the inability of the Allies to support the Finns were the motivation for the alliance with Nazi Germany.
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 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).
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 World War II Encyclopedia Articles @ LaunchBase.com (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Italian declaration of war in June 1940, challenging the British supremacy of the Mediterranean, hinged on Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria.
The North African war proved to be a disaster for Italy, and when the Allies invaded Sicily on July 10 in Operation Husky, capturing the island in a little over a month, the regime of Benito Mussolini collapsed.
It was one of the bloodiest sieges of the war.
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 ipedia.com: Sweden Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It continued to stay non-aligned during the Cold War and is today not a member of any military alliance but has participated in NATO military training.
As a reaction to the failed Great Northern War, Parliamentarism was introduced in 1719, followed by three different flavours of Constitutional Monarchy in 1772, 1789 and 1809, the latter granting several civil liberties.
Of the refugees from the Yugoslav wars, 135,000 remain in Sweden (2001).
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 Continuation War - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
The arrival of German troops participating in Operation Barbarossa began on June 7 in Petsamo, where Nord" class="a-lk">SS Division Nord started southwards, and on June 8 in the ports of the Gulf of Bothnia where the German 169th Infantry Division was transported by rail to Rovaniemi, where both of these turned eastward on June 18.
Finland was able to mobilize 16 infantry divisions, one cavalry brigade and two "Jäger" brigades, which were practically normal infantry brigades, exept one battalion in the 1st Jaeger Brigade (1.JPr), which was armored using captured Soviet equipment.
Soviet war against Germany didn't go as well as pre-war Soviet wargames had envisioned, and soon Soviet high command had to take units whereever they could, so although Soviets had started the war against Finland, they couldn't follow the initial air offensive with supporting land offensive, but they had to withdraw 10.
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 Slavic Languages and Literatures: Selective Bibliography , Reference Department, Davis Library
Lists bibliographic sources which appear regularly (like the MLA Bibliography), grouped in five major areas: comprehensive bibliographies and general indexes; English, American, and Commonwealth literatures; non-English literatures; subjects (e.g., critical and literary theory, film); authors (i.e., bibliographies of critical works about specific authors).
An international subject list of bibliographies containing 50 or more items and which are published either as parts of books, pamphlets, or in about 2,600 periodicals.
Continues the Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Wissenchaftlidher Literatur (1971-83) and the Bibliographie der Rezensionen (1900-43)which alternated its coverage between German language and foreign language reviews over the period of its publication.
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 The Ultimate Horse Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
However, wild species continued into historic times, including the Forest Horse, Equus caballus silvaticus (also called the Diluvial Horse); it is thought to have evolved into Equus caballus germanicus, and may have contributed to the development of the heavy horses of northern Europe, such as the Ardennais.
The list of horse breeds provides a partial alphabetical list of breeds of horse extant today, plus a discussion of rare breeds' conservation.
Hunter classes in various divisions and fence heights demonstrate the horse's ability to jump smoothly and safely.
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