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The Finnish Winter War (1939 - 1940)
Photos courtesy of SA-Kuva & Thérèse Bonney © The Regents of the University of California, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Civilians guards in Helsinki with Berdan II rifles
Finland's Ghost Army takes a breather
Finnish cavalry troops on the march with M27/rv rifles during 1939
Finnish soldier with dog & M91
Super close up of Civil Guardsman shooting an M28/30
Finnish Civil Guard corporal shooting a M28/30
Civil Guardsman shooting with Finnish flag in the background
Civil Guardsman Risto Hultman with his M28/30 at a shooting competition
Close up of Finnish Civil Guardsmen with M28/30 at a shooting competition
Sergeant Major Kohonen with his M28/30 rifle
A very happy Gustav Lindblad with his M28/30 rifle
Two Finnish Civil Guardsmen standing at attention during a shooting competition
Two Finnish Civil Guardsmen examining a M28/30 at a shooting competition
Ten Finnish Civil Guardsmen shooting during a competition
Empty brass casings at Civil Guard shooting competition
Finnish Civil Guardsmen studying during shooting competition
Finnish Civil Guardsmen during shooting competition
Finnish Civil Guardsmen preparing at shooting range
Finnish guard at presidential palace during 1940
Finnish soldiers marching through Helsinki waterfront (side view)
Soldiers marching on the Helsinki waterfront during 1939
Two Finnish Civil Guard soldiers with suitcases during 1939
Finnish Civil Guard sentry at night during 1940
Finnish Civil Guard bicycle troops at night during 1940
Cadets with M27 rifles at airfield
Finnish soldier with M28 taking a break on the road to Heinola
Finnish soldier with stepped barreled Mosin taking a break on the road to Heinola
Soldier with M28 Ski Trooper on the way to Heinola
Soldier with M27 takes a break on the road to Heinola
Finnish soldiers walking down the road to Heinola
Three Finnish soldiers on the road to Heinola
Finnish Soldiers: Road to Heinola - 1939
Finnish sentry with M27/rv next to propaganda sign
Finnish sentry with M27/rv during 1939
Three soldiers with M27/rv rifles during 1939
Finnish soldier tending barbed wire cart
Finnish soldier repairing a ladder next to his M27/rv
Return of Finnish troops to Petsamo. Camp chores
Finnish soldiers share cigarettes with Soviet POWs
Troops on the way to 10/ERP Öllölä
10/ERP soldier with M91 skiing at Öllölä
10/ERP on march break from Omevanjoki road junction 1 km to Öllölä
10/ERP on a march break at the Omevanjoki road junction
10/ERP Ski Troopers on the march to Öllölä
10/ERP on the way to Öllölä
The troops board the train at Käkisalmi station
Kyrönsalmi bridge guard
4/KTR 8's fire line in action in Kiviniemi, Sakkolan
Reindeer patrol in Jäniskoski
III AK region. 6/II/JR 19 chief res.ltn.
Spoils of war. Quick rifle ahkio in Kuhmo
Finnish troops on leave in Helsinki
Silvo's patrol from Sassali is just on its way
The base in Telkä has just finished exchanging shots
Finnish soldier looking through trench shield
Cutting out the inside of a Mosin stock
Counterboring a M91 at an armory
10/ERP in Tolvajärvi by Omevanjoki
Evacuation in Värtsilä
Warrior type in Kollaanjoki I/JR.
Watchman and lieutenant in Kollaa
In front of the Ministry of Defense. Air alert
Replenishment forces at Kuhmo's Saunajärvi
Harlu JP.I.
Finnish ski trooper in shooting position
Head of the radio group
A hillock in the Nautsi region
Ryssie's protective shield in Linnasaari, Vyborg (back)
Ryssie's protective shield in Linnasaari, Vyborg (front)
Finnish soldiers handling unexploded bomb
The barracks of the advance guard in Märkäjärvi
Finnish ski patrol in Märkäjärvi
Finnish soldier looking onward
Finnish soldier examining captured PE sniper rifle
The namesake's house destroyed in the Heinola bombings
Destroyed cars and seized weapons on Tenhamonmäki
Captured Soviet weapons during the Winter War
The entrance to the Pioneer dugout in Saarijoki
Finnish patrol with FN Model D
Destroyed assault vehicle approximately 4 km north of Lemetti
The closing parade of the Isthmus military exercises in Vyborg
Horse patrol in Uusellakirko
Finnish mortar crew in Taipale
Finnish anti-tank crew with captured gun
Security guard in Helsinki
3 lost soldiers returned to the front
Kiantajärvi during the chase. Right. T. Murama and M. Koskinen
Rack of M27 rifles during 1939
Right after the battle stopped, the base in Telkä
Finnish troops waiting during the Winter War
Finnish radio troops
Simo Häyhä in 1940
Finnish soldier guarding captured Soviet quad machine gun
Artillery at Lemetti
Piles of captured 91/30 rifles
An anti-tank gun from a destroyed enemy column approx. 4 km north of Lemet
Finnish soldier in snowsuit
Destroyed Soviet tank at Ruhtinaanmäki
A moment of rest during the battle on the front lines in Kollaanjoki
A radio car charging its batteries in the direction of Loimola
Finnish migrants on a train
Surrendering Soviet soldier
Finnish soldiers testing gas masks
Finnish soldier with captured PE sniper rifle
Res.ltn. Toiviainen 5/JR.34 from the forest battle of Artohuhta
At Suistamo on the third day of the Winter War
Tyk. K/JR 11. Johannes-Keskijärvi
Finnish crew in a camouflaged IT battery in Herttoniemessä
Finnish cavalry troops on the way to Uudellakirkolla
Finnish Ski Patrol
Typical Finnish night patrolmen
Finnish Message Dogs
Finnish Cavalry
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