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  2. Finland in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Finnish soldiers raise the flag at the three-country cairn between Norway, Sweden, and Finland on 27 April 1945, which marked the end of World War II in Finland.. Finland participated in the Second World War initially in a defensive war against the Soviet Union, followed by another, this time offensive, war against the Soviet Union acting in concert with Nazi Germany and then finally fighting ...

  3. Category:Battles involving Finland - Wikipedia

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    This category includes historical battles in which modern state of Finland (1917–present) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. Subcategories

  4. List of World War II battles - Wikipedia

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    The largest air-sea battle in history. • Operation Queen: was a joint British-American operation during World War II at the Western Front between Aachen and the Rur river. • Battle of Mindoro • Battle of Vianden: The only major open battle fought between the Luxembourgish Resistance against German forces. • Battle of the Bulge

  5. List of wars involving Finland - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of wars involving Finland since its declaration of independence on 6 December 1917. List. Conflict Party 1 Party 2 Result Finnish leaders

  6. Military history of Finland - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Valkeala in 1790 took place in Valkeala, Finland, between Sweden and the Russian Empire.At the time, Finland was a component of the Swedish Realm. During the several following centuries, a gradual and slow process of Swedish expansion in today's Finland and the consolidation of Sweden took place, not through wars fought between the Finns and the Swedes, but rather by various ...

  7. Finnish volunteers in the Waffen-SS - Wikipedia

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    From 1941 to 1943, 1,408 Finns volunteered for service on the Eastern Front of World War II in the Waffen-SS, in units of the SS Division Wiking.Most of these volunteers served as motorized infantry in the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS (German: Finnisches Freiwilligen-Bataillon der Waffen-SS; Finnish: Suomalainen Waffen-SS-vapaaehtoispataljoona).

  8. Winter War - Wikipedia

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    The first naval battle occurred in the Gulf of Finland on 1 December, near the island of Russarö, 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Hanko. That day, the weather was fair and visibility was excellent. The Finns spotted the Soviet cruiser Kirov and two destroyers. When the ships were at a range of 24 km (13 nmi; 15 mi), the Finns opened fire with four 234 ...

  9. Bombing of Helsinki in World War II - Wikipedia

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    The first bombing of Helsinki occurred the very day Finland was invaded on 30 November 1939. On the morning of the first air raid, Soviet bombers flew over Helsinki and dropped leaflets with the inscription: [3] You know we have bread - don't starve. Soviet Russia will not harm the Finnish people. Their disaster is due to the wrong leadership.