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A declaration of war is a formal act by which one nation goes to war against another. A declaration is usually an act of delivering a performative speech (not to be confused with a mere speech) or the presentation of a signed document by an authorized party of a national government in order to create a state of war between two or more sovereign states.
Download as PDF; Printable version ... This is a list of wars involving Finland since its declaration of independence on 6 December ... Part of the Second World War ...
Under Swedish rule, Finnish and Spanish troops fought each other during the Thirty Years' War. In 1809, Finland became part of the Russian Empire and on 6 December 1917, Finland declared its independence from Russia, which initiated the Finnish Civil War. Spain became one of the first nations to recognize Finland's independence on 21 February 1918.
Canada and the Second World War: Essays in Honour of Terry Copp (2014) Henderson, Jarett, and Jeff Keshen. "Introduction: Canadian Perspectives on the First World War." Histoire sociale/Social history (2014) 47#4 pp: 283–290. MacKenzie, David, ed. Canada and the First World War (2005), 16 essays by leading scholars
The post-war period was a time of rapid economic growth and increasing social and political stability for Finland. The five decades after the Second World War saw Finland turn from a war-ravaged agrarian society into one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world, with a sophisticated market economy and high standard of living.
Spain had maintained a non-aligned stance during the political difficulties of pre-war Europe, and continued its neutrality after the war until the Spanish Civil War began in 1936. [2] While there was no direct military involvement in the war, German forces were interned in Spanish Guinea in late 1915.
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 ...
During the civil war, approximately 700 Canadians lost their lives fighting. [5] In 1938, the Republican Faction was taking heaving loses and realized that they were losing the war. Several Canadian fighters left Spain and returned to Canada before General Francisco Franco entered Madrid and ended the war in April 1939. [5]