Ah, sorry. Didn't realize this thread was in the WW1 area. Winter War was a war between Finland and Russia during WW2. By getting boys home, he meant...
I personally don't believe this will start any larger conflicts. Russia will take (or already took) what they wanted with the rich ports and...
I like Full Metal Jacket. I might be reading the movie completely wrong, but I think it portrays the madness that is war quite well. Without spoiling...
I really like the colour pictures. It's a weird feeling looking at the pictures knowing that I've visited many of these places, yet not all of them...
I was thinking something similiar. I can see them being terrifying weapons in the hands of terror groups, but we already have such "efficent tools"...
I live close to a cemetary and a memorial that was made for the german soldiers that fell on finnish soil during world war 2. It's been estimated...
My grandpa was telling me stories about winter war. His job was, and I quote; "getting our boys home". He would take his horse and a cart and get the...
The defence university of Finland has uploaded hundreads of photos from the war years of 1939-1945. The photos are mostly about winter war,...
Yeah it's come to me as a suprise that there are people out there who do not believe that it ever happened. Never figured out why somebody would even...
I don't have any immediate family that was effected by the events, but a friend of mine is jewish and I believe his great grandparents were...
You could say that a big portion of the war is fought outside of the battlefield for the reasons you stated. Nowadays you have to be very skilled in...
I guess there will always be controversy on the way schools teach things. No matter how you try, you can never make truly unbiased school books. As...
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