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Monday, August 20, 2018

Heroes of Finland – Pekka Vesainen – The ‘First Sissi’

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In the summer of 1589 the town of Kandalaksha was burning, in the distance a column of rugged Finns were marching towards their next targe...
Monday, June 25, 2018

Memorial Hunter – Memorials of the Ancestors of Karelia

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At the conclusion of the Continuation War in September 1944, the Finns ceded a large part of Finnish Karelia to the Soviet Union in return ...
Monday, June 18, 2018

Finnish Waffen-SS Battalion Investigation – Why it needs to happen and how Historical Revision isn’t always a bad thing

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Thursday 31st May saw the Finnish Prime Minister’s Officer announced the opening of an independent probe into those Finnish citizens who ser...
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Monday, June 4, 2018

Marshal of Finland - A birthday gift from Finland

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On the morning of the 4th June 1942, Field Marshal (Sotamarsalkka) Mannerheim found himself confronted by a large delegation of civilian m...
Monday, May 28, 2018

Weapons of War - 76 K/02 – Finland’s first gun

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At 0900 on the morning of the 3 rd February 1918 two shots rang out over the Oulujoki river. These shots, fired from two 76.2 mm division...
Monday, May 21, 2018

The Finnish Army of the Grand Duchy of Finland - An impressive but incomplete force

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Between 1809 to 1917 Finland was an autonomous part of the Russian Empire, entitled the Grand Duchy of Finland. This time saw Finland transf...
Tuesday, May 15, 2018

'Built upon this Rock' - The Lost Speech that helped unify Finland

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On the 5th May, in the small town of Nivala, hundreds of citizens of Finland gathered outside the Town's Church, including the countr...