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Monday, July 29, 2019

Decorations of Finland - Vapaussodan Muistomitalit - Liberation War Medal

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Finland, like every other country, has a plethora of decorations that can be awarded to individuals. One of the oldest of these is the Liber...
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Monday, December 3, 2018

Memorial Hunter - The Battle of Gorni Dubnik Memorial - A Hidden Memorial to a Forgotten War

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Tucked away in the car park of Finland’s Ministry of Defence is a little known memorial to a little known battle. I came across thi...
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Monday, November 19, 2018

Memorial Hunter - Red Guard Monument - Last Stand at Pispala

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Recently I was in Tampere for work. I found myself with a few hours free before I needed to get the train back to Oulu and so I decided that...
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Monday, October 15, 2018

Weapons of War - de Bange 90 mm cannon - Jumping Henry's

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“No one knew what would happen when they rammed the artillery shot into the rear of the canon, locked it, and pulled the rope hanging from...
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Monday, September 10, 2018

Finnish War Veterans Grave Markers

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I enjoy visiting graveyards, seeing the history and wondering the lives they lived. It is also a place to pay respects to our ancestors an...
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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 ...