Couldn't come up with a better filename. ;)
WOW! Very nice photos the site has. The real thing looks SO much nicer than the drawed version I made to my site of an exploding arty shell......
As usual great links K-P, thanks! ...as a sidenote, you obviously have WAY too much freetime available to roam the net! ;) [ 17. March 2003,...
Captured what? Lunar landscape is closer to the truth as a town. [img] http://www.winterwar.com/M-Line/M-Line3.htm#befafter But seriously, it...
I'm sorry, but actually disagree with you on this Carl. True, many of the stunts are stupid, and many are revolting (Steve O. seems to be a real...
[img] ...little by Hollywood standards, but by the (then) contemporary Finnish standards it was one of the most expensive films made in Finland...
The upper "spike" is pointing to the right. See eg. http://www.sci.fi/~ambush/faf/color.html
- No. It is however still visible in some medals or decorations.
- I'm quilty, I guess. ;) - I remember you. Your nick is the type that is easy to remember. :D
- Much of it yes. - Correct. Only small items, like rifles, mines, hand grenades and stuff like that was reasonably fast to get to the troops....
- Well, using Niukkanen as a source isn't that wise, as the "purchased during the war" doesn't correspond with "received during the war". E.g. of...
- The actual tank types are rather easy to find, but for e.g. info of the formations, see: http://www.ankkurinvarsi.net/jaeger/FORMATIONS4.htm...
Hi Kai-Petri, I'm surprised you found that one. [img] Its indeed as I said. In order to cut the supply route, the Finns were NOT required to...
- What I've read, Lake Ladoga, rarely freezes totally during winters. The edges of course do, but rarely the whole body of water. During the...
http://www.helsinki-hs.net/news.asp?id=20011113IE22 By Vesa Karonen: "Soviets used Finnish prisoners of war as slave labour - New books discuss...
- In the case of Mr. Häyhä, after the men started to talk about his kills, and the rumors went up to higher levels, an officer was assigned to...
- Actually Mr. Kolkka is a mystery to me. Of all the books I've read about the Winter War (and there has been "a few"), I haven't met the name in...
Hello All, I agree with Kai-Petri, Simo Häyhä is without a doubt the nr.1 But some corrections: - The Winter War ended on 13 March 1940 - The...
Amen ! :D
- Yep, over a year ago. Damn, the older I get the faster time seems to go. [img]
