Digitised documents related to Finland at NARA

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Digitised documents related to Finland at NARA

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Post by Mangrove » 15 Jan 2023, 13:47

Here are some digitised collections related to Finland I found from the web pages of National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

Finland, 1930-1940, 1944. Finland, 1930-1940, 1944. Documents regarding Finland from the archives of White House and Department of State.

Correspondence of the Military Intelligence Division relating to general, political, economic, and military conditions in Scandinavia and Finland 1918-1941. Roll 12. Finland: Army (MID 2492-80 to 2492-157) and Aeronautics (MID 2682):

- Page 116 to 137. Book "Les Gardes Civiques de Finlande" published by the Civil Guard in 1924.
- Page 222 to 249. Same book as previous but in English: "Finland's Civil Guards".
- Page 178 to 270, Various reports on Civil Guard organisation, training and gear.
- Page 276 to 280. Biographies of various Finnish officers made in 1926.
- Page 409 to 410. Budget of the Civil Guard in 1927.

- Page 445 to 449. Biographical sketches of Generals Österman, Oesch, Öhquist and Valve and Colonels Svensson and Lundqvist in 1935.
- Page 504 to 512. Narrative of Finnish 1939 summer maneuver.
- Page 513. Narrative of Finnish 1934 summer maneuvers.
- Page 549 to 563. Biographies of various Finnish ministers, generals and staff officers made in 1938 and 1939.
- Page 564 to 634. Documents regarding the Finnish tactics and losses during the Winter War.

- Page 635 onwards. Documents regarding Finnish aviation from 1921 to 1941.
- Page 720 to 733. Documents concerning Väinö Bremer's 1933 flight around the world.
- Page 861 to 863. 1939 report on Suomen Ilmapuolustusliitto ("Finnish Air Defence League").
- Page 869 to 870. 1940 report on Finnish wood-plastic (kolupuu) propellers.
- Page 871 to 885. Captain Robert Losey's report on operating airplanes in extreme cold during the Winter War. Contains information about planes, heaters, tents, flight gear etc.
- Page 886 to 890. Captain Robert Losey's report on Finnish fighter tactics during the Winter War.
- Page 896 to 898. Finnish Air Force experience in aircraft armament and bombs during the Winter War.
- Page 900. Personal observations of Major Martinus Stenseth from visit to Air Depot at Tampere on August 5-6, 1940.
- Page 901. Report on Kaleva incident in June 1940.

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