I totally agree with the idea of giving the war
between the Soviet Union and Finland its own
separate section. ... Truly understanding
World War II is impossible without knowledge
of Finland's fight for freedom. Indeed, in some
cases, that may be why Finland's role is
omitted or played down in history books. ...
Follows are links containing contemporary info
relative to the Winter War and Continuation
War:
Finns Fear Soviets May Use
Poison Gas
Britain and France Faced with
Decision of Fighting Russia
Finns Stall Vigorous Soviet
Offensive for 5th Straight Day
Soviets Purging Rich Peasants
in Baltic Republics
Nazi-Soviet Tension Increasing
Hourly; Abnormal Military Activity
Reported; German Dive Bombers
Gathering in Rumania
Germans Deny Invasion of Russia
Has Begun
Finland Orders General Mobilization;
Anitaircraft Guns Suddenly Appear on
Tops of High Buildings
F.D.R. Accuses Germany of Acting as
"International Outlaw"; N.K.V.D. Guarding
Soviet Borders Against Invasion
Nazi Germany Begins Long-
Rumored Invasion of Soviet Russia
Molotoff Predicts USSR Will Crush
Nazi Invaders
Italy Declares War on Soviet Union;
Japan Sees European War Developing
into World War
Hungary Declares War on Soviet Union
Russians Repulse Panzers Near Minsk
German Panzers Pass Minsk
Former President Hoover Bitterly
Condemns Stalinist Russia
Nazis Pressured Swedes for Troop
Transit Prior to Soviet War
Minsk Falls as German Tanks Close
Pincers Southwest of Smolensk
Stalin Gives Rare Radio Broadcast
Soviets Execute 1,500 Ukrainian
Political Prisoners
U.S. Occupation of Iceland Gets
Negative Reaction from Axis; Ted
Williams Blisters Roundtripper in
Home 9th to Win All Star Game;
German Blitzkrieg Encounters
Stubborn Russian Counterattacks
Gen. Marshall Advises Congress
to Extend Active Duty Terms;
Germans Besiege Estonia; French
Jews Apply for Exemptions from
Job Banishments
Churchill Takes Test Cruise in New
Tank; British Launch "V for Victory"
Propaganda Campaign; Japanese
Detain British Ship and Confiscate
Cargo; Russian Bombers Blast
Rumanian Oil Refineries; Russians Set
Vast "Sea of Fire" to Bar Finnish
Advance Toward Leningrad; Soviets
Report Intense Fighting Continues on
Central Front
Spanish Division Arrives on
Eastern Front
Retreating Reds Torch Tallinn;
Blaze Brightens Baltic Sky
Finns Recapture Viborg
Soviets Order Volga-German
Population Exiled to Siberia
Finns Report Leningrad Ablaze
Nazi Noose Tightens About
Leningrad; Britain Proposes Vatican
Be Illuminated to Avoid Accidental
Bombing; 300,000 Russians Trapped
in Kiev Pocket; British Recognize
Iran's New Constitutional Monarchy;
Japan to Release New Tune, "Song
of the Tripartite Pact"
Lively Artillery Fire Reported
at Besieged Tobruk
Finns Reject British Warning
Gestapo Chief Heydrich Cracks Down
on Czech Jews; British Begin Collecting
Evidence of German Crimes for
Possible Postwar Punishment; British
Subs Torpedo 11 Italian Ships
Supplying Axis Forces in Libya; Dust
Storm Halts Raiding in North Africa;
Germans Occupy Harbors Near Crimea
Peninsula; Recruiting Effort for British
Army Launched in Palestine; House of
Representatives Votes Down
Amendment Prohibiting Aid to Russia;
British Capture French Ship Carrying
Locomotives and Sugar to North Africa
German Infantrymen Begin Storming
Outer Defenses of Moscow; Foreign
Embassies Evacuating Russian Capital;
Stalin to Remain and Direct Defense of
Seat of World Communism; Intense
Fighting in Sector West of Moscow;
Both Sides Suffer Heavy Losses;
Odessa Ablaze
Britain & Canada Declare War on
Finland, Hungary, & Rumania
Finns Told War with Soviet Union
Must Continue
British War Declaration on Finland
Distresses Swedes
Hitler and Hirohito Telegraph
Congratulations to Finns on Finland's
Independence Day
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Supplementary Links Relative to the Finnish Front
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