The official AHF Winter & Continuation War quiz thread

Mikko H. · Post by **Mikko H.** » 03 Nov 2005 07:16

Correct, over to you!

Juha Tompuri · Post by **Juha Tompuri** » 03 Nov 2005 16:27

Thanks Mikko,

Good hints

New one: at least one KV-2 tank was destroyed by Finnish troops.
How and where?

Regards, Juha

Mikko H. · Post by **Mikko H.** » 03 Nov 2005 17:34

By 60kg trotyl charge in Alakurtti in August 1941. IIRC the tank was about to fall in Finnish hands intact, but as the men of the 6. Divisioona were promised vacation for destroyed tanks, the grunts played it safe by blowing the tank up!

Juha Tompuri · Post by **Juha Tompuri** » 03 Nov 2005 19:52

Mikko H. wrote:By 60kg trotyl charge in Alakurtti in August 1941. IIRC the tank was about to fall in Finnish hands intact, but as the men of the 6. Divisioona were promised vacation for destroyed tanks, the grunts played it safe by blowing the tank up!

Correct!
Several other tanks were "lost" the same way too

I think that charge would be sufficient even today.
Over to you.

Regards, Juha

Mikko H. · Post by **Mikko H.** » 03 Nov 2005 20:08

Thank you! That story at least has the moral: be careful what you wish for, you might end up getting it!

And the question: in what way sotamies Eero Jooseppi Toivonen was a very unlucky man?

Mikko H. · Post by **Mikko H.** » 04 Nov 2005 18:38

It isn't the question of what happened, but rather how many times it happened.

Mikko H. · Post by **Mikko H.** » 05 Nov 2005 20:27

Still, sotamies Toivonen was lucky enough to survive ordeals that caused the death of many other Finnish soldiers who had similar (not the same) fate.

Mikko H. · Post by **Mikko H.** » 06 Nov 2005 18:45

To be exact, he went twice through an ordeal that on the second time around caused the death of more than 40% of Finnish soldiers who experienced it.

Esa K · Post by **Esa K** » 07 Nov 2005 11:19

...this was a bit tricky... but, could it be so that he became a POW twice, first in the Winter War and then in the Continuation War...?

Regards

Esa K

Mikko H. · Post by **Mikko H.** » 07 Nov 2005 11:43

Precisely. Over to you!

Esa K · Post by **Esa K** » 07 Nov 2005 15:41

Thanks Mikko H.

New q: The church in Kivennapa was destroyed during the Winter War, and when the village was retaken during the Continuation War, Gen. Maj. Pajaris troops built a new church there. The new church had one function that made it unique compared with other Finnish churches. What was the function...?

Regards

Esa K

Esa K · Post by **Esa K** » 08 Nov 2005 12:10

Hmmm...

Hint # 1: The function was unique in 1943-1944. It´s said that the late medival stone churches in Finland once had a similar function, although not in the same manner...

Regards

Esa K

Juha Tompuri · Post by **Juha Tompuri** » 08 Nov 2005 16:50

Could it be so that the Kivennavan/Pajarin church had a asehuone ("weapon's room") ?

Regards, Juha

Esa K · Post by **Esa K** » 08 Nov 2005 18:25

Well, how to put it. I think the Pajari-church, as all other Finnish stone, wooden etc etc churches had a asehuone - Porch (asehuone = literally Weapon room). But it´s not that old function that the porch had I´m looking for.

Hint # 2: But, weapon room could be a somehow good point to start from when figuring this out. What function is similar with the Pajari-church and a Finnish medival stone church...?

regards

Esa K

John T · Post by **John T** » 08 Nov 2005 23:37

Esa K wrote:Well, how to put it. I think the Pajari-church, as all other Finnish stone, wooden etc etc churches had a asehuone - Porch (asehuone = literally Weapon room). But it´s not that old function that the porch had I´m looking for.

Hint # 2: But, weapon room could be a somehow good point to start from when figuring this out. What function is similar with the Pajari-church and a Finnish medival stone church...?

regards

Esa K

Since no medivial church had a air raid lookout, I guess on firing slits.

Cheers
/John T.