#finnish army

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Finnish soldier signaling the gunner to his right to fire, Sortavala, Republic of Karelia, 1941.

A Nazi officer poses with an officer from the Imperial Japanese Army, with Finnish soldiers behind, 1943. [x]

Finnish officers pose against the backdrop of captured Soviet flags, reviewing the guidebook “Ski Training in the Red Army,” 1940. Finland backed the Axis from 1939-1944 due to ongoing tension with Russia stemming from the Russian Empire’s conquest of Finland in 1809; conflict between Finland and Russia ended in 1944, following the signing of the Moscow Armistice, which stipulated expulsion of German forces from Finnish territory. [x]