War of the white death : Finland against the Soviet Union, 1939-40 / Bair Irincheev

• Plans and preparations -- The opposing forces -- Red Army plans -- Finnish options -- December 1939: Soviet failure on the Karelian isthmus -- The Eastern isthmus: vanished hopes -- A river fast and cold: crossing the Taipaleenjoki -- The rapids of Kiviniemi -- The grand Soviet offensive -- The final attempt: Christmas battle at Kelja -- Central isthmus: the new axis of advance -- Merkki sector: swamps at the railway -- The main strike: Lahde and Summa village -- Summa village in December -- West of the isthmus: Karhula and Inkila -- The Finnish counter-offensive on the Karelian isthmus -- North of Ladoga -- Loimola: deadlock at the railway -- Tolvj̃arvi and ⁴glj̃r̃vi: Finnish triumph in the land of lakes -- Aftermath of Tolvajr̃vi -- Northern Finland, Lapland and the Arctic front -- The battle of Suomussalmi -- Defeat of the 44th rifle division on Raatte road -- Suomussalmi repeated: fighting on the Kuhmo front -- Breakthrough on the Mannerheim line -- January 1940, Lh̃de: Soviet preparations -- The breakthrough -- Summa village holds out -- February: fifteen days of ceaseless fighting -- Merkki sector: the breakthrough expanded -- Tassionlammet: one boys anti-tank rifle per brigade -- The central isthmus -- Eastern isthmus: Taipale and Suvanto -- The Mannerheim line abandoned -- Bunker lines at Muolaa -- The river Salmenkaita -- March 1940: last stand-off on the Karelian isthmus -- Battle of the river Vuoksi -- The last day and hour of war.

Ämnesord

Finska vinterkriget 1939-1940  (sao)

Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940.  (LCSH)

Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940  -- Campaigns. (LCSH)

Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940  -- Personal narratives. (LCSH)

Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940  (LCSH)

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