Hundreds of Finns fought with the German Waffen-SS in Ukraine during World War II. New research shows that many of them were convinced Nazis and may have committed atrocities. The finding has ...

OBJECTIVES We analyse the effects of the post-war life course, including politically motivated repressions, on the longevity of a group of WWII participants – Estonian volunteers in the Finnish Army.

The Soviets ended up winning the Winter War, but it was a Pyrrhic victory for Moscow. U.S. secretary of defense Pete ...

It’s a small cross, part of a military medal enclosed in a framed 1942 proclamation by Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, the commander of the Finnish Defence Forces during World War II who became ...

For Finland, the conflict against the Soviets as part of World War II was known as the Continuation ... Aside from a few ...

There are a number of books in English on the Russo-Finnish “Winter War” of 1939-1940 ... A valuable read for anyone interested in World War II in Europe, coalition politics, and small nations caught ...

Finland's oldest surviving veteran of the Winter War, Arvi Hämäläinen, died on Monday at the age of 108. Hämäläinen's death was confirmed to the Ilta-Sanomat newspaper by local SDP politician Tuula ...