FINLAND'S WAR OF CHOICE: The Troubled German-Finnish Alliance in World War II
2011 | 432 | ISBN: 1935149482 | EPUB | 5 Mb
This book describes the odd coalition between Germany and Finland in World War II, and their joint military operations from 1941 to 1945. This is a topic often missing in English, though in stark contrast to the numerous books on the shorter and less bloody Winter War. That conflict represented a gallant fight of a democratic "David" against a totalitarian "Goliath" that caught the imagination of the world. The story of Finland fighting alongside a "Goliath" of its own has not brought pride to that nation and was a period many Finns would rather forget....
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