Description
Product ID: | 9781472827197 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | CN |
Title: | Finland at War |
Subtitle: | The Continuation and Lapland Wars 1941–45 |
Authors: | Author: Chris Birks, Vesa Nenye, Toni Wirtanen, Peter Munter |
Page Count: | 336 |
Subjects: | European history, European history, Second World War, Land forces and warfare, Second World War, Land forces & warfare, Finland, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The follow-up to Finland at War: The Winter War, this is the astonishing David and Goliath story of Finland''s military history during World War II as, heavily outnumbered, they held off the Soviet invaders. In the aftermath of the Winter War, Finland found itself drawing ever closer to Nazi Germany and eventually took part in Operation Barbarossa in 1941. For the Finns this was a chance to right the wrongs of the Winter War, and having reached suitable defensive positions, the army was ordered to halt. Years of uneasy trench warfare followed, known as the Continuation War, during which Finland desperately sought a way out, German dreams of victory were dashed, and the Soviet Union built the strongest army in the world. |
Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2018-09-20 |