Bair Irincheev: 2 books
The Mannerheim Line 1920–39
Finnish Fortifications of the Winter War
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
In the wake of the bloody civil war that followed Finland's independence from Russia in 1917, the border between the two countries was established across the Karelian Isthmus, an area long fought over by Russia, Finland and Sweden in their attempts to dominate the northern tip of Europe. Neither the...
War of the White Death
Finland Against the Soviet Union 1939-40
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
On 30 November 1939 Stalins Red Army attacked Finland, expecting to crush the outnumbered, ill-equipped Finnish forces in a matter of days. But, in one of the most astonishing upsets in modern military history, the Finnish defenders broke the Red Armys advance, inflicting devastating casualties and...