Finland in World War II - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Finland in World War II write by Tiina Kinnunen. This book was released on 2011-11-25. Finland in World War II available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Drawing on innovative scholarship on Finland in World War II, this volume offers a comprehensive narrative of politics and combat, well-argued analyses of the ideological, social and cultural aspects of a society at war, and novel interpretations of the memory of war.
Finland in the Second World War
Finland in the Second World War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Finland in the Second World War write by Olli Vehviläinen. This book was released on 2002-05-10. Finland in the Second World War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book describes the struggle for power between two totalitarian dictatorships in the north of Europe and the battle for survival of a small nation caught between them. In the Winter War of 1939-1940 Finland successfully fought off a Soviet invasion. Then, with none to turn to but Germany, it became the only democratic state on the Axis side. Ultimately, it succeeded in extricating itself from the war and, despite the shadow of Russia looming over it, averted a Communist takeover.
Finland in the Second World War
Finland in the Second World War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Finland in the Second World War write by Leonard Lundin. This book was released on 1957. Finland in the Second World War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Finland's War of Choice
Finland's War of Choice - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Finland's War of Choice write by Henrik O. Lunde. This book was released on 2011-02-22. Finland's War of Choice available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A selection of the Military Book Club: “A solid operational analysis” from “an established scholar of the Scandinavian theater” (Publishers Weekly). This book describes the odd coalition between Germany and Finland in World War II and their joint military operations from 1941 to 1945. In stark contrast to the numerous books on the shorter and less bloody Winter War, which represented a gallant fight of a democratic “David” against a totalitarian “Goliath” and 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. A prologue brings the reader up to speed by briefly examining the difficult history of Finland, from its separation from the Soviet Union in 1917 to its isolation after being bludgeoned in 1939–40. It then examines both Finnish and German motives for forming a coalition against the USSR, and how—as logical as a common enemy would seem—the lack of true planning and preparation would doom the alliance. In this book, Henrik Lunde, a former US Special Operations colonel and author of Hitler’s Pre-emptive War: The Battle for Norway, 1940, once again fills a profound gap in our understanding of World War II.
Strangers in a Stranger Land
Strangers in a Stranger Land - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Strangers in a Stranger Land write by John B. Simon. This book was released on 2019-08-27. Strangers in a Stranger Land available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What did it feel like to be an openly Jewish soldier fighting alongside German troops in WWII? Could a Jewish nurse work safely in a field hospital operating theater under the supervision of German army doctors? Several hundred members of Finland’s tiny Jewish community found themselves in absurd situations like this, yet not a single one was harmed by the Germans or deported to concentration or extermination camps. In fact, Finland was the only European country fighting on either side in WWII that lost not a single Jewish citizen to the Nazi’s “Final Solution.” Strangers in a Stranger Land explores the unique dilemma of Finland’s Jews in the form of a meticulously researched novel. Where did these immigrant Jews—the last in Europe to achieve citizenship status—come from? What was life like from their arrival in Finland in the early nineteenth century to the time when their grandchildren perversely found themselves on “the wrong side” of WWII? And how could young lovers plan for the future when not only their enemies but also their country’s allies threatened their very existence? Seven years researching Finland’s National Archives plus numerous in-depth interviews with surviving Finnish Jewish war veterans provide the background for a narrative exploration of love, friendship, and commitment but also uncertainty and terror under circumstances that were unique in the annals of “The Good War.” The novel’s protagonists—Benjamin, David and Rachel—adopt varying survival strategies as they struggle with involvement in a brutal conflict and questions posed by their dual loyalty as Finnish citizens and Zionists committed to the creation of a Jewish homeland. Tensions mount as the three young adults painfully work through a relationship love triangle and try to fulfill their commitments as both Jews and Finns while their country desperately seeks to extricate itself from an unwinnable war.
