The Finnish Soldiers of WWII were FIERCE! Posted: May 19, 2025 | Last updated: May 19, 2025. When thinking about World War II, it's really easy to focus solely on the fighting in the Atlantic or ...

The Fokker D.XXI flew over 2,000 combat missions and helped launch the careers of 12 Finnish aces. It wasn’t fast, it wasn’t ...

Finnish soldiers with their skis behind them, in combat during the Winter War. Credit: Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons Pervitin is the name of a drug that soldiers consumed during World War II for ...

The Winter War, also called the Russo-Finnish War, broke out in November 1939 when the U.S.S.R. invaded Finland shortly after the start of World War II. Despite its size, the Finnish Army remained ...

On the same day, President Sauli Niinistö laid a wreath in honour of fallen soldiers at the Hietaniemi cemetery in Helsinki. Since 1992 the remains of some 1,600 Finnish soldiers have been discovered ...

The competition’s namesake, sometimes referred to as his nickname, “The White Death,” was a Finnish military sniper in World War II, during the Winter War against the then, Soviet Union.

Finland Confronts Its WWII History "If You Only Knew How Many Jews I Have Shot" Hundreds of Finns fought with the German Waffen-SS in Ukraine during World War II. New research shows that many of ...