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 ...

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 ...

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.

The history of Finland during World War II is an interesting one. The war began to engulf the entire European continent in 1939, when Germany invaded Poland from one side and the Soviet Union from ...

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 ...