Category
page 1Winter War
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
1939 neutrality pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union
Winter War
1939–1940 war between the Soviet Union and Finland
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951)
Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic
union republic of the Soviet Union
Moscow Peace Treaty
peace treaty signed by Finland and the Soviet Union on 12 March 1940
Mannerheim Line
defensive fortification line built by Finland against the Soviet Union
Finnish Democratic Republic
short-lived puppet government created and recognised only by the Soviet Union
Shelling of Mainila
military incident staged by the Soviet Union used to justify the Winter War
Valaam Monastery
monastery in Russia
Karelia
historical province of Finland
Heikki Savolainen
Finnish physician and artistic gymnast (1907–1997)
Lotta Svärd
voluntary paramilitary national defence organization for women in Finland in the years 1920–1944
Soviet–Finnish Non-Aggression Pact
1932 treaty between Finland and the Soviet Union
Sweden during World War II
overview of events and persons in Sweden during the Second World War
Salpa Line
bunker line on the eastern border of Finland
Eljas Erkko
Finnish politician (1895-1965)
Swedish Volunteer Corps
organization
Solovyovo
human settlement in Gromovo, Priozersky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia
Finnish war children
children evacuated from Finland to the other Nordic countries during World War II
evacuation of Finnish Karelia
relocation of Finnish Karelians
Finnish prisoners of war in the Soviet Union
Prisoners of war during World War II
bombing of Helsinki in World War II
1939-1944 series of World War II air raids
Boris Rybkin
Soviet diplomat and NKVD officer (1899–1947)
Finnish–Estonian defence cooperation
overview of Finnish–Estonian defence cooperation in 1930s
foreign support in the Winter War
materiel, men and moral support
Vyborg Synagogue
Finnish place of worship
Hanko Naval Base
former Soviet naval base in Finland

background of the Winter War
the period before the outbreak of the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union (1939–1940), which stretches from the Finnish Declaration of Independence in 1917 to the Soviet-Finnish negotiations in 1938–1939
Naval warfare in the Winter War
naval warfare during Finland-Soviet Union conflict
Oiva Olenius
Finnish military personnel (1890–1968)
aerial warfare in the Winter War
Cross of Sorrow
War memorial in Russia dedicated to thousands of soldiers of both sides perished in the [Winter War of 1939-1940 when Soviet Union attacked Finland
Soviet prisoners of war in Finland
Prisoners of war during World War II