WW2 in Finland, newly released photos from the Finnish Defense Forces

repairing tram lines

a barge recovering a locomotive engine

propeller driven snow machine


The images record the war years from 1939 to 1945, spanning three conflicts the Finns recognize as the Winter War (against an invading Soviet Union), the Continuation War (striking against the Soviets alongside the Germans) and the Lapland War (against the Germans for control of Lapland). After spending hours poring through this fascinating archive, I've gathered this collection, just a glimpse of what was made available. A couple of notes on the images -- the swastika was used as the official national marking of the Finnish Defence Forces between 1918 and 1945

Found on http://pixtale.net/2013/05/finland-in-world-war-ii/