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Winter War Battle Sites.

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On July 23, 2015, I traveled with Petri and Pietu Tuovinen, Markku Pulkkinen to central-eastern Finland to visit battle sites, trenches and monuments at the Raate Road near Suomussalmi.

Between November 1939 and March 1940, the Finns fought the Winter War to repel invading Soviet forces.

I exposed these images using my FujiFilm X-T1.

Winter War memorial; each stone represents a fallen soldier at the battle site.
Winter War memorial; each stone represents a fallen soldier at the battle site.
Bells toll in the wind at the Winter War memorial.
Bells toll in the wind at the Winter War memorial.
Russian propaganda.
Soviet  propaganda.
Ruins of a Soviet tank.
Ruins of a Soviet tank.
Vestiges of trenches near the Finnish-Russian frontier.
Vestiges of trenches near the Finnish-Russian frontier.
A panoramic composite image of restored trenches near the Finnish-Russian frontier.
A panoramic composite image of restored trenches near the Finnish-Russian frontier.
Anti-tank defenses near the Finnish-Russian frontier.
Anti-tank defenses near the Finnish-Russian frontier.

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