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.Bells toll in the wind at the Winter War memorial.Soviet propaganda.Ruins of a Soviet tank.Vestiges of 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.
Very good comments, Tom. Thanks again for some great photos. My grand-father died in the Continuation War when my mother was only a few years old.
Tom Sharratt on said:
Thanks for this post. It is a grim reminder of a small part of a much larger World War, but one fought just as patriotically and as bloody as any. And a grim reminder of what we face today – a very dangerous and unhappy world, maybe not in our backyard today, but likely not so far away. What is happening in Europe today with the massive immigration is going to have effects not unlike earlier invasions – and will affect the US.
Very good comments, Tom. Thanks again for some great photos. My grand-father died in the Continuation War when my mother was only a few years old.
Thanks for this post. It is a grim reminder of a small part of a much larger World War, but one fought just as patriotically and as bloody as any. And a grim reminder of what we face today – a very dangerous and unhappy world, maybe not in our backyard today, but likely not so far away. What is happening in Europe today with the massive immigration is going to have effects not unlike earlier invasions – and will affect the US.