This was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak
Hitler Meets Finland’s General Mannerheim
This is the only recording of Hitler speaking in his everyday voice (not a speech but one on one to another person in a room).Mannerheim was the
“So Ends Finland.” To Rise Again After World War I
In November of 1909 the Finnish Diet was dissolved by a ukase of the Czar. Since then the Russian Government has been passing decree after decree for
Power Shifts from Finland’s Government to Russia’s
The attempt to curtail Finnish constitutional liberty has taken different forms. Early in 1908 the Russian Council of Ministers, over which M.
Finland’s Constitutional Rights Before World War I
The arbitrary and corrupt Russian bureaucratic regime little by little forced its way into the country, while Finlanders watched with bitter
Russia Begins to Assimilate the Finnish People
The desirable abolition of the customs cordon between the two countries is bound to give a powerful fillip to the growth of commerce, which is the
Russia’s Political and Economic Justifications for Finland Policy Before World War I
Down to the present moment separation has not been in her interests. She was never an independent State; her historical traditions do not move her to
Finland a Conquered Country
. . .neither general insurrections against Russia's dominions, nor political plots, nor the tumults of an ignorant rabble - such as our cholera riots,
How the Czar’s Ministers Justified Their Actions Against Finland
The attitude of the population of Finland toward Russia is not at all so inimical as would appear on reading the articles in the foreign press