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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: 49thMIMOMander who wrote (17678)	5/22/2003 9:42:30 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

Perhaps Finland claimed the parts of the Soviet Union it helped the Germans invade. The swastikas on the Finnish planes were just ancient Sanskrit sun signs or something - sure! And Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. Here's a chronology of part of Finland's involvement in WWII: 29 Jun 1941 Local Finnish attacks along the border begin. German Gebirgskorps Norwegen (2nd & 3rd Gebirgsdivisions) with Finnish Independent Detachment Petsamo under German AOK Norwegen start an attack against Murmansk. 30 Jun 1941 Mannerheim establishes Carelian Army (Karjalan Armeija, KarA) to organise offensive in the northern Carelia. Army has 2 Corps, the VI and VII and Group O, which are composed of 5 divisions, 2 jaeger brigades and a cavalry brigade. Army has also one German division , 163rd, in reserve. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Jul 1941 German XXXVI Corps (169th, SS Nord and Finnish 6th Divisions) start to attack in the Salla sector aiming to cut Murmansk railroad. III Corps crosses border in Uhtua sector. 3 Jul 1941 14th Div crosses border in Repola sector. 5 Jul 1941 German advance stops in Salla. Finnish 14th Infantry Regiment is sent to help. 7 Jul 1941 Germans take Salla and are exhausted. 14th Div takes Repola and Omelia. 10 Jul 1941 Carelian Army launches it's first large offensive, which leads to breakthrough in Korpiselk‰ and collapse of enemy defences north of Lake Ladoga. 16 Jul 1941 Enemy gets 3 new regiments to the front north of Lake Ladoga. Germans move to defensive formation in Litsa River near Murmansk. 17 Jul 1941 Old 1939 border is crossed in K‰sn‰selk‰. 25 Jul 1941 Finnish forces stop at Tuulos River in Soviet Carelia, because their flank is exposed. 28 Jul 1941 Group F of III Corps starts advancing in Uhtua sector. 30 Jul 1941 British aircraft from carriers bomb Petsamo. Group J crosses Sohjana River in Kestenga sector. 31 Jul 1941 Attack starts towards Ladoga in II Corps sector. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 Aug 1941 Group J of III Corps takes Kestenga and continues towards Murmansk railroad. 8 Aug 1941 I Corps (7th, 19th, later 2nd Divs) is established to destroy encircled enemy in shores of Ladoga. 12 Aug 1941 I Corps attacks encircled enemy units , which flee via using boats and small ships. Largest aerial confrontation of 1941; 7 Brewster Buffalos shoot down 9 aircraft out of a formation of 24. 14 Aug 1941 The name of the Group J is changed to Division J. 15 Aug 1941 7th Division takes town of Sortavala, first of the three towns in territory ceded in 1940, which is taken back. 21 Aug 1941 Enemy starts retreating in the Carelian Isthmus, because 18th Division is attacking it from the rear. 24 Aug 1941 8th Division crosses Gulf of Viborg in Lihaniemi and enemy in Viborg is soon encircled. 29 Aug 1941 Viborg is taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Sep 1941 11th Division prepares to attack in direction of Petrozavodsk. Group F attacks for last time in Uhtua sector. 3 Sep 1941 Division J begins to retreat in Kestenga. Retreat is only 10 kilometers. 4 Sep 1941 Carelian Army lauches large scale offensive in Tuulos River. Group F takes defensive positions in Uhtua. 7 Sep 1941 Finnish forces arrive to Svir River. Finnish advance is halted in Carelian Isthmus near Leningrad, and quiet phase begins. Finns do not attack against Leningrad for political reasons. 11 Sep 1941 14th Division reaches Rukaj‰rvi and remains on defense until armistice 4 Sep 1944. 13 Sep 1941 Coastal ship Ilmarinen is hit by a mine and sinks with 271 sailors. 15 Sep 1941 Finnish troops take Svirstroi, the Svir power plant, and take defensive positions on the Russian side of the river. 19 Sep 1941 German 169th and Finnish 6th Divisions take defensive positions in Verma River. Idea of cutting the Murmansk railroad in Kandalaksha sector is given up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Oct 1941 Finnish troops take Petrozavodsk after a month of continuous fighting in the wilderness. 2 Oct 1941 Offensive in the northern direction from Petrozavodsk by VII Corps is launched, the aim is to take favourable defensive positions along Maaselk‰ Isthmus. It continues until December with continuous fighting. 4 Oct 1941 A Finnish unit refuses to cross Svir under enemy fire. Same event repeats itself following day. Morale is beginning to shake among the troops, because war was to be short. 13 Oct 1941 Divisions of II Corps, which is transferred from Carelian Isthmus to Eastern Carelia, starts attacking towards Medve'zhegorsk. 23 Oct 1941 Finnish forces take defensive positions in front between lakes Ladoga and Onega after heavy action with new Siberian 114th Division. 26 Oct 1941 8th Division of II Corps makes contact with 14th Division west of Lake Segozero. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Nov 1941 Last offensive commences in Kestenga sector. Finns encircle two enemy regiments and destroy them. 8 Nov 1941 Germans take Tikhvin south of Finnish positions along Svir. Finns make no attempt to achieve contact with Germans since it would have meant surrender of Leningrad. 11 Nov 1941 Attack in Kestenga is halted by secret order of Finnish GHQ, because it is consired not wise to irritate Western allies by cutting the Murmansk railroad. 22 Nov 1941 Stalin presents a plan to the British to pull the Finland out of the war. British gave Finland two weeks time to cease offensive operations or it will declare war on Finland. 28 Nov 1941 8th Division ends its offensive in the northern part of Maaselk‰ Isthmus. Also battles in Kestenga cease and quiet phase begins. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 Dec 1941 Swedish volunteer battalion (SFB) takes the rental area of Hanko, which has been evacuated by the Russians after supplying the base became impossible. 5 Dec 1941 4th Division of II Corps takes town of Medvedzhegorsk. 6 Dec 1941 Britain and Canada declare war on Finland. Russian start attacking Germans near Moscow ending German offensive. 8 Dec 1941 4th Division takes defensive positions alogn southern part of Maaselk‰ Isthmus. Good defensive positions have been reached on all directions and Marshal Mannerheim & president Ryti decide not to continue attack towards White Sea, because it has become politically unwise, since it has become probable that Germans will lose the war and the US has threatened to declare war if Finns cut the supply of Lend and Lease equipment by taking Archangelsk. Offensive phase of the Continuation War is over. 14 Dec 1941 Enemy 114th Division attacks in Svir sector and takes village of Gora. Battles continue for nearly a month. 29 Dec 1941 Losses have been 25475 men killed or missing since beginning of the war. ..... lysator.liu.se