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And a Lotta organisation is nowadays "Martat". They are doing almoust same as Lottas in wartime ??? Marttaliitto was founded in 1899, over 20 years before Lotta Svärd. And members of Marttaliitto certainly aren't used in aerial observation duties, field hospital auxiliaries etc. like the ...

Are you aware of this discussion at the AHF?

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=108193

Hello!

Are you aware of these Finnish re-enactors in the USA?

http://www.kevos4.com/

Their pages have lots of info, so I guess that's a good place to start.

You need to add the following Soviet Chief Marshals (a rank equal to Marshal of the Soviet Union): Chief Marshal of the Air Force Alexander Novikov Chief Marshal of the Air Force Alexander Golovanov Chief Marshal of the Artillery Nikolai Voronov Source: the aforementioned http://marshals.narod.ru/en...

As for the Soviet Marshals, you'll be looking for men who were promoted to the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union or Chief Marshal of [a branch]. There was also the rank of Marshal of [a branch], but it was a four-star rank (confusing, isn't it?). More info: http://marshals.narod.ru/enindex.html An...

In the French Army Général d’Armée was a four-star rank. If you're looking for French five-star officers, you have to look for men bearing the rank of Maréchal de France. Yes, I'm aware that a Général d’Armée had five stars as his rank insignia, but so did Général de Brigade bear two stars -- and a ...

See here:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 2811b9e941

Previous to 1940, the rank of Generalfeldmarschall was a singular and very rare honor; only two were named during World War I (Hindenburg and von Ludendorff). Ludendorff was never created a Generalfeldmarschall, he remained a General der Infanterie to the end of his life. There's a story that Hitle...

Finland eventually fielded 16 infantry divisions (1st-19th minus 9th, 13th and 16th which numbers were not used )each with three infantry regiments, five artillery regiments (battalion sized) and one reconaissance brigade (battalion sized). In June 1941 Finland mobilized 16 (infantry) divisions, th...

One of the mysteries of the war is why the Soviets did not request all of their gear back after cessation of hostilities in 1940 at the end of the Winter War. One theory is that by demanding all that stuff back they would have implicitly admitted losing all that (and more) in the first place. It's ...

AM - Air Marshall
ACM - Air Chief Marshall
AVM - Air Vice Marshall

Shouldn't these be in the following order:

Air Vice Marshal = Major-General
Air Marshal = Lieutenant-General
Air Chief Marshal = General

And there was of course:

Marshal of the RAF = Field Marshal

Short answers: - Finland's aims were initially 1) reclaim the territories lost in 1940 and 2) if possible, to get additional territories to secure as short and secure frontiers against Russia as possible. After it became clear that Germany was to lose the war, Finnish aim was to leave the war with a...

JR 200 was commanded by everstiluutnantti Eino Kuusela.

10. 14. June 1940 Estonian passanger plane JU-52, flieng on the line Tallinn – Helsinki was shot down by 3 Soviet fighter I-16 near of Estonian island Keri. Nobody from passangers and crew was not survived. Otherwise correct, but the aircraft in question was Finnish (passenger aircraft 'Kaleva') an...

The whole topic of Jews deported from Finland during the WWII makes a long story. Here are the bare facts. The Jews Finland deported to German hands during the WWII fall in two categories. First were Jewish refugees who had come to Finland before the WWII, second Jewish Soviet POWs. The refugee Jews...