Finland's War of Choice: The Troubled German-Finnish Coalition in World War IICasemate, 22 lut 2011 - 412 A selection of the Military Book Club: “A solid operational analysis” from “an established scholar of the Scandinavian theater” (Publishers Weekly). This book describes the odd coalition between Germany and Finland in World War II and their joint military operations from 1941 to 1945. In stark contrast to the numerous books on the shorter and less bloody Winter War, which represented a gallant fight of a democratic “David” against a totalitarian “Goliath” and caught the imagination of the world, the story of Finland fighting alongside a Goliath of its own has not brought pride to that nation and was a period many Finns would rather forget. A prologue brings the reader up to speed by briefly examining the difficult history of Finland, from its separation from the Soviet Union in 1917 to its isolation after being bludgeoned in 1939–40. It then examines both Finnish and German motives for forming a coalition against the USSR, and how—as logical as a common enemy would seem—the lack of true planning and preparation would doom the alliance. In this book, Henrik Lunde, a former US Special Operations colonel and author of Hitler’s Pre-emptive War: The Battle for Norway, 1940, once again fills a profound gap in our understanding of World War II. |
Spis treści
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7 | |
PLANS PREPARATIONS AND DEPLOYMENTS | 55 |
3 | 71 |
OPERATION PLATINFUCHS | 85 |
68 | 97 |
5 | 119 |
78 | 135 |
78 | 215 |
FRONT WITHOUT COMBAT ACTIVITY | 241 |
Soviet Karelian Isthmus Offensive 1944 | 284 |
SOVIET OFFENSIVE ENDSFINLAND LEAVES THE | 294 |
11 | 302 |
German Disengagement | 334 |
Soviet PechengaKirkenes OffensiveOctober 1944 | 361 |
EPILOGUE | 376 |
6 | 158 |
9 | 171 |
COALITION PROBLEMS AND SOVIET COUNTEROFFENSIVES | 183 |
COMPARATIVE GENERAL OFFICER RANKS | 384 |
Inne wydania - Wyświetl wszystko
Finland's War of Choice: The Troubled German-Finnish Coalition in World War II Henrik O. Lunde Podgląd niedostępny - 2013 |
Finland's War of Choice: The Troubled German-Finnish Coalition in WWII Henrik O. Lunde Podgląd niedostępny - 2011 |
Kluczowe wyrazy i wyrażenia
20th Mountain Army 2nd Mountain Division 6th Mountain Division advance aircraft armored Army Group North Army of Norway artillery August battalions Belomorsk Brigade captured central Finland CHOICE commander Dietl East Karelia encirclement Erfurth evacuated Falkenhorst fighting Finnish Army Finnish Division Finnish forces Finnish III Corps Finnish troops Finnish War German Northern Theater Gulf of Finland headquarters Heinrichs Helsinki Hitler Ibid Infantry Division Infantry Regiment Ivalo Jodl July June Kandalaksha Karelian Isthmus Kestenga kilometers Kirkenes Lake Ladoga Last Finnish left flank Leningrad Litsa River Loukhi main effort Marshal Mannerheim military Mountain Corps Norway Murmansk Railroad Nordlicht Norwegian October offensive operations ordered Pechenga planned reinforcements Rendulic request road route Rovaniemi Russian Ryti Salla sector September Siilasvuo situation Soviet forces Soviet offensive Soviet Union supplies Svir River tanks Theater of Operations tion Ukhta units Vehviläinen Viipuri VT Line winter withdrawal XIX Mountain Corps XXXVI Corps Ziemke