Finland in the Second World War: Between Germany and Russia

ISBN-13: 9780333801499 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 199 str.

Olli Venvilainen; Professor Olli Vehvilainen

Opis

This book describes the struggle for power between two totalitarian dictatorships in the north of Europe and the battle for survival of a small nation caught between them. In the Winter War of 1939-40, Finland successfully fought off a Soviet invasion. Then, with no one to turn to but Germany, it became the only democratic state in the Axis powers. Ultimately, it succeeded in extricating itself from the war and, despite the shadow of Russia looming over it, averted a communist takeover.

Spis treści

Preface List of Maps From Northern Outback to Modern Nation The Clouds Gather In the Shadow of the Nazi-Soviet Pact The Winter War Finland Throws in its Lot with Germany Finland's War of Retaliation A Society under Stress Putting out Peace Feelers Finland Pulls Out of the War The Years of Peril Conclusion References Bibliography Index

O autorze

OLLI VEHVILÄINEN is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Tampere, Finland. He was the Chairman of the Editorial Board of a three-volume work on Finland in the Second World War which was published between 1989-1992. He is also the Finnish editor and co-author of a Finnish-Russian work on the Winter War.