Soviet War Crimes

Soon it will have been exactly 70 years that the Soviet terror bombings of Finnish civil targets have taken place. Also the 70th anniversary of Finnish victims of partisans is nearing. Therefore this study is of most current interest.

This is not a study on Finnish or Soviet history. This is [...]
Visa längre beskrivning

Soon it will have been exactly 70 years that the Soviet terror bombings of Finnish civil targets have taken place. Also the 70th anniversary of Finnish victims of partisans is nearing. Therefore this study is of most current interest.

This is not a study on Finnish or Soviet history. This is a study on international law and therefore a study from the viewpoint of international law. The aim of the study is to solve war crimes that the Soviet Union committed in and against Finland during last wars. Surprisingly, crimes did not end when the wars ended, but can be seen continuing until the very end of the Soviet Union, or even later.

This work is based on my previous study on international law (The Soviet Guilt 2011). It was the very first attempt ever to evaluate the guilt of Soviet-Finnish wars, and it got me convinced that there are a lot of war crimes still unsolved. Partly these crimes handled here are the same I handled in The Soviet Guilt.

Launching a war on a neighbor is a very serious crime. The Soviet Union launched at least two wars (the Winter War and the Continuation War of the Winter War) on Finland. These major crimes are therefore included here as war crimes committed by the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union committed very many smaller, but not less serious war crimes against Finland and Finnish citizens. These crimes, as crimes of partisans who murdered civilians and crimes targeted on Finnish prisoners of war are now handled, first time ever openly and without the shame of Finlandization.

In the book you will find also a legal evaluation of Soviet terror bombings on Finnish civilians, mostly women, children and elderly. Minister Väinö Tanner stated in the War Guilt Trial of 1945-1946, that there are actions forbidden to be mentioned (Winter War) and terror acts not spoken out (start of the Continuation war and terror bombings of the Soviet Union). But in this book everything is spoken out. The shameful era of Finlandization is over.