This is a book of battles--savagely fought, often with great heroism on both sides, under brutal, subarctic conditions. Guerrillas on skis, heroic single-handed attacks on tanks, unfathomable endurance, and the charismatic leadership of one of this century's true military geniuses--these were the e[...]
On 30 November 1939, Soviet bombers unloaded their bombs on Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Stalin's ultimatum, demanding the cession of huge tracts of territory as a buffer zone against Nazi Germany, had been rejected by the Finnish government, and now a small Baltic republic was at war with the [...]
Kl. 10:30 om formiddagen den 30. november 1939 bombede russerne Finlands hovedstad Helsinki og startede derved den finsk-russiske vinterkrig. De næste 70 dage så en passiv verden til med beundring, mens den diminutive finske hær kæmpede indædt mod den russiske overmagt.
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Detta är en bok om strider grymma och hänsynslösa, utkämpade under brutala, närmast arktiska väderförhållanden. Modiga enmansattacker på pansarvagnar, gerillakrig på skidor, ofattbar uthållighet och ett karismatiskt ledarskap från ett av 1900-talets stora militära genier detta var gru[...]