Finnish Air Force in the Winter War~Ilmavoimat talvisodassa

Description

From the Aviation research/reference library of Jerry Crandall

Finnish Air Force in the Winter War 

by Kalevi Keskinen and Kari Stenman

Condition; good, minor shelf wear on laminated hard cover

Publisher Tietoteos Publishing Co, 1989, 1st Edition, text in Finnish and some English, Photo captions in English and Finnish.

The Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War 2 and ended three and a half months later with the Moscow Peace Treaty on 13 March 1940. Despite superior military strength, especially in tanks and aircraft, the Soviet Union suffered severe losses and initially made little headway. Here is the story of the Winter War, from the Finnish Air Force side.