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The Federal Republic of Brazil, or Brazil, is the largest state in South America both in terms of area and population.


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In terms of both area and population, it is also the fifth largest state in the world.


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Brazil is bordered by Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, i.e., all other South American countries except Chile and Ecuador.


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The country has both extensive farming areas and rainforests.


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It is reported to have been named after the Brazilian tree.


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[1] The largest cities in Brazil are São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.


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Argentina, Brazil and Chile have occasionally been collectively referred to as ABC states.


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[2] Geography The territory of Brazil covers almost half of the area of South America.


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[3] The territory of the European Union corresponds to only half of Brazil's area.


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The country borders the Atlantic in the northeast and southeast with a coastline length of 7400km, in the west the country shares a border with every South American state except Chile and Ecuador.


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Bedrock and watersheds Brazil is divided by topography into three regions: the Amazonas lowlands, the country's share of the Guyana highlands, and the highlands to the south.


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[4] The Amazonas lowlands is a 3500 kilometre long lowland between the Andes and the Atlantic.


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It is at its widest north-south direction 2000 kilometres wide.


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The region covers one fifth of South America, or 3600000 square kilometers, of which 2300,000 square kilometers belong to Brazil.


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The Amazonas lowland accounts for 27% of the Brazilian state's area.


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[4] The smallest of the three main zones of Brazil is the Guiana Highlands, whose Brazilian section has an area of about 400000 square kilometers, or only 5% of the total land area of the country.


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The bedrock of the Guiana Massif, a very old massif, is formed of gneiss, mica slate, granite and quartzite.


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The area is also home to younger, volcanic rock species deposited on top of old rock species.


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[4] There are a lot of rapids and falls along the border between the Massif Massif and Amazonas, because there is a steep breach in the area.


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Rapids make it difficult to get inland so much that only Karaib Indians live in the area.


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[4] In the western part of the range is the highest peak in the country, Pico da Neblina (2994 m).


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[4] [5] The Brazilian Highlands, or Planalto, has an area of about 6 million square kilometres.


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It is located to the east of the central part of South America, bounded on the east by steeply declining Atlantic Ocean and on the west by the lowlands of Pampa and Gran Chaco.


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The height of the massif is 500—1000 metres in its middle stages; in the south and east it rises to a height of 2000—3000 m.


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The highest peak in the region and the third highest mountain in all of Brazil is Pico da Bandeira (2890 m).


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[6] In addition to the Amazon River and its tributaries, there are other long rivers in Brazil.


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The length of the São Francisco River in the north-east of the country is 3160 kilometers, the length of the Tocantins River is about 2400 kilometers, the length of the Parnaíba River is about 1700 km, the Paraná River has a length of about 2570 kilometers, and the length of the Paraguay River is 2549 kilometers.


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[7] Brazil also includes Atlantic islands and island groups: São Pedro and São Paulo Rocas Atoll Fernando de Noronha Trindade and Martim Vaz Climate charts of different parts of Brazil Precipitation in blue, average highest temperature in red.


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The average highest temperature is +31.. +33 degrees in Manaus throughout the year, [8] in Porto Alegre in July +19 degrees and +31 degrees in February.


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[9] It typically rains between 1500 and 2000mm per year in the Amazon basin, rainfall is received year-round.


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The Brazilian highlands have a distinct rainy season from October to April, bringing between 1250 and 1500mm of rain.


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[10] Vegetation The rainforests in the Amazon basin form the largest unitary forest area in the world, protruding from the Amazon River delta up to the slopes of the Andes and also into the highlands of Brazil.


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The lowlands of Amazonas have very lush vegetation due to the hot and humid climate, although the soil is predominantly low in nutrients and acidic.


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Of the total tropical forests in the world, 34% are located in Brazil.


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However, forest is being lost to plantation farming, especially in the Eastern Coastal Mountains region.


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The country is home to not only the Amazonian rainforest but also a coastal rainforest that extends as a narrow coastal parallel zone as far south as northeastern Brazil.


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The coastal rainforest is located in Brazil's most densely populated region, because of which much of it has been destroyed.


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15% of Amazonian rainforest and more than 90% of coastal rainforest have been lost.


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[11] [12] [13] Initially, there were 1.3 million square kilometres of coastal rainforest, today there are only 92000 square kilometres left.


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[14] Approximately 10,000 to 25000 square kilometres of Amazon rainforest is cleared each year for grazing land or soybean field, but forest eradication has slightly decreased in recent years.


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[15] The forest will be abandoned in a few years after clearing because its production capacity has declined.


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Tropical rains in the region consume topsoil, which drains away to silt up rivers.


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The latosol under the topsoil dries into hard laterite.


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[16] Brazil's area is less than 50% rainforest, other habitats include cerrado, caatinga, restinga, campos and pantanal.


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[11] The number of plant species found in Brazil is difficult to estimate, but science currently knows more than 60000 of them.


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Around twenty thousand species grow in coastal rainforest alone, half of which are endemic: protection of coastal rainforest is important not only because of animals, but also for plants.


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[17] There may be 300 woody plants in the Amazonian rainforest on one hectare.


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[18] Plants typical of Brazil are bromelias, which grow as overplants on tree trunks and branches.


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These plants create the lush look typical of rainforests, most of these plants grow in different types of forests.


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[17] 56000 species of flowering plants and ferns are found in Brazil, many of which are useful plants such as rubber tree, cacao, pineapple and guarana.


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Of the world's 20,000 orchid species, 2500 species are found in Brazil.


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[19] Fauna The world's most diverse nature is found in Brazil: there are 524 mammal species, 1800 bird species, 500 reptile species and 500 amphibian species.


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The species count of all groups, including insects, is unknown.


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There are 202 endangered species, of which the residential area of 171 is located in coastal rainforest.


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[11] [14] There are about 1800 species of birds living in Brazil, or about 18% of the total species of the world and more than 1100 of them in the Amazon rainforests.


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Of the species, 250 are such that they do not occur anywhere else.


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Eighty species of hummingbirds, 70 species of parrots and 21 species of toucans are found in the country.


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[12] [17] [20] Snakes are found in about 250 different species, 70 of them venomous.


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Millions of insect species are found in the country and also has the largest number of amphibian species in the world.


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[21] Mammals living in rainforests include the jaguar, which is the largest feline in South America, capybaras and tapires.


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[22] Other animals in the rainforest include giant snakes, vampire bats, giant earthworms and leaf-cutter ants.


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[23] Animals living in mangrove forests include jumping crabs and mangrove crabs.


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[24] Inhabitants of the Brazilian savannah, or cerrado, include, for example, seebut, crested wolves, big ant bears and nandus.


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Seebut and other cattle are brought with them by man, as originally cerradas lacked large herds of cattle, antelope and kangaroos and their equivalents.


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[25] Mainly located in Brazil, the Pantanal is the largest floodplain in the world with a very abundant fauna: 30 million alligators live in the region, many birds such as herons and hundreds of fish species.


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The pantanal is also the area of occurrence of jabiru, the largest heron species.


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[11] National Parks and Nature Conservation Brazil has 16 sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List, seven of which are natural sites: Brazilian Atlantic Islands: protected areas of Fernando de Noronha and Rocas Atoll, Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Park, Iguaçu National Park, Jaú National Park (as part of the Central Amazon Protected Area), Mata Atlântica Protected Areas (separately in Bahia and Espírito Santo and further south in Paraná São Paulo states), and the Pantanal Reserve.


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[26] In total, Brazil has 57 national parks whose primary purpose is to protect endangered habitats.


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Only half of the park has been opened to the public and many of them are modest in scope due to the small amount of tourist income.


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[27] History Prehistory and colonial rule Before the advent of Europeans, the territory of Brazil has been inhabited for up to 30,000 years.


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The inhabitants formed dozens or even hundreds of tribes who spoke languages belonging to different language groups.


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[28] The Portuguese arrived in Brazil in the early 16th century.


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Pedro Álvares Cabral took over the country in the name of the King of Portugal in 1500.


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However, the first colony was not established until 1532.


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[29] In 1549 it became a governor-general, with Jesuit missionaries entering the country.


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Slavery for Native Americans was outlawed in 1758, but black slaves were used in their stead, who in 1818 numbered half the population figure.


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Over the course of three centuries, Europeans sought Brazilian wood from the country.


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An abundance of sugar cane was also cultivated in the country.


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[30] Independence When France conquered Portugal in 1807, fled its King John VI to Brazil, which was elevated by Portugal with a miniature image|Law that repealed slavery in Brazil, 1888. to a Kingdom in Personal Union.


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His son Pedro I, to whom the king had entrusted control when he left back to the mother country in 1820, declared Brazil independent, forced by public opinion and was recognized as constitutional emperor on 12 October 1822.


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Pedro I (1822—1831) was succeeded by his son Pedro II (1831—1889), during which the provinces received their own legislative assemblies and extended self-government.


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The abolition of slavery caused the 1889 revolution, when Brazil was declared a republic.


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[31] Admittedly, even in the 1990s, there was still support for the kingship in Brazil, and therefore a referendum was held on 21 April 1993.


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Options included a presidential-dominated republic, a republic adhering to parliamentarianism, and a monarchy.


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Sixty-eight percent supported a republic, and 60 percent were in favor of a presidential-dominated republic.


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Supporters of the monarchy made up 12% of the electorate, and it is estimated that they were predominantly young.


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Pedro II's descendant is photographer João Henrique de Orléans e Brangança.


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[32] Brazil declared war on Germany in 1917, seizing German ships in its ports, as German U-boats had destroyed Brazilian merchant shipping.


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[31] In World War II, Brazil was initially uncommitted, but joined the Allied side in 1943.


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[33] More than two million emigrants from Europe and Asia migrated to Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.


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[34] This is when the land began to industrialize, and settlement expanded into the interior of the country.


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Democracy switched to dictatorship three times; the country was 1930—1934 and 1937—1945 under Getúlio Vargas, as well as 1964—1985 under the rule of generals appointed by the armed forces.


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[35] Native American rights have been quite weak well into the 1990s.


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As recently as the 1950s, Indians had almost no rights even to the land of their residence.


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The 1988 Constitution recognized the right of Indians to their traditional lands, but the prescribed five-year transition period stretched unreasonably in many places.


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[36] It is not until the 21st century that the living conditions of Native Americans have begun to be improved.


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However, conditions are also deteriorating: among other things, dam building and mining projects have corrupted several rivers, which can no longer be engaged in fishing, so several tribes have been forced to move elsewhere.


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[37] The capital of Brazil was originally Rio de Janeiro.


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In 1956, it was decided inland to establish a new capital, Brasília, where the country's government relocated in 1960.


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[33] Timeline of political orientation of the governments of Brazil and some of its neighborsState1950s-1970s-198009090012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678BrasiliaRegentNuguay Centre/Left The 21st century (military) dictatorship of the center/right)) In 2002, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was elected the country's first leftist president in over 40 years.


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In 2006, he was elected to a second term.


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In 2010, Dilma Rousseff of the same party became the country's first female president.


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[33] In May 2016, Rousseff was forced on administrative leave due to impeachment charges.


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The Senate will consider the charges starting August 29.


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Until then, presidential duties will be handled by Vice President Michel Temer.


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[38] In 2007, the government admitted human rights violations occurred during 1964—1985.


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In 2009, a commission was set up to investigate them.


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[33] In 2009, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo suffered power outages due to problems with a large hydroelectric power plant.


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In 2010, Brazil announced it would build more hydropower in the Amazon rainforest region despite opposition.


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[33] Lula went to prison on corruption charges.


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The 2018 election was won by Jair Bolsonaro, seen as far-right.


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This promised religion to the people and to fight against the crime that has spread in the country.


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Politics Brazil's current constitution dates from 1988.


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Brazil is a presidential republic without the office of prime minister.


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The Parliament, or National Congress (Congresso Nacional), is bicameral: the upper house, or senate (Senado Federal), has 81 seats, or three representatives from each of the 26 states and federal districts for eight-year terms at a time.


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2/3 and 1/3 of the Senate seats change every four years.


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513 members are elected to the lower house, the Chamber of Representatives (Câmara dos Deputados), by proportional representation for a four-year term.


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[39] The age limit for voting rights is 16 years.


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Voting is compulsory for all literate 18-69 year olds and optional for those aged 16 to 18 and over 70, as well as illiterate Brazilians.


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[40] The last election was held in October 2018, at that time the president, vice president and members of the National Congress were elected.


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Brazil's defence forces are the largest in Latin America.


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[41] In 2012, the country spent 1.75% of GDP on defence forces funding.


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[39] The administrative division of Brazil consists of 26 states (estado) and a non-federal district (distrito federal) [39]: Acre Alagoas Amapá Amapá Amazonas Bahia Ceará Espírito Santo Goiás Maranhão Mato Grosso Mato Grosso do Sul Minas Gerais Pará Paraíba Paraná Pernambuco Piauí Rio de Janeiro Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Sul Rondônia Roraima Santa Catarina São Paulo Sergipe Tocantins Distrito Federal (capital Brasília) The states are divided into sub-regions ( mesorregião), which are further subdivided into sub-regions (microrregião).


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Sub-regions are not of administrative significance but are formed for population calculation and statistical purposes.


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The unit of local government smaller than the sub-regions is the municipality (município).


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The number of municipalities in different states varies from fifteen in Roraima to over eight hundred in Minais Gerais.


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In total there are more than 5500 municipalities.


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[42] Economy Brazil's gross domestic product is the largest in South America.


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Agriculture, mining, manufacturing and service sectors are well developed.


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Income and wealth disparities are large.


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[1] The country's currency real was linked to the US dollar until 1999.


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[43] Agricultural products account for approximately 36% of Brazil's exports.


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Brazil is the world's largest producer of sugarcane, coffee, tropical fruits and frozen concentrated orange juice.


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It has the world's largest cattle raised for sale and is the world's second largest producer of soybeans.


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Production of corn, cotton, cocoa, tobacco and forest products is also significant.


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[44] The most significant natural resources are iron ore, gold, bauxite, manganese, uranium, oil, tin, nickel, hydropower and timber.


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[39] The most significant export products are coffee (about a quarter of the world's production), iron, vehicles, soybeans and footwear.


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[39] Economic priority sectors include: Space technology.


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The country is home to, among other things, the Alcântara Space Centre, although the country has had plenty of failures in terms of departures.


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Aircraft industry.


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Embraer, the world's fourth-largest aircraft maker, is significant for the entire country's economy.


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[45] Pharmaceutical industry.


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The country is rich in generic drug production, as well as a sophisticated gene industry.


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The first cloned calf was born in 2001.


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84% of the country's electrical energy is produced by hydropower.


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[46] Brazil is among the world's first leading producers of biofuels, but competition has risen to threaten its position in the 21st century.


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[47] Ethanol is produced as biofuel from sugarcane.


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Mixing it with gasoline is mandatory, and the blend ratio has increased over the years.


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With the price of fossil fuels falling, keeping ethanol competitive has been difficult, and the ethanol industry has been struggling since 2009.


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[48] Traffic in Brazil is more than four thousand airports.


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[39] Most international flights depart from Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo.


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[49] All major population centers in Brazil are connected to each other by paved roads, but smaller roads are often unpaved.


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Railways exist mostly in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, elsewhere they are mainly freight railways carrying ores.


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Many northern regions can only be reached by air or water.


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[49] Container ports include Santos and Itajaí, other cargo ports in Belem, Paranagua, Rio Grande, São Sebastião and Tubarão.


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[39] Population The Brazilian population shows the consequences of extensive migration and assimilation.


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Just over half of the population are descendants of Europeans, in addition there are ethnically mixed Europeans, Africans and Indians.


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[39] In the 2010 Census, 64.6% of residents reported themselves as Catholic, 22.2% as Protestants, 5.2% of other faiths, and 8.0% as non-religious.


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[50] In 2007, it was estimated that approximately 0.6% of the adult population were carriers of HIV, a total of about 730000 people.


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The ARVT medication would have needed about 230,000 people, and it was received by about 80% of them, about 181,000 people.


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[51] Culture Brazilian culture is very diverse due to the variegated population.


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The country is roughly divided between a prosperous south and a poor north.


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The south is home to populations of European and Japanese background.


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Of people of African descent, a large proportion live in the north-east of the country, while Native Americans largely live in the north-central and western parts of the country.


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The Portuguese language unites the entire population, and until the mid-20th century almost all belonged, at least nominally, to the Catholic Church.


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[1] Samba and capoeira are Brazilian species distributed to the world.


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Rock in Rio festivals are native to Brazil.


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The Rio de Janeiro Carnival is known throughout the world.


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[52] [53] Brazil has 16 sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List, among which cultural sites include the shrine of Bom Jesus do Congonhas, the Brazilian city, the historical centre of Diamantina, the historical centre of Goiás, the historical centre of Olinda, the historic city of Ouro Preto, The historic centre of Salvador, the historic centre of São Luís and the Serra da Capivara National Park.


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[26] Literature The roots of Brazilian literature go back to the 16th century, when the first Portuguese explorers, such as Pêro Vaz de Caminha, wrote descriptions of Brazilian animals, vegetation and native inhabitants that marveled those who arrived in Brazil Europeans.


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Brazil produced significant Romanticism period works.


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For example, writers Joaquim Manuel de Macedo and José de Alencar wrote novels about love and pain.


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Alencar also treated indigenous people as heroes in his novels O Guarany, Iracema, Ubirajara.


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[54] Jorge Amado is a great name in contemporary literature whose works have been translated into fifty languages.


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[1] Music Brazilian music encompasses several regional styles including African, European and Amerindian forms.


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It has evolved to include samba, Música Popular Brasileira (MPB), choro, sertanejo, brega, forró, frevo, maracatu, bossa nova, Brazilian rock and axé.


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Brazil's most famous composer of classical music is Heitor Villa-Lobos.


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[1] Brazilians known from the light music side include Elis Regina and Antônio Carlos Jobim, who is considered one of the most important developers of bossa nova.


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[55] Food culture Brazilian cuisine varies greatly from region to region, reflecting the diverse and diverse population of the country.


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With it, the national food culture is defined by the preservation of regional differences.


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However, rice, beans and manioc are common staple foods for all.


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A few examples of dishes include Feijoada, a slow-cooked casserole of black beans and various pieces of meat, which is considered the country's national dish, and regional dishes such as vatapá, coconut seafood stew moqueca, polenta and deep-fried shrimp bun acarajé.


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[1] [56] Brazil has its own selection of various sweets such as brigadeiros and beijinhas.


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The national drink is coffee.


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Cachaça is a Brazilian distilled alcoholic beverage made from sugar cane and used for tropical drinks such as caipirinha.


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[1] Sports In sports Brazil is known especially for football.


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Its national football team has won the world championship five times, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002.


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Brazil has twice hosted the football World Cup, in 1950 and 2014.


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In 1950, São Paulo served as the host city and the championship was won by Uruguay, with Brazil icing for silver.


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[57] In 2014, the final of the Games was played in Rio de Janeiro.


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Some of the most notable Brazilian players have included Arthur Friedenreich, Pelé, Carlos Alberto, Leonardo, Garrincha, Vavá, Zico, Romário, Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Neymar, Kaká and Marta.


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Another notable sport in Brazil is volleyball.


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In the 2000s, the Brazilian national team has dominated the men's side fields sovereignly.


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The team has won no fewer than five times in the 2000s the Volleyball World League, the World Championship two times (2002, 2006) and still Olympic gold in Athens 2004.


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Some of the most notable Brazilian volleyball players have included Giba, Ricardo Garcia, Sérgio, Gustavo Endres, Murilo, Nalbert, André Nascimento.


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[58] Brazil also has many successful Formula One drivers, including Felipe Massa, Nelson Piquet, Emerson Fittipaldi, Ayrton Senna and Rubens Barrichello.


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The country also runs an annual F1 sectionalist competition in São Paulo with the Autódromo José Carlos Pace.


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[59] Brazil has developed its own jujitsu trend, Brazilian jujitsu.


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[60] Capoeira is a national species of Brazil.


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[61] Brazil hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.


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[62] Brazil has also been very successful in judo, achieving world championships and several Olympic medals in it.


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Well-known judokas include Leandro Guilheiro, Tiago Camilo and Flavio Canto.


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Finnish Air Force fighter procurement 1940—1944

Fighter procurement for the Finnish Air Force refers to setting, comparing, selecting, purchasing and building the selection criteria for fighter aircraft of the Finnish Air Force between 1940 and 1944, i.e., during the Winter War and Continuation War and the intermediate peace between them.


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Winter War destroyer acquisitions The ignition of the Winter War on 30 November 1939 forced Finland to attempt the acquisition of machinery from anywhere.


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Eyes were directed especially towards Great Britain, France and the United States, where strong Finnish sympathy had arisen.


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In realpolitik, the influences for British and French action were the undermining of Nazi Germany's scope for action.


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It was important to them that Germany did not gain control of the Baltic Sea.


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Because of this, Great Britain had sought to bring closer relations with the Soviet Union and from this point of view Soviet actions in 1939 towards the Baltic states and Finland had even been desirable.


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The Molotov—Ribbentrop Pact, and especially the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, changed the situation.


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In December 1939, Great Britain positioned itself to support France in separating the Soviet Union from the League of Nations.


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The League of Nations, in turn, committed itself to supporting Finland's fight against the Soviet Union.


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Towards the end of the Winter War, Great Britain and France planned to send a relief expedition to Norway and via Sweden to Finland.


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France had proposed the invasion of Petsamo and the aid of 20000—30000 Allied troops.


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Since France did not have the resources of its own to carry out the operation the main responsibility for planning the mission was given to Great Britain.


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Great Britain amended the plan of action proposed by France and made the ore fields of northern Sweden as its main objective.


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Assisting Finland remained only in second place.


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The purpose of the relief expedition was to occupy the ore fields of northern Sweden and thus block Swedish ore shipments to Germany.


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The measure might have provoked a German war effort in northern Europe, thereby diminishing interest in France and Great Britain, a French objective in particular.


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The experience of World War I had driven the United States to isolate itself, particularly from Europe and its crises.


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Defence laws had been enacted in support of this isolationist policy, or isolationism, which placed military equipment under state control and prevented their delivery to warring countries.


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For Finland, shipments from the United States were long and expensive and dollar currency was scarce.


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Finland's interest in purchasing arms from the United States fizzled in 1938, when Marshal Mannerheim put forward the establishment of a post of Military Attaché in the Embassy in Washington.


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This was done so that the Deputy Director of the Finnish Cellulose Society, Colonel Paavo Talvela, remained in the spring of 1939 to be used by Ambassador Hjalmar Procopé.


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In December 1939, the target number of destroyer squadrons was increased to four.


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[1] 30 Gladiators and 12 Hurricanes from Great Britain - Blacburn Roc remains unavailable after the Winter War started Finland requested arms and aircraft from the British Government.


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However, its aviation ministry was not willing to sell its newer Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane fighters.


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The War Cabinet authorized the sale of obsolete Gloster Gladiator fighters on December 5, 1939 and a week later Ambassador Gripenberg signed a contract with Gloster Aircraft Corporation for 20 Gladiators.


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On December 28, 1939, Gloster announced that the machines had been tested.


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After Finland requested more aircraft, Great Britain donated ten Gladiators.


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These planes were collected from maintenance units and all planes were transported via Bergen to Malmö, where the planes were assembled and flown to Barkarby, where Finnish pilots picked up the planes to Finland from 18 January — 16 February 1940.


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The planes were initially assigned to Air Squadron 26, which was operating at Ut.


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Gripenberg also negotiated another batch of 30 Gladiators, but the machines were not obtained in Finland [2].


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The needs list presented by Finland to Great Britain on 9 January 1940 included 30 or preferably 60 Supermarine Spitfire or Hawker Hurricane destroyers.


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The British Air Force leadership as well as the Ministry of Aviation were against the sale of the machines.


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However, Navy Minister Winston Churchill advocated the sale of Hurricane machines.


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On December 17, 1940, Ambassador Gripenberg entered into another procurement contract with Gloster, purchasing 12 Hawker Hurricane destroyers for Finland.


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Although the contract was awarded to Gloster, the machines were second-hand and refurbished RAF machines.


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The machines were trialled 21—27.


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February 1940 and handed over to Finland.


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The planes were flown 25—28.


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February 1940 to Västerås via Edinburgh, Wick, Stavanger and Oslo.


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One of the planes was damaged on landing at Wick (and cashed in for the British Air Force) and one was destroyed on 28 August 1940 off the coast of Norway.


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The remaining 10 planes did not arrive in Finland until 7—10.


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March 1940, so they did not have time to participate in the Winter War battles [3].


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Great Britain also released 30 Blackburn B-25 Roc fighters to Finland for sale.


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This was a two-seat support ship destroyer developed from the Skua crash bomber, deliveries of which to the Navy Air Force had begun in April 1939.


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On 27 February 1940, Finland accepted Blackburn's bid for 33 Roc Mk I aircraft.


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Four of the planes could be flown to Dyce in Scotland to be flown to Finland and equipped with Finnish Air Force insignia (RO-141... 144), but the Winter War on 13 March 1940 stopped the planes there [4].


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The Roc missed out, which was probably not a major damage, as this fighter aircraft had a top speed of only 359 km/h and all four 7.7 mm machine guns were located in the machine gun turret behind the pilot.


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The plane could not fire forward [5].


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30 Morane-Saulniers and 6 Caudrons from France Before the Winter War, France had been reluctant to sell its weapons to Finland.


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During the Winter War, Prime Minister Édouar Daladier sought to patch up his poor endorsement by acting in Finland's favor.


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On 28 December 1939, France telegraphed to Finland for France to donate 50 Morane-Saulnier M.S to Finland.


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406 fighter jets.


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Only 30 machines were eventually obtained and were shipped to Sweden to be assembled.


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The planes were flown to Finland during February 1940.


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The planes were received by Air Squadron 28, which had time during the Winter War to make 288 war flights on the Morans, achieving 14 aerial victories [6].


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Later, 80 Caudron C.714 and 46 Koolhoven F.K.58 fighters were donated.


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It was originally planned to assemble and send a ready to operate Caudron squadron with pilots and mechanics to Finland.


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However, this did not materialize and only six Caudrons arrived in Finland.


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The Koolhovens went completely unreceived.


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[4] France had ordered a large number of Caudrons on 5 October 1938 but production was stopped in March 1940 after 90 built Caudrons.


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The Caudron C.714 was withdrawn from active service in France in February 1940 due to poor performance.


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The six aircraft (manufacturing number 2-7) that arrived in Finland were handed over to the aircraft factory in May 1940 and were to be given to the Pori based Lentolaivue 30.


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The squadron accepted only two of the machines.


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The Caudron C.714 was placed under permanent no-fly status in September 1940 [7].


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Of the planes remaining in France, 40 were equipped with the so-called Polish pilots assembled. The Warsaw group that fought Germany 2—13.


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on June 1940.


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The remaining machinery remained in Vichy French and German use, which was probably scarce [8].


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The Koolhoven F.K.58 made its maiden flight on 17 July 1938.


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In January 1939, France ordered 50 planes and Holland 36.


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Only 18 machines besides the two prototypes were completed.


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Forty-seven war flights were made with the planes before France was defeated.


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The remaining planes were scrapped.


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[9] 44 Brewsters from the United States Colonel Paavo Talvela contacted several gun and aircraft factories in the United States in the spring of 1939.


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He held negotiations with Douglas and Curtiss-Wright, among others.


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The latter offered Model 75A fighters with a delivery time of 3 to 8 months; Curtiss was also prepared to enter into a binding contract in case Finland went to war.


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[10] On July 7, 1939, Colonel Per Zilliacus was appointed Military Attaché of Finland in the United States.


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In August 1939, he and Ambassador Hjalmar Procopé began high-level negotiations on arms procurement with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Welles.


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Procopé's unprioritized purchase list was long including, among other things, 230 fighter aircraft.


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[10] In addition, Procopé requested a $60 million credit for improving Finland's defence capability.


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[11] The Air Force Commander, Major General Lundqvist, electrified on October 17, 1939, to the Embassy in Washington.


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In his telegram, he reported that the situation with the Soviet Union had escalated to the point where fighter jets were needed, ignoring the sign.


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[10] In early November, three variants were explored, being the Grumman F4F Wildcat, Seversky EP-1 and Brewster F2A “Buffalo”.


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[12] The third prototype of the F4F, the XF4F-3, had made its maiden flight in March 1939 and by 8 August 1939 Grumman had received an order for 78 planes from the United States Navy.


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Production was therefore just starting up; the first machinery was not delivered until February 1940.


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[13] Sweden had ordered 15 Seversky EP-1s in the summer of 1939 and later 120 more, exporting Seversky's production capacity.


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Sweden received 135 of its ordered Seversky out of 62 in the spring and summer of 1940.


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Of the remaining 60 were taken for the United States Army Air Forces under the insignia P-35A.


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48 of the planes took part in the fighting against Japan in the Philippines; 40 of the planes were lost in the two days of fighting.


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The remaining 12 planes were delivered to Ecuador.


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[14] Brewster was not at all a potential candidate for editorship at first.


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It was small and unknown and its first destroyer delivery to the United States Navy was late.


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However, modifications had been made to the machine's prototype XF2A-1, among other things the engine had been changed to a more powerful one, and had flown modified its maiden flight in the summer of 1939 under the designator XF2A-2.


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Since only 11 of the 54 planes ordered had been delivered, the United States felt it could sell the remaining 43 to Finland and order the same number of the higher-performance F2A-2 in their place.


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The deals were made on 16 December 1939 for some reason for 44 machines, of which 38 (manufacturing numbers 18-55) were taken from a batch intended for the U.S. Navy and six (manufacturing numbers 57-62) from the Belgian order of 48 machines.


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Finland also negotiated 60 additional machines that would have been manufactured right after the 44 ordered.


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This would have required the transfer of Belgian supplies; Finland negotiated with Belgium but no trade arose.


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The reason may also have been a lack of engines.


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[15] The 44 Brewster Model 239s ordered were shipped from New York via Bergen to Sweden for assembly; only three machines were assembled and tested in the United States.


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The first batch of 11 machines left New York on 13 January 1940 and the last batch arrived in Bergen on 13 March 1940.


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The machines were assembled at SAAB's factories in Trollhättan.


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The first machines were received in Finland on 1 March 1940 and before the end of the Winter War it was possible to obtain six machines.


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However, the planes didn't get involved in the fighting.


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The last plane arrived in Finland on 1 May 1940.


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The planes were received by Air Squadron 22, which, however, was forced as early as April 1940 to hand over its aircraft to Air Squadron 24, which was fighting on the Fokkers.


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[16] In early March 1940, Marshal Mannerheim sent a personal letter to President Roosevelt requesting that Finland have 150 fighter aircraft and 36 bombers with their crews.


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Roosevelt urged the Air Force to explore the possibility of sending planes.


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However, the United States Air Force felt that it did not have enough planes for its own need, so the matter lapsed.


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[17] The Fokker G.1 falls short of receiving Fokker designed at his own risk the twin-engined Fokker G.1 fighter, which made its maiden flight in March 1937.


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The plane had been shown at the previous year's aviation show in Paris, where it was subject to great attention.


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The plane originally had a Hispano-Suiza 14Ab engine, which was however swapped for the Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior engine.


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Twenty-six machines were sold in 1937 to Spain but due to the outbreak of civil war the machines went undelivered.


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The Dutch Air Force ordered 36 Bristol Mercury-powered aircraft in October 1937, with the model designation G.1A — and at the same time the model to be built in Spain became the model designation G.1B.


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The first discussions between Fokker and Finnish authorities regarding the Fokker G.1 fighter took place in May 1937, when the commander of the Air Force, Major General Jarl Lundqvist, was interested in purchasing one finished plane and 23 aircraft manufacturing license.


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Apparently, the Fokker G.1 was intended to replace additional purchases from Bristol Blenheim.


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The Finns went to test fly the G.1 in the autumn of 1937.


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In April 1938, Fokker was informed that the twin-engine fighter issue was not current.


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Fokker invited a Finnish test pilot to fly the Fokker G.1 in February 1939, which was accomplished.


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The machine was still traded and in the autumn of 1939, Fokker offered G.1B machines for Finland for Spain.


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Commander Lundqvist considered the requested price to be high and no deal emerged.


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After the Winter War ignited, the Fokker G.1 was good enough for Finland.


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In January 1940, an attempt was made to purchase 18 G.1As.


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Fokker would have been able to deliver the machines with a delivery time of 4—6 months but in February 1940 the matter lapsed due to difficulties in obtaining propellers and Bristol Mercury engines.


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[18] Machinery and assistance from other countries Great Britain pressured South Africa to donate 29 Gloster Gauntlet machines to Finland.


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The planes were shipped from the British Isles to Sweden on 10 March 1940, where nine were assembled and flown to Finland by 12 April 1940.


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The rest were shipped to Finland on 17 May 1940 [19].


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However, the Gauntlet was obsolete as a fighter and the 24 planes that arrived were used as training aircraft.


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Sweden donated eight machines to Finland on 8 December 1939.


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Two Bristol Bulldog and three J6B Jaktfalken aircraft arrived on 15 December 1939.


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The Bulldogs were Finland's equivalent of the older IIA model and were used like the Jaktfalkens as training machines.


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On 23 December 1939, three Fokker C.V.D planes arrived in Finland and used as liaison machines [20].


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More significant assistance than these eight planes was the Air Squadron Flygflottilj 19, consisting of Swedish volunteers, which flew 12 Swedish Gloster Gladiator fighters, four Hawker Hart reconnaissance aircraft as well as a few joint action aircraft from 10 January 1940, responding to in practice on Lapland air defense.


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The unit scored seven aerial victories, losing three Gladiators and three Hart in aerial combat and accidents.


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Three Swedish pilots crashed.


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A significant help was also the aircraft-assembling operations organised by the Swedes.


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Machines were assembled at AB Aerotransport in Bulltofta near Malmö, Centrala Flygverkstaden in Malmslätt near Linköping, and at Götaverken in Torslanda and SAAB in Trollhättan, both near Gothenburg.


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These units assembled 157 machines (including Brewsters, Moranets, Gladiators and Fiats) between December 1939 and April 1940 [21].


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My own aircraft-building operation on 9 September 1939]] was placed in a pre-order for 50 Fokker D.XXI fighter jets to the State Aircraft Factory.


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The final order came on 22 January 1940.


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As the intake of Bristol Mercury engines had stopped, it was decided to acquire Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior engines [22].


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On December 13, 1939, the commander of the Air Force, Major General Lundqvist prioritized the aircraft factory in operation for only the third replacement of the Fokker D.XXI series (first place came the refit of warplanes, second place exercise and school aircraft pl.


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VL Pyry, which was prioritized to the fourth place).


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VL Storm work was suspended [23].


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The spoils of war Finland received several Polikarpov I-15bis and Polikarpov I-153 fighters as spoils of war in the Winter War, as well as a few Polikarpov I-16 fighters.


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Two of the Polikarpov I-15bis- planes were brought into flight condition during the Winter War and three were repaired during the intermediate peace.


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Eight of the Polikarpov I-153 aircraft and one of the Polikarpov I-16 planes were repaired to flying condition during the interim peace.


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[24] Repair and maintenance of spoils consumed resources in comparison with the machinery's operating value.


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[25] Only Polikarpov I-153 machines were of real significance; they were the spoils of war in the Winter and Continuation Wars, as well as purchases from Germany in use 21.


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The aircraft was used as a fighter at the beginning of the Continuation War


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I-15bis were used mostly as advanced training aircraft in replenishment squadrons and the I-16 aircraft was used as a reference aircraft in Air Squadron 24.


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[26] Interim Peace Aircraft Procurement The Winter War ended with the Peace of Moscow on 13 March 1940, beginning the period known as the Intermediate Peace.


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The period was marked by severe pressure from both the Soviet Union and Germany.


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In April 1940, Germany invaded Denmark and Norway, thus sealing Finland's access to the North Sea.


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The only spirit hole was Petsamo, through which, among other things, 62 Seversky EP-1 aircraft ordered by Sweden were transported.


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[27] With its ultimatums, the Soviet Union obtained the annexation of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in August 1940.


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An extensive aircraft fleet procurement programme was undertaken in September 1940, including six 30-aircraft fighter squadrons.


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It was decided to make 90% of purchases from abroad; either from Germany or through it from other countries.


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[28] Attempts were made to purchase aircraft both in December 1940, when General Talvela met Marshal Göring and in March 1941, when Grandell, the Inspector General of War Finance, met General Thomas.


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On 9 March 1941, Reich Marshal Adolf Hitler decided that the wishes of the Finns, among other things, to obtain aircraft were not “satisfiable for the time being”.


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[29] In late 1940, a German team of pilots visited Russian warplanes.


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In December that year, a German pilot took a test flight of a Polikarpov I-153 (VH-14) plane at Malmi [30].


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In spring 1941, Finland handed over to Germany for test flight, among other things, one Polikarpov I-16 aircraft which was not recovered [31].


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50 Fokker D.XXIs from the State Aircraft Factory, the Department of Defense successfully procured new Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior engines and used propellers for the Fokker D.XXI aircraft from the United States.


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The machines were built in Kolho.


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The first of the machines was completed on 29 October 1940 and the remainder except one in January—June 1941.


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The Twin Wasp Junior was heavier than the Mercury and supercharged for a lower flying altitude.


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An armour-seat was ordered for the plane, as well as rubbering for petrol and oil tanks.


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The modifications increased the weight and as a result the performance of the machine worsened to the training machine class [32].


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The planes went to intelligence squadrons.


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The design of the VL Storm destroyer to be ordered was started in April 1940 as a matter of urgency.


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Efforts were made to increase engine power and the specification of the machine was changed.


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The prototype was ordered on 20 December 1940 and it did not make its maiden flight until 23 December 1941.


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[28] 25 Morane-Saulniers and 29 Curtiss Hawks of German war booty stocks The Chief of War Economy, Major General Leonard Grandell negotiated with Germany's highest war economy officer, General Thomas, about supplies of war supplies in May 1940 but received an absolutely negative response.


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[33] The situation changed in August/September 1940 after Germany requested the right of transit for soldiers to Kirkenes.


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The contract was concluded on 22 September 1940 and before this the purchase of weapons and aircraft from Germany had already started.


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Under contract number 1187 reached in early October 1940, 55 Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 and 30 Curtiss Hawk destroyers were included.


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Germany did not want and could not sell its own modern equipment, as it was still an ally of the Soviet Union and supplies had to fit its explanation to the Soviet Union that it supplied arms as compensation for supplies it had stopped during the Winter War.


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[34] 25 Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 machines were eventually obtained.


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Ten came in boxes to the aircraft factory at the turn of the year 1940—1941, another ten between June and August 1941, and the remaining five in November 1941.


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Some of the machines were of the M.S.410 model with four wing machine rifles and a fixed radiator.


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[35] The planes went to Air Squadron 28 and Reconnaissance Squadron 14.


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Twenty-nine Curtiss Hawk machines were purchased.


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The planes were German spoils of war from France and Norway.


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Seven of the machines had a 1200 hp Wright R-1820 Cyclone engine and the rest effectively had a 1065 hp producing Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp.


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The machines were new or used and refurbished by the Germans.


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Twenty-seven planes were received in the summer of 1941 and two in December


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[36] The planes went to Reconnaissance Air Squadron 12 and 14, which however had to hand over their new planes in July 1941 to Air Squadron 32.


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Macchi and Falco deals from Italy tapered to gold and special metals Finland negotiated with Italy during 1940 for Macchi M.C.200 and Reggiane Re.2000 Falco fighters.


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Sweden ordered 60 of the latter.


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On 1 November 1940, Finland received a bid for 30 Falcos that would have been delivered at the turn of the 1940—1941 season.


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In addition, Finland received a bid for 50 Fiat G.50bis fighter jets.


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The Finns had bad experiences with the machine and especially its engine.


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On the other hand, 88 enemy aircraft were dropped in the Continuation War, so capacity was found in the plane.


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However, transactions with Italy fall due to Italy's demand for gold and special metals; no clearing trade took place for it [37].


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A Brewster manufacturing license was not acquired Although the 44 Brewsters purchased from the United States never made it to the Winter War, the plane had time to prove to be a surprisingly good fighter aircraft.


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Finland inquired about the possibilities of purchasing a manufacturing licence in April 1940 and the price was obtained for the licence.


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For some reason, however, negotiations broke off in late May 1940 and the manufacturing license went unobtained.


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[37] Procurement of fighter jets in the Continuation War When negotiating Finland's participation in Operation Barbarossa, Lieutenant-General Heinrichs forwarded to Germany a request to quickly obtain 100 to 200 aircraft — without success [38].


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Even at the beginning of the Continuation War, Germany did not agree to sell Finland its current fleet of aircraft.


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From the German point of view, there was no need: the Finnish front was peaceful and Germany's own squadrons were undernumbered.


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War spoils and spare parts could be purchased, but even that trade was slow and bureaucratic [39].


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30 Morane-Saulnier M.S.


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406s from France 1942 France offered Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 fighters to Finland in February 1942.


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The planes were at Chateauroux and they were little flown but in poor condition from outside storage.


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The Air Force ordered 30 aircraft selected by the Finnish Command in June—September 1942.


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The planes were put in flight condition and tested at Chateauroux.


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These planes were flown to Finland, the first batch embarked on a transfer flight on 11 July 1942.


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The last planes arrived in Finland in October [40].


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Mörkö-Morane commissioned 1942 Meanwhile (in September 1942) the commander of Air Regiment 2, Colonel Richard Lorenz sent a letter to Morane-Saulnier M.S.


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From the 406's shortcomings to Air Force HQ.


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In his pleading, Lorenz states that the plane is unsuitable for being a fighter aircraft due to its engine power, maintenance characteristics and insufficient spare parts stocks.


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He suggested that the Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine would be fitted to replace either the Klimov M-105 or the Klimov M-103.


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Planning for the modification work began immediately and test installation on MS-631 commenced in October 1942.


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The plane was completed for test flights in February 1943.


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The installation was very successful and the performance characteristics of the machine improved significantly.


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The top speed was between 490 and 510 km/h while on the worn Hispano-Suiza the top speed was barely more than 430 km/h.


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Armament was also improved when a 20 mm Mauser MG-151/20 cannon was fitted to the propeller shaft - the same gun was in the Messerschmitt BF-109.


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Preparation for series modifications began in October 1943 but the engines were not obtained from German war booty stocks until February 1944.


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Four machines modified as serial work were handed over in August 1944, by the end of 1944 17 machines had been modified and with the handover of the last in March 1945 all the remaining 41 Morane-Saulnier M.S.


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The 406 aircraft had been converted to Mörkö-Morans [41].


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A domestic fighter aircraft for the serial manufacture of the Storm 50 planes 1942 50 machine VL Storm series (3 test planes + 47 serial aircraft) was ordered on 18 August 1942.


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The test series was completed between April and September 1943 but one of the test aircraft (MY-2) was destroyed already in June 1943, another (MY-3) in November 1943 and a third (MY-4) in March 1944.


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Due to the overweight of the prototype (MY-1), the test series had been lightened to the extreme, encountering problems due to oscillation.


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Both the wing and especially the rudder and stabilizers had to be strengthened.


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Of the 47 serial aircraft, one was completed in January and the rest in July/December 1944.


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Reconnaissance Air Squadron 12 and Reconnaissance Air Squadron 16 engaged the Storms during the Continuation War.


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In addition to vibration problems, the use value of the Storm was lowered by wartime replacement glues and varnishes that did not protect the wood-built machine enough.


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The planes were imposed on a final no-fly on 9 May 1947 [42].


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A Brewster clone for serial manufacture of VL Humu 90 aircraft in 1942 The State Aircraft Factory had made both a wood and metal wing on the Brewster fighter in the autumn of 1942, as well as fitting a 1000 hp Shvetsov M-63 war booty engine on it in May 1942.


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Since Brewster's drawings were already largely in existence and good experience with Brewster, on 16 October 1942, the Air Force Staff ordered a pre-series of five planes and in November it was confirmed that the intention was to make a series of 90 machines for which to begin reserving raw materials.


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In October 1942, more than 200 M-63 engines and auxiliaries were ordered from the German war booty stock.


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The profitability of the VL Humu project began to be doubted in September 1943 when the strong development of the Soviet Air Force was noted.


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However, the project was not aborted as it was thought the machines would be fit when completed, at least for reconnaissance squadrons.


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A large series of 90 machines was ordered in November 1943, reduced to 60 machines in May 1944, and suspended in June 1944.


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Only a prototype belonging to the pre-series of five machines (HM-671) was completed.


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It made its maiden flight on 8 August 1944.


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Otherwise, the entire 90-plane series was cancelled in September 1944 [43].


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The first squadron of 30 Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft from Germany 1943 Finland had tried throughout the Continuation War to purchase up-to-date equipment from Germany.


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In late 1942, hopes began to be fulfilled.


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German misfortunes on the Eastern Front (Russian counterattacks in August—September on Leningrad and November 1942 on the Stalingrad fronts), Germany's growing aircraft production, as well as Finnish dreams of a separate peace were the proponents of sales of one squadron.


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The squadron of 30 planes included 16 new and 14 used but repaired Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2s.


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The procurement contract was signed on 1 February 1943 and the contract involved keeping the squadron to full strength by replacing the destroyed machinery with new ones.


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Sixteen new planes were received to Finland in March 1943, but 14 were not used until May 1943 due to the embargo on the supply of weapons imposed by Germany due to the peace pledges in Finland.


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Six replenishment aircraft were received between August and November 1943 and, early in 1944, 12.


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Thus the number of G-2 machines became 48.


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The G-2s were handed over to Air Squadron 34, which in turn turned over the planes in March—April 1944 to Air Squadron 24 while receiving G-6 aircraft themselves [44].


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The cyclone prototype ordered in 1943 The incomplete performance of the Storm fighter prototype was noticed when the prototype was given to be flown to the Test Squadron in 1942.


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In this case, the idea of installing a more powerful Daimler-Benz DB 605 engine in the Storm was smirked.


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However, it did not turn out because the bow of the plane would have become too long and, moreover, the fuselage of the plane was designed for a star engine.


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For this reason, it was decided to design a new machine based on the DB 605.


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At the end of May 1942, the State Aircraft Factory sent a proposal, on the basis of which pre-design of the plane was started.


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The Air Force Staff placed a preliminary order for the plane's design and two prototypes in November 1942 and confirmed the order on 13 April 1943.


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In September, the State Aircraft Factory produced achievement value calculations for five different variants.


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The machine, which was named VL Cyclone, was implemented on the basis of the PM-1 option, although the specification was changed as development progressed.


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VL Puska was born on the basis of the PM-5.


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Works at the State Aircraft Factory were prioritised on 3 March 1944, when VL Cyclone was reassigned to fill work.


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The prototype made its maiden flight on 21 November 1945.


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Test flights were discontinued in April 1947; VL Cyclone had time to fly in 27 hours.


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The machine became the size of a Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 [45].


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MiG-3s remain unavailable 1943 Germany offered Finland the MiG-3s it received as spoils of war in December 1942.


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There were 22 planes and they were new and little flown but without weapons and radios.


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The machines were packed in boxes, some of which had been damaged in transports.


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The machines were ordered on 22 December 1942 and the Finns prepared in spring 1943 to receive the machines until on 13 May 1943 came the information that the planes had been destroyed by aerial bombardment [46].


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The MiG-3 was difficult to fly.


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It was fast at high altitude (640 km/h: the world's fastest fighter aircraft between 1940 and 1941) but relatively slow at low altitude.


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The machine was not agile, making it unsuitable for curve combat.


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Armament consisted of one 12.7 mm and two 7.62 mm machine guns.


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A total of over 3400 pieces of the machine were produced 1940—1942.


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The use of the machine as a front fighter ended in 1943.


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15 Curtiss Hawk aircraft from Germany in 1943 Although the Curtiss Hawk was obsolete as a front fighter, the Air Force Staff decided in June 1943 to replenish the losses suffered by Air Squadron 32 to full strength.


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On 18 June 1943, 15 Curtiss Hawk aircraft originating from the Free France Air Force were ordered from Germany.


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The machines had been idle for three years.


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The planes were flown to Finland between June 1943 and January 1944.


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On 29 June 1943, it was decided to switch the engines of the Curtiss Hawk fleet to the fresher Twin Wasp engines, which were renovated by Aero Ltd for the VL Storm series.


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Similarly, 7.7 mm hull machine rifles began to be exchanged for 12.7 mm machine guns [47].


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The second and third Messerschmitt Bf 109 squadrons of 30 planes from Germany in 1944 after the Front betrayed and the German Army withdrew against promises to the Narva River in Estonia, Marshal General Wilhelm Keitel inquired about Finland's needs to compensate for the increased threat.


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On 2 February 1944, Marshal Mannerheim sent a letter to Keitel, with an attached list requesting additional Bf 109 and Bf 110 fleet to Finland.


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The supply contract for the 2nd Squadron was awarded directly to Messerschmitt AG in early March 1944.


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The first G-6 aircraft came to Finland as early as 16 March 1944 and all 30 aircraft were delivered between March and April 1944.


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The planes went to Air Squadron 34, which handed over its G-2 aircraft to Air Squadron 24 [48].


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The squadron received 14 G-6s as replenishment aircraft in June 1944 [49].


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On 9 June 1944, the Soviet Union launched a major offensive on the Isthmus.


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Finland asked Germany for help 11—12.


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on June 1944.


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As a result of the request for help, Germany detached a third 30-plane Messerschmitt Bf 109 squadron to Finland.


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Twenty-eight of the planes were flown to Finland at the turn of June/July 1944.


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The planes were received by Air Squadron 28.


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Two planes were left damaged on the voyage.


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As a complement to the 2nd and 3rd Squadrons, 29 G-6 aircraft were received in July—August 1944 [49].


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Detachment Kuhlmey to Finland Following the start of the major invasion of the Isthmus, and after Finland requested help from Germany to repel the invasion, Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler decided to send a flight detachment in support of the Finns on the Isthmus.


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This was no charity on Hitler's part; he was trying to prolong Finland's voluntary struggle alongside Germany.


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Hitler has also had a better view than the Finns of what it was to come, since Lieutenant Colonel Kurt Kuhlmey was informed to assemble a department in Tartu to support Finland as early as 10 June 1944 — before Finland's request for help [50].


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Flight Detachment Kuhlmey arrived in Finland on 17 June 1944 and was made available to Immola Airfield.


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The Flight Section had Junkers Ju 87 crash bombers, Focke-Wulf Fw 190A fighters, Focke-Wulf Fw 190F fighter-bombers and Messerschmitt Bf 109G-8 reconnaissance aircraft at the same time around 70 aircraft.


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The Airborne Division dropped hundreds of bombers on the attackers, destroying, among other things, about 200 tanks.


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The division's destroyers shot down more than 100 Soviet destroyers [51].


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The division left Finland on 23 July 1944 except for the Focke-Wulf Fw 190F fighter-bomber squadron which disembarked on 13 August 1944.


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11 Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft as Ribbentrop aid from Germany 1944 German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop came to Finland on 22 June 1944 to persuade the Finnish leadership to continue the war alongside Germany.


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The Soviets demanded that Finland surrender at the same time.


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Eventually, President Risto Ryti sent a letter to German Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler promising that neither he nor his government will make peace with the Soviet Union without German permission.