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[7] Soon 90% of foreign trade was handled through Germany.


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Military cooperation between Finland and Germany began with negotiations between the countries' highest military command in the winter of 1940—1941.


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The Chiefs of General Staff held talks in Berlin in January.


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Among other things, the Germans inquired about how long it took Finland to get its army to the border with the Soviet Union, and also received a response.


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From February 1941, road construction and reconnaissance cooperation with the Germans were conducted in Lapland.


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German troops began arriving in Finland, which eventually reached 40,000 when the Continuation War broke out.


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During February—March, the Germans engaged in systematic reconnaissance in northern Finland.


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In April 1941, an engineering company in Ratas began to recruit volunteers for the Finnish battalion of the Waffen-SS's Wiking Division.


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Enlistment continued into June 1941.


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The first recruits left for Germany for training in May 1941.


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[8] On 25 May 1941, during Operation Barbarossa and Finland, the Finnish Supreme Military Command visited the German General Staff in Salzburg, where a German military delegation led by General Alfred Jodl explained the planned invasion of the Soviet Union.


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The Germans presented a plan of cooperation between German and Finnish combat forces.


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Finland was asked to commit Soviet forces on its borders and participate in the offensive against Leningrad.


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During further negotiations between different types of weapons in Berlin 26—28.


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On May technical and tactical information was exchanged.


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[9] A transit permit was issued for German troops through northern Finland.


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The attack plan included the use of Finnish territory.


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In particular, Finnish Lapland played an important role in taking control of Murmansk with the Germans aiming for the Arkhangelsk equality.


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In the south, the attention of the Germans was drawn to the Gulf of Finland and the Karelian Isthmus, so that the recapture of Leningrad and its complete destruction would have become possible.


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In May, the Finnish Supreme Command decided to take part in Germany's planned war expedition against the Soviet Union.


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At the beginning of June, Germany was informed of the terms of participation: Finland should remain independent in future, Germany had to attack first, and only after the Soviet Union began the war effort would join the Finnish front.


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[10] On 3 June 1941, during negotiations with Germany in Helsinki, it was agreed that, with Finland going to war with the Soviet Union, Germany would come to Finland's aid.


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At the same time, negotiations in Kiel agreed to joint war efforts, including mining the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, when war broke out.


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Ore and Uti airfields were made available to the German Air Force even before the war.


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Beginning on 7 June 1941, German troops intended for the invasion began arriving in Finnish ports.


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On June 15, 1941, Mannerheim subjugated General Siilasvuo's army corps in northern Finland under German control.


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On 18 June 1941, Finnish Air Force aircraft were painted yellow Eastern Front insignia in accordance with the German Luftwaffe.


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On 22 June 1941, Germany launched the offensive and, as previously agreed, used Finnish airspace and airfields to bomb the Soviet Union.


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[11] The Germans began grouping invasion forces in northern Finland during the first week of June.


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Finnish protective forces began moving into their positions on June 10, 1941, on June 17 a general mobilization was declared in Finland.


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On June 21, the government ordered 45,000 residences on the Soviet borders to be evacuated.


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Transfers of German troops to Northern Finland Preparations for the arrival of German troops began immediately.


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Arrangements were handled under the guise of transit organisation, and German forces were not authorized to move east of the Arctic Oceans until 18 June, when it was thought preparations for the invasion east had already been exposed anyway.


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Two divisions of German troops, 20,000 men from Stettin and 10600 men from Oslo, were shipped to Oulu and transferred as train transports to Rovaniemi.


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Shipings began on 5 June and the last troops were at Rovaniemi on 14 June.


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On 7 June, SS Division Nord began a march from Norway along the Arctic Sea Road via Vuosso and Sodankylä to Rovaniemi.


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The passing march of the 8000—9000 man strong division's vehicle column lasted 10 hours.


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The division was at Rovaniemi on 10 June.


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A total force of 40600 men was concentrated in the Rovaniemi region, from where on 18 June they began moving towards Salla.


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[12] The German Norwegian Army Staff moved to Rovaniemi on 15 June, Army commander Colonel General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst arrived a week later.


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Two days after the HQ, Luftwaffe aircraft landed in Rovaniemi.


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Of the corps, two mountain divisions (2nd and 3rd)


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moved from Norway to Petsamo only on 22 June, [13] [14] for preparations German pioneers in civilian attire had already been allowed into the country a day earlier.


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Petsamo's German divisions began an attack towards Murmansk on 29 June.


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Events just before the start of the war by order of the Finnish Air Force Staff, automatic morsing equipment was installed in the Lahti Radio Station and Turku and Oulu radio masts on 21 June for radio navigation of German bombers.


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[15] According to Dr. Hannu Valtonen, who studied aviation history, German bombers flew at night 21—22.


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June from East Prussia through southern Finnish airspace to the north of Ladoga and thence south to the Leningrad region, where Germany and the Soviet Union engaged in the first air battles of the operation after about three o'clock in the early hours of the morning.


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The German bombers then flew to Utt, Finland, where they refueled and from where they continued on to their home fields in East Prussia.


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[16] 21—22.


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During the night between, the Germans in cooperation with the Finnish State Police took over the Soviet consulate in Petsamo and the Finns arrested the entire staff of the consulate and their families.


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The German Gestapo confiscated the consulate's archives for examination and later forwarded them to Valpo.


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[17] The German naval forces were taking advantage of Finnish territory, they had been relying on the Finnish coast and ports since mid-June.


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[16] The Finnish warfare command had already ordered the U-boat squadron on 17 June to take part in mining the Estonian coast and on the evening of 21 June the U-boat squadron received an execution order for its mission.


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On the 22nd, Finnish submarines and Finnish and German ships began mining the Gulf of Finland to prevent the free passage of the Soviet Baltic Fleet.


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The effort was to ensure that the Soviet fleet would not be able to distract from the Gulf of Finland to the flank of the Germans' land front to the Baltics, and to prevent an attack on Åland, the control of which was vital for Finland.


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On the 22nd, the mining was extended off Soviet-occupied Estonia (including Tallinn).


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Finnish submarines laid mines on the Estonian coast between 7:28 a.m. and 9:06 a.m. on 22 June 1941.


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[18] [19] When information arrived in Finland about the start of the German invasion, the Finnish Navy immediately began Operation Kilsailing, i.e. the transfer of troops to the demilitarised Åland Islands.


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Soviet aircraft carried out the first air attack of the war against the Finns after attacking warships involved in this operation as well as coastal forts at 6:05am on 22 June.


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In addition, artillery fire began from Hanko to Porsöhu, Storholm and the mainland at 6:50am [20] Adolf Hitler declared in a radio speech on 22 June that Finland would fight together (Im Verein) with Germany.


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Finland announced that it would remain neutral in foreign policy, but Hitler's speech was embarrassing for the country's leadership, it signaled to the world that Finland was allied with Germany in the war against the Soviet Union.


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[21] These actions also led the Soviet Union to initiate military action against Finland, as it considered Finland to allow its territory to be used to attack itself.


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Despite the coordinated naval warfare initiated with Germany and the army stationed by Germany from the level of Nurmes as far as Petsamoo, Finland declared that it remained neutral in foreign policy.


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[22] [23] [24] [25] [26] The course of the war The war begins Soviet attacks against Finland began at 06:05 on 22 June, when the Soviet Union bombed a Finnish naval division at sea.


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Subsequently, on the same day, Finland participated in the mining of the southern Gulf of Finland.


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On the same day Germany launched its invasion of the Soviet Union.


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German planes returning from the bombing flight stopped in Finnish territory for refueling.


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The Soviets responded by bombing Finnish military targets in Finland with aircraft and cannons.


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Finland refrained from returning fire and tried to assert neutrality in the new war.


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A significant war effort was avoided between Finland and the Soviet Union for a few days.


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On June 24, 1941, the Soviet Union evacuated its legation in Helsinki.


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[11] On 25 June 1941, the Soviet Air Force bombed Helsinki, Turku and Porvoo, as well as a dozen other localities, with about 500 planes, of which 27 planes were shot down on Finnish territory.


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Based on these bombings and past events, in its communique to parliament, the government had reached the conclusion that the country had fallen into a state of war.


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This position was adopted by Parliament [27].


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On the same day 25.6, Prime Minister Jukka Rangell stated on the radio that Finland was again at war with the Soviet Union.


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War was declared on 26 June.


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The Finnish army and German troops in Finland began a ground offensive.


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The Finnish army launched a major offensive in Ladoga Karelia in the direction of Korpiselä on 10 July with its focus on the left wing.


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The brunt of the attack was the advance of the 1st Ice Brigade, commanded by Colonel Ruben Lagus, which reached the shores of Ladoga within days.


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[28] By the end of August, the Karelian Army commanded by Lieutenant-General Erik Heinrichs had reached the limits preceding the Winter War.


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The Finnish people who experienced the Winter War were, with rare unanimity, behind the country's leadership and the reclamation of lost Karelia.


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The new war was seen as a continuation war of the Winter War, aimed at righting the wrong suffered.


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[21] On several occasions the Soviet Union demanded Britain declare war on Finland.


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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent Marshal Mannerheim a personal, private and secret letter expressing regret that Britain will soon have to declare war on Finland.


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Churchill also urged Finland not to cross the old border.


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The letter is preserved at Britain's Imperial War Museum.


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[29] Britain severed diplomatic relations on 1 August and threatened with war on 22 September unless the advance was cut off.


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Following Finland's accession to the Anti-Comintern Treaty on 25 November, Britain filed an ultimatum demanding a cessation of hostilities by 5 December.


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After remaining without a satisfactory response, London announced on Finnish Independence Day, 6 December, a declaration of war on Finland.


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Relations with foreign countries deteriorated as Finnish forces advanced.


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However, the actual war effort between the two countries was already limited to the earlier bombing of Liinahamar on 30 June.


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Australia, Canada and New Zealand also submitted a declaration of war to Finland.


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Already during the civil war in 1918, Mannerheim had issued a declaration in Antrea on the Karelian Isthmus stating that we should not put his sword in a sheath until Finland and East Karelia were free.


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In the Continuation War, Mannerheim issued his famous so-called sword-sheath day order, in which he referred to his declaration.


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There were also mentions of a large Finland in the daily order, which even at that time caused negative attention in political circles.


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During the Continuation War, Finland occupied the most extensive territory in its history.


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Many people outside the right wanted to annex East Karelia to Finland.


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The grounds were not only ideological and political, but also military: the so-called Three Isthmus Line was easier to defend than the previous frontier.


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With Germany backed, there was an opportunity to do so.


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On the other hand, there were economic motives in the form of exploitation of forest reserves in East Karelia.


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However, the territories were not legally annexed to Finland; only the territories lost in the Winter War were declared by Parliament as belonging to Finland.


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The management of the territories was provided by the Military Administration of East Karelia, which made preparatory measures to annex the conquered territories to Finland.


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Internment camps were established in the conquered territory, which in their own time were referred to at first as “concentration camps” and later as “displacement camps”.


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[30] They were excluded: [31] (a) “unnational population from those areas where their stay in view of military action could not be permitted”; (b) “politically unreliable persons belonging to the national and non-national population of the military administrative territory”; (c) “in exceptional cases other persons belonging to the population of the Military Administrative Region whose vacancy was deemed undesirable”.


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When defined as the national population, the Finnish population was perceived as a native population.


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[32] [33] The population of Väisniemi, Syyrinlaakso and Maanselänänänänänisthus, who traditionally happen to speak Russian, were moved from the front line to camps not only to prevent attacks by Soviet partisans, but also to protect civilians themselves.


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In addition to this, refugees of non-Finnish descent were packed in Vänisniemi from all over the Karelian-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic; while waiting in vain for transport across Sänisjärvi, they remained in the hands of the Finnish Defence Forces.


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Based on the research literature, it can be estimated that evacuees or refugees from near the fronts may have numbered up to 16600 of the people placed in camps in East Karelia.


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This would mean more than 69% of the camps” highest population, which was 23984 people, on April 1, 1942.


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[34] Mortality in the concentration camps of occupied East Karelia was up to 3.75%, significantly higher than among the free population of the same region (2.6%), in Finland (1.31%).


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The main reason for the high mortality rate among East Karelian campers appears to have been poor nutritional status and, to some extent, their age structure: a high relative proportion of women aged 20—30 years and minor children (almost 50%).


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[35] During the Continuation War, about 62000 Inger Finns migrated to Finland from the German-occupied Inger region.


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The war of positions Mannerheim and Ryti had a negative view of the conquest of Leningrad and its direct support, as well as the severing of the Muurmann line in order to hold the argument for a separate war and to keep Finland better prospects for peace negotiations even after Germany's eventual defeat context [36].


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The advance of the Finns stalled on Mannerheim's orders in December 1941, when the so-called positional warfare phase began.


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It lasted two and a half years.


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On 6 December, the territories lost in the Winter War were annexed back to Finland by the Parliament in restoring the borders of the Peace of Tartu.


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During the Continuation War, production and foreign trade declined, creating problems for the country's food supply.


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The most difficult food situation was during the winter between 1942—1943.


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In this case, for example, frontmen experienced deficiency diseases, and especially in some younger men general weakness due to lack of food.


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The situation was saved by imports of food supplies, mostly from Germany and the countries under its influence.


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In addition, the situation of the frontmen was facilitated by German troops in northern Finland, who victualled 50,000 Finnish soldiers in their area of responsibility.


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Despite the practical problems brought with them by long transport journeys, monotonous food and limited portions the victualling of the frontmen was satisfactorily successful.


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There were a total of 300 cases of deficiency disease that required hospitalisation among frontmen during the Continuation War, which can be considered quite a small number.


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[37] In 1942, fighting continued fragmented at Syvär and Kiesting.


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The Finns' only offensive war during the entire war of positions remained the capture of Suursaari in March.


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[38] On June 4, Mannerheim reached the age of 75 and was promoted to Marshal of Finland.


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The day was designated by defensive force as a flag feast day.


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In Helsinki, a street was announced to be named in his honour.


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Adolf Hitler unexpectedly visited Mannerheim's birthday party in Immola and complained that he had not been able to ensure Romanian oil for Germany to do anything for Finland before or during the Winter War.


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A recording of Hitler's “soliloquy” by the Finns also clarified the level of Soviet arms race that had surprised Hitler.


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On his return visit to Germany, Mannerheim had apparently received further information about the German “expedition to the East” because, after his return, assessed to Defence Minister Walden the German “expedition to the east” as ending in disaster.


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The Soviets sent a military detachment behind the Finns front line around Rukajärvi.


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However, the Finns defeated the attempt in a short chase.


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After Germany suffered defeat at Stalingrad, efforts began to be made in Finland to distance themselves from Germany.


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The parliament began to show dissatisfaction towards Ryti, which was manifested by Secretary of State R.J.


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On Witting's criticism of Ryti's signing of an anticomintern contract.


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Parliament refused to extend the power law granted to Ryti.


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However, this did not prevent his re-election to an additional two-year term in February 1943.


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However, Prime Minister Rangell's government was switched to a less pro-German one led by Edwin Linkommies.


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The government held together mainly thanks to Väinö Tanner, the finance minister of the Social Democrats.


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Initial peace talks on Peace were held through the year, but no agreement was reached.


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As early as 8 February, the Soviet Union declared its willingness for peace.


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The United States insisted on maintaining Finland's independence, and the Soviet ambassador to Washington, A. Litvinov, stated that the Soviet Union did not intend to occupy Finland as a whole.


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The Finns received the same insurance from Aleksandra Kollonta in Stockholm.


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Finland insisted on the 1939 borders as the basis for peace negotiations, but the Soviet Union was informed that Finland's representative is welcome to negotiate in Moscow, but Finland's proposal should not include territories not belonging to it before the war.


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Peace terms were locked up among the Allies at a Tehran conference in December.


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Josif Stalin's terms included the borders of the 1940 peace, Hanko or Petsamo permanently for the Soviet Union and the replacement of half war damage, expulsion of Germans from the country, and demobilization.


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In order to more easily persuade Finland to acquiesce to peace, Churchill and Roosevelt proposed that Vyborg be left to Finland, but Stalin insisted Vyborg was strictly for the Soviet Union and refused to even discuss the matter.


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[39] When the new Finnish government inquired about peace terms in the spring of 1944, it was still unable to accept them.


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Helsinki Grand Bombing Finland rejected peace terms it had judged impossible in April 1944.


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The Soviet Union sought to persuade Finland to peace with the Grand Bombing of Helsinki (“Peace Bombing”) during February.


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The Soviet Union wanted a quick solution to the war so that it could concentrate its forces on the takeover of Berlin.


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Thumble|400px|Mannerheim and Ryti inspect troops in Enso on June 4, 1944.


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The Soviet Grand Offensive of 1944 The Red Army ended the war of positions with a major offensive on the Karelian Isthmus on 9 June 1944 and two weeks later in the direction of Maaselä.


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On June 10, four days after the Normandy landings, the United States declared Finland and its leaders to be pro-German and asked Envoy Procopé to leave the country.


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After the major offensive began, the Soviets responded to Finnish peace enquiries, demanding an unconditional surrender.


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[40] Soviet artillery concentrations and superiority broke the Finnish defences [40] (at Valkeasaari, 10 June 1944).


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The VT line (Vammelsuu—Taipale) was broken in Kuuterselä on 14 June and Vyborg was recaptured from the Finns almost without battle on 20 June.


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On the same day, the Elisenvaara Station was carried out the most devastating aerial bombardment of the war, with over 100 deaths, and injuring over 300 lives.


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Preparations had already been made in Moscow before the invasion that Finland would be occupied.


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On 22 June, the Finnish government announced that the front was about to implode, Moscow that it was willing to abandon the war and break its relations with Germany.


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In response, the Soviets demanded unconditional surrender.


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On the same day, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop arrived in the country and announced that Germany would only continue to provide support if Finland entered into an alliance with Germany and continued to wage war.


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The Germans demanded a commitment to the war from Finland because the Narva Front was important to them.


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On 26 June, President Risto Ryti made a so-called settlement with the Germans. The Ryti—Ribbentrop agreement, which obliged Finland not to negotiate a separate peace and increased supplies of materials to the Germans.


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In the early 2000s, however, the importance of the treaty has been questioned


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At the time Ryti signed his letter to Adolf Hitler, most of the German anti-tank guns, plunge bombers, assault cannons and infantry divisions were already in Finland or en route.


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The Ryti-Ribbentrop Treaty was not a binding state treaty, but merely Ryti's personal assurance that he would not make a separate peace while serving as President of the Republic.


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The peace of separation was made after Ryti had resigned his post and the Parliament had elected Marshal Mannerheim as President by exceptional law.


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The Soviet Army captured Petrozavodsk on 28 June 1944.


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From Syvär, the Finns managed to retreat orderly, while on the Isthmus the troops had dispersed in many places.


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However, the front organisation endured even great losses on the front line if the artillery fire command, anti-tank and the net of machine-fire weapons only remained.


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However, trespassing from the front line, even troops detaching by unit was a problem for the Finns which greatly affected the outcome of the battle.


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[40] From Valkeasaari there is a distance of about a hundred kilometers to Vyborg, which the Red Army spent ten days to fold.


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Although the rate of withdrawal of the Finns thus averaged about ten kilometers per day, what can be considered a militarily successful performance.


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However, it caused great problems for the Finns, manifesting itself in the rapid loss and desertion of Vyborg, among other things.


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[40] In the defensive battle, the Finns were also supported by German troops.


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Of particular importance to the fighting against the Isthmus has been said to have been the anti-tank armament supplied by Germany earlier, since the pst artillery used by the Finns was not effective against the latest Klim Vorošilov and Josif Stalin tanks of Soviet forces.


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For a short time, a very significant part of the battle for the defence of the isthmus was carried out by the German Air Detachment Kuhlmey, especially against ground combat aircraft, supply contacts and maintenance, but the material air supremacy was that of the Soviets.


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According to the most common estimate, the skillful concentration of field artillery and good cooperation with the tenaciously fought infantry helped the Finns as the only ones in World War II to stop the Soviet strategic major offensive at the Battle of Talin—Ihantala from 25 June to 9 July 1944, Äyräpää — Vuosalmi and Vyborg Bay.


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Some historians felt that German support was crucial to the success of the interceptor battle.


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From Syvär, the Red Army's advance continued as a so-called major offensive in East Karelia, but it was stopped in fierce fighting at U position up to Impilahden—Jänisjärvi.


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Also in the north, the Finns retreated.


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The more than two-division-strong force that had crossed the old border at Ilomants was repulsed and destroyed in the Battle of Ilomants, which ended on 9 August.


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After mid-July, the situation on the Isthmus stabilised and Aleksandra Kollontai announced via the Swedes on 12 July that the demand for unconditional surrender had been the result of her “misunderstanding”.


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The Soviet Union renounced the demand for unconditional surrender and through Sweden informed Mannerheim that the Soviet Union was ready for an armistice, provided it would be signed by Mannerheim and not by a representative of the then government.


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Ryti resigned on 1 August and Mannerheim was appointed as his successor.


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Mannerheim appointed a new government on 7 August.


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Finland had fourteen infantry divisions, seven brigades and an armoured division in the summer of 1944.


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On the Finnish front, the Red Army deployed a total of 54 divisions, eleven infantry brigades and seven troops from the fortress area, i.e. a total of 68 groups, a total of about 605000 men with superior combat equipment.


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Total Finnish losses were around 44500 on the Isthmus and around 19500 men in East Karelia fallen and wounded, Red Army losses were at least 96,400 men.


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Professor Heikki Ylikangas interprets the various sources as saying that the Soviet Union reduced the importance of the Finnish Front's war efforts during the summer of 1944.


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According to him, among other things, Mannerheim considered the situation in Finland hopeless yet, for example, on 16 and 18 June.


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On 19 June, Mannerheim received intelligence material from Colonel Aladár Paasonen, according to which the Soviets aimed not at occupying Finland, but at peace, took place at the headquarters.


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Ylikangas interprets the main focus of the Soviet war effort to have been in more southern Europe, where countering the German invasion was most important.


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[41] Prisoners of war The number of Soviet prisoners of war in Finland is estimated to be around 64,000 people.


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Of these, 56,000 prisoners had been taken as early as 1941.


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About 2700 prisoners were exchanged for the Baltic Finns of the Germans, of which there were about 2200.


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Due to the poor harvest of 1942, many prisoners of war died from starvation.


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Soviet prisoners of war died in 18318 in Finnish POW camps.


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Finnish prisoners of war numbered 2377 according to official Soviet statistics.


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The homeland was restored in 1969 lives.


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According to Timo Malmi, 3402 Finns were prisoners, 1388 died in the camp, and the number of repatriated persons was 1938, or 57 per cent.


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The difference in numbers to the official figures is partly explained by the fact that Soviet statistics only account for those prisoners of war who survived to the camp.


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[42] After the resignation of Peace Ryti from office and on 4 August, Mannerheim, who took office as the new President-elect, considered Ryti's assurance, known as the Ribbentrop Agreement, to be invalid to bind Finland to Germany.


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Peace terms were received at the end of August.


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The Soviet condition for the armistice was the severing of relations with Germany.


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On 2 September, the parliament voted to break relations by a vote of 113—43 and the Soviet Union was ready to initiate an armistice at 8:00am on 4 September 1944, on condition that Finland informed of the severing of relations with Germany.


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The Finns ceased the war effort at that time, but the Soviets continued to fire for another 24 hours, apparently due to the delay in the release of the bulletin.


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[43] The terms of peace were the secession from Germany and the expulsion of German troops, despite the fact that at the same time the army came to a peaceful position, i.e. the demobilization of the troops.


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The Lapland War broke out between Finland and Germany.


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The Soviets pressured Finland into the fighting, but the withdrawal was initially carried out according to a common timetable secretly agreed with the Germans.


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The more significant war effort began with the Tornio landings by the Finns on 1 October and fierce fighting in the Tornion valley.


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The German army retreated in good order towards the north, with motorised retroop fighting with the Finnish troops coming behind.


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The German forces withdrew to Norway and to a ready-fortified defensive line at Arm Lapland.


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Since the main forces of the Finnish Army came to be demobilized in early December 1944, the final phase of the war became a “children's crusade”, with the army's regular staff leading only the youngest age groups.


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The Soviet Union did not agree to immediately conclude a final peace, and an intermediate peace was signed in Moscow on 19 September: Finland ceded to the Soviet Union, in addition to the territories lost in the Winter War, Petsamo and was forced to lease Porkkala for 50 years and guarantee there to Soviet soldiers free access through the territories of Finland.


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German troops had to be expelled from the country and the Germans' possessions handed over to the Allies.


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Finland had to reduce the strength of its army to 42,000 men.


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War reparations came to pay US$300 million in six years, and to replace all property exported and disposed of from the ceded territory.


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Anti-Soviet and “fascist” organizations (among them Lotta Svärd) had to be permanently abolished.


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War criminals had to be tried.


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The end of the Continuation War practically extinguished the Greater Finland cause as there were no longer political or military prerequisites for its implementation.


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The Soviet Union had won the war and established harsh peace terms for Finland, in which, among other things, the territory of Finland was further reduced.


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During the Continuation War, the Inger Finns transferred to Finland were to be returned back to the Soviet Union under the terms of the intermediate peace.


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They were met in the Soviet Union by deportation to Siberia.


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The Soviet Union defined Finland's peace terms and territorial losses for its Western allies in advance in the early stages of the war.


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When Anthony Eden, the British Minister for Outside, travelled in December 1941 to Moscow to intensify military cooperation, the Soviet Union raised the situation on 22 June 1941 that Britain should recognise the Baltic states, south-eastern Finland, eastern Poland, as a first condition. Belongation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina to the Soviet Union.


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In addition to these, the NL claimed parts of East Prussia, Petsamo and additionally bases from Romania and Finland.


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The Soviets wanted to record all the listed conditions with a secret additional protocol.


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Having been informed of the terms by the British, the Americans categorically rejected the proposal to draw up a secret additional protocol.


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Stalin's proposal was considered to have been contrary to the principles of the Atlantic Declaration.


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The British government, in principle, did not consider itself opposed to Stalin's proposal, but it just couldn't be decided at that very moment.


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[44] The relationship between Finland and Germany during the Continuation War The discussion of the beginning of the Continuation War, the surprise of the Grand Offensive, the combat victory and the contribution of the Germans still continues both in memoir literature and in studies.


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From the end of the war until the end of the 1980s, there was a debate about the beginning of the war, where the so-called driftwood theory was considered to explain Finland's path to war.


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In the subject of great attack, according to traditional perception, Stalin needed the forces primarily against Germany.


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Continuing the attack on the commanded Kymijoki line would have required new plans and reinforcements concentrations, and again the general situation and the change of seasons would not have allowed.


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Therefore, the Soviet Union agreed to a negotiated separate peace, even though the Allies had agreed to demand surrender from Germany and its allies.


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The Finns considered themselves to be “co-hosts” of Germany with their own goals and not allies.


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The debate over whether Finland was allied with Germany or whether it was fighting its own separate war, your separate war, has continued in Finland until the 21st century.


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According to the official political view, Finland and Germany were not in the union (including President Tarja Halonen's statements ahead of the 60th Victory Day [45]).


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There has long been a prevailing perception in foreign historical studies that Finland was an ally of Germany.


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[46] A considerable number of Finnish scholars also think that Finland was effectively an ally of Germany.


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The basic work on further war research, Markku Jokisipilä's dissertation “Brothers-in-arms or allies?” According to the fact that the war began to be talked about in Finland only when the fortunes of war began to turn and Germany's defeat seems increasingly clear.


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In 2008, Professor of History Henrik Meinander also took a position in favour of abandoning the concept of separate war [47] In October 2008 Helsingin Sanomat conducted a survey among Finnish history professors.


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Of the 28 professors who responded, 16 (57%) said that Finland did not wage a separate war in the Continuation War but was an ally of Nazi Germany.


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Six (21%) of professors were in favour of a separate war, and six did not give a direct answer.


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[48] Supporters of the Alliance view draw attention, for example, to the fact that a number of high-ranking Finnish officers received prior information about Operation Barbarossa in such a way that the Continuation War was essentially tied to this operation.


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Thus, the Finnish Continuation War as it was fought would not have been fought without significant material and strategic support from Germany.


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Finland was not an ally of Germany by law, as there had been no treaty of alliance between Finland and Germany, but in practice Finland was an ally of Germany, as it waged war with German resources and weapons, making Northern Finland available to the Germans and subjugating its forces to the German army seconded.


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Especially in the early stages of the Continuation War, Finnish operations were fully intertwined with and dependent on Germany's own operations.


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Similarly, the countries' security police had firm relations.


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[47] During the war, Germans were called brothers in arms, as were Finns in Germany.


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The term was also used by the Finnish state leadership when talking about Germany.


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The books of the New Testament were written in the years 50—150 as koineecholes.


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[1] The first to achieve canon status were the epistles of Paul and the four gospels.


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Once and for all, the canon was complete by the fourth or fifth century.


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The current canon of the New Testament was listed first by Saint Athanasios in 367.


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[2] Cultural background Roman power The New Testament has its roots in Judaism, with further influences coming from Greco-Roman culture.


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The Roman Empire had been divided into different areas of government, among which the events of the New Testament are closely placed within the territory of Palestine.


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[3] At the beginning of the period, the actions of the Roman land lords provoked discontent.


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In particular, the Selotes incited revolt against the Romans.


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In 66, Jews began to revolt openly, effectively ending with the overthrow of Jerusalem in 70.


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After the Jewish War, Jerusalem lost its importance as a center of Jewish faith, and Judea's self-government was abolished.


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[3] Hellenistic culture in the eastern parts of the Roman Empire was dominated by Hellenistic culture.


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At the beginning of the period, its distinguishing features were as follows: [4] The use of the so-called koineecrec simplified from Classical Greek as a common language.


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Although, Aramaic, a related language of Hebrew, was spoken in the Judean region.


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World Citizenship and Individual Centrality


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A cynical philosophy that emphasized independence from all needs.


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Stoic philosophy that emphasized peace of mind and fatalism.


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The rise of mystery religions promising salvation, which began to supplant the official gods of state power.


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Influence of religious-philosophical Gnosticism between the second and fourth centuries.


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Gnosticism was very diverse, but it was united by an ambivalent perception of reality.


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There was a clear distinction between matter and spirit, as was the creator god who built the universe, namely the demiurg and the true God of light.


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Jewish community Judaism had spread across the Mediterranean countries with the advent of the Roman Empire, and the religion had become diverse.


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However, all were united by the belief that God has made a covenant with Abraham and by extension the people of Israel.


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Similarly, through Moses, a law was obtained that tells of the conclusion of the covenant and its terms.


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Judaism traditionally does not divide things into secular and religious; all things in life are part of worship.


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[5] The destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem forced the centralization of diverse Judaism in a more unified form.


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[6] Before the destruction of the temple, there were five different parties or groups among the Jews in Palestine.


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[5] The Pharisees strive to observe the law of Moses as closely as possible.


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They also cherished oral inheritance, for according to the Pharisees God had communicated to them the message after Moses.


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The piety of the Pharisees was appreciated by the common people, and after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem their teachings became the driving force of Judaism.


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The Sadducees were a party made up of the upper class of Jewish society.


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They strive to keep as good relations as possible with the Romans so as not to be disrupted by the temple cult and other life.


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With the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, the Sadducees lost importance.


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Near the Dead Sea was home to the secluded community of Qumran, usually associated with the Essenes.


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It was critical of the Temple cult in Jerusalem.


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With the Jewish Wars, the community was destroyed, but until modern times the Dead Sea Scrolls have survived it.


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The Selotes advocated direct action against the Romans.


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The group carried out assassinations using daggers.


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The majority of Jews did not commit to any of these groups.


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[5] Jews who immigrated outside Palestine were called Hellenist Jews.


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They spoke not Aramaic but Koineecreic, and their Bible was Septuaginta.


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[7] Palestine was the core area of Jewish culture, but the prevailing Hellenistic culture in the Roman Empire also influenced there.


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Some Jews adapted to Hellenism as permitted by religion, while others were fiercely opposed to it.


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Christianity took a more open view of Hellenism and the New Testament shows the influence of Hellenistic philosophies.


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Neo-Platonism in particular, beginning in the second and third centuries, seemed to Christian thought.


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[5] Compilation and Canonization The religious movement created by Birth Jesus and his followers spread rapidly to the Mediterranean countries.


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Congregations meeting in homes emerged along coasts and along itineraries, and later organized into communities.


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The central doctrines of Christianity were formed in the first hundred years.


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[8] According to New Testament texts, the first Christians considered themselves Jews who believed Jesus was the Messiah sent by God.


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Gradually, Christianity formed into its own religion.


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Christians began to compile their own literature, the earliest kind of which was the letter.


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The most famous author of the letters was the apostle Paul.


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His letters are the only texts born during the first Christian generation to have survived to modern times.


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[8] The doctrine of Jesus was gradually compiled into written form into various gospels.


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In addition to letters and gospels, religious treatises and preaching literature emerged.


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The oldest of the writings that have reached the New Testament canon, or indicative text collection, are Paul's letters from the Fifties.


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The Gospels were drawn up between the 70th and the 10th centuries and the latest book, the Second Epistle of Peter, was written in the middle of the second century.


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[8] Formation of the canon Early Christians considered Jewish scriptures to be indicative.


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Christians particularly used the Septuagint, a Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, Tanak.


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It passed simply as “scriptures” (Greek for grammata), meaning the Bible.


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[9] Gradually, books prepared by Christians emerged alongside Tanaki.


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In the second century these books began to be compiled under the name “New Testament”, although there was no consensus at the time which books were accepted as indicative.


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[2] In the early congregations, along with Tanaki — or the somewhat wider Septuagint — letters and books from well-known Christian teachers were also read.


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Early Christianity was not a unified movement, and there were conflicts between adherents of different interpretations.


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[2] It was not until the second century that the line of the church wanted to be unified, which was given extra impetus, especially by the “stray teacher” Marchion.


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[9] The boundaries of the New Testament canon, or indicative collection of texts, were mainly defined in the second and third centuries.


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Information from this period is scarce and fragmented.


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In contrast, there is significant canonisation reflection from the fourth century.


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The boundaries of the canon were written among Christians and was the subject of discussion at various ecclesiastical assemblies of the fourth and fifth centuries.


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[10] Modern scholars do not know the entire sequence of events precisely, but as an end result 27 books were selected for the canon.


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The selections of certain books for the New Testament probably had four reasons: [2] Apostolic origin: the books were at least nominally written by the apostles or their associates.


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Literature referring to early Christian centres such as Rome or Ephesus was popularized.


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Catholic, that is, the book was in use commonly in the church.


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Orthodoxy, meaning the book contains no heresies.


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The first to attain canon status were the Epistles of Paul and the four Gospels.


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Definitively, the New Testament text collection was complete by the fourth or fifth century.


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The New Testament canon as it is now known was first listed by Saint Athanasios, Bishop of Alexandria, in a letter addressed to his church in 367.


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[2] Even after this, there was no fully unified canon.


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The Eastern Church questioned the Book of Revelation, and the Western Church accordingly hesitated to canonize the Epistle of Hebrews.


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[2] The reason for the opposition of the Western Church was the letter's mention that no more sins can be forgiven after baptism.


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[11] [12] [10] Non-canon literature excluded a large amount of literature that was read in early Christian congregations in the first centuries.


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Christianity was not unified yet in the first few centuries.


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Gnosticism emphasised by encrypted knowledge emerged as a major religious movement, which created a wealth of literature between the second and fourth centuries.


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[13] Inscriptions outside the canon, or apocryphal, have survived variously to the present day.


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Some are known by name, short fragments of others have been found, and in addition to these there are whole manuscripts — even several different versions.


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[14] Perhaps the most significant work outside the canon is the Bring Gospel, which consists of short collections of Jesus' sentences.


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The work was produced around the years 100—150.


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It resembles the Gospels of Matthew and Luke using the Q source.


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[13] To bring the Gospel is labeled Gnostic, although it was quite used in many early Christian congregations.


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[15] Between the years 80 and 160, works were written that were close to canonized books on behalf of content and time.


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They go by the name Books of the Apostolic Fathers, that is, the Apostolic Fathers.


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[13] Also in high regard were Hermah the Shepherd, the First Epistle of Clemens, Didache, the Epistle of Barnabas, the Revelation of Peter, and the Acts of Paul.


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[13] Birth of the Gospels Origin and birth history The gospels are books about Jesus' teachings, deeds, death and the discovery of an empty tomb.


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[16] The gospel books were compiled posthumously on the basis of oral and partly written lineage, not by eyewitnesses.


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[17] Mark begins his book with the word gospel, a happy message, meaning it to proclaim Jesus, not books about Jesus.


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Paul also wrote his mission to proclaim the gospel, the happy message, the death and resurrection of Jesus.


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[18] It was not until the second and third centuries that books about Jesus became established as gospels.


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[19] Gospels belonging to the New Testament are: Gospel Matthew Gospel according to Mark Gospel Luke Gospel John The Gospels themselves do not name their authors.


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The names of the authors date back to the second century.


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[16] The early Church's belief in the resurrection of Jesus significantly shaped oral lineage.


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[17] The authors of the gospels, the evangelists, modified the lineage and interpreted it forward, which was common practice in the ancient world.


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The authors did not copy the sources directly but made religious interpretations on them.


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The gaps left in the texts might have been patched up by the authors” own stories.


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The purpose of the authors was not to compile a historical commentary but to narrate and proclaim a message.


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[17] Mutual relations and sources The first three gospels — the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke — are called the synoptic, or “looking together” gospels.


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Their similarities are so great that they are assumed to have shared sources and are considered to have borrowed text from each other.


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In contrast, the Gospel of John differs significantly from these first three gospels.


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[20] According to the most common understanding, the Gospel of Mark is the oldest, and Matthew and Luke have used it as their source.


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In addition to this, Matthew and Luke have text not found in the Gospel of Mark.


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From this it has been inferred that their use was another common written source besides the Gospel of Mark, which scholars call the Q source.


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[20] In addition to these common sources, Matthew and Luke had separate separate material at their disposal.


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For example, the so-called Christmas Gospel is based solely on Luke's own source.


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Specific material may come from an oral or written source, or may have been made by the author himself.


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[20] The Gospel of John differs both structurally and stylistically from the Synoptic Gospels.


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The author of the Gospel of John was a distinctive and independent religious thinker.


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In an attempt to form a conception of the historical Jesus, the synoptic gospels have been considered more reliable.


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[21] Gospel of Mark The oldest gospel The gospel of Mark is the oldest of the gospels.


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The author is not mentioned in it, and the information in question dates back to the second century.


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Church Father Eusebios quoted Saint Papias' inscription from about 130 in which he said Mark was Peter's interpreter.


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[22] The gospel is usually timed to the fold of the 60—70s.


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The work is born on or just after the dawn of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70.


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There is no definite information about the place of writing.


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Interest in the Jewish War and the Temple in Jerusalem would point to Palestine or its immediate vicinity.


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On the other hand, erroneous information in geography and Jewish customs places the gospel outside Palestine.


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Rome has been claimed by many as the place of writing because lineage has linked the author to Peter.


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[22] The style and structure of Mark's language is simple colloquial Greek.


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Markus has compiled his information orally and possibly from written lineage.


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[23] The Gospel of Mark is the shortest of the canonised gospels.


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It says nothing about Jesus' birth and childhood.


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[24] The Gospel of Mark is divided in substance into three parts.


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At first Jesus teaches and performs miracles.


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There is then a conversation with the disciples and the future sufferings are predicted.


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Finally, the last days of Jesus and the discovery of an empty tomb are described.


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[23] Compared to the other Gospels, Mark does not have such a clear parsing as Matthew, as clear a program as Luke, nor such a strong theology as John.


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Mark's presentation is “folksy” and the message is targeted at the reader who already knows the basic knowledge.


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[24] Gospel of Matthew “Main Gospel” The Gospel of Matthew served for a long time as the main gospel of the church.


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There were many reasons for this.


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The gospel deals with a lot of matters related to the congregation and Jesus is presented as the church teacher.


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In its first centuries in the Western Church, the Roman congregation sought a leading position for itself, and the interest in the Gospel of Matthew in the apostle Peter suited this endeavor.


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[25] For a long time, the Gospel of Matthew was considered the oldest gospel in church history until contemporary studies have shown Mark as the oldest gospel.


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[22] The Gospel of Matthew does not mention its author and Matthew's name was attached to the book in the second century.


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Knowledge came from Church Father Eusebios, who quoted the inscription of the saint Papias.


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Based on the quote, the Gospel of Matthew was considered an eyewitness account and thus older than the other gospels.


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Subsequent research has revealed this belief to be incorrect, as literary sources such as the Gospel of Mark have been taken advantage of by the author of the Gospel of Matthew.


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[25] The Gospel was written between the 80s and the 100th centuries.


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The place of writing is considered Syria.


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This is supported by individual mentions in the Gospel, influence on Didakhe and descriptions of Judaism and Christianity that fit especially with the situation of the Congregation of Antioch.


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[25] Style and structure The Gospel of Matthew is written in better Greek than the Gospel of Mark.


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It is a well-structured ensemble framed by Jesus' childhood narratives, a sermon on the mountain, and a description of his death and resurrection.


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The author has Jewish roots, from which he draws new and old theology.


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[26] The Gospel of Matthew has a historical trajectory from which the situation of the parish of Matthew can be deduced.


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Initially, the gospel, the “good message”, is proclaimed only to the Jews, but later the message is also started to be proclaimed to non-Jews, gentiles.


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Matthew has added a mention to the text of Mark as his source, by which the kingdom of God is passed from the Jews to all.


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[27] It was important for the congregation of Matthew to carry out missionary work among the pagans.


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[28] [26] The Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles The civilized and skilled author Luke produced a two-volume work, of which the Gospel of Luke is about Jesus and the Acts of the Apostles on the spreading of the happy message after the gospel.


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Luke was a prolific writer, and more than a quarter of the New Testament texts are his.


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[29] Luke is alleged to have written the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.


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The name of the author is not mentioned at any point; instead, the books were attached to Luke in the second century.


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Some also attributed the author to Luke, who is mentioned in Paul's letters.


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[30] Luke, mentioned in Paul's letters, was a doctor by profession.


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In contrast, the author of the Gospel and Acts of the Apostles, all that is known for certain about Luke is that he was a general educated historian and writer.


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[30] The doctor writer was hardly based on illness descriptions.


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Similarly, another lineage, that he was Paul's traveling companion, is incompatible with the content of the scriptures.


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[29] The style and structure of the gospel Luke pursues a style of history writing.


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He has known at least the Gospel of Mark and the Q source.


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According to popular perception, Luke quotes the Q source more accurately than Matthew does.


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In addition to these, Luke has used his own sources for almost half of the book, some of which is lineage and some from the author's own pen.


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[31] Acts — First Church History The Acts of the Apostles is the first representation of church history.


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It is not a historically accurate depiction, but a selective and plotted account of the spread of the Gospel from Jerusalem to Rome.


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These events include, but are not limited to, the establishment and fulfillment of the congregation with the Holy Spirit on the First Pentecost, and the early stages of missionary work performed by the apostles in the territory of the Roman Empire.


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According to the most common understanding, Luke has essentially known about the course of events.


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Instead, the details of the travelogue he has scrambled out of his own pen.


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[32] The author of Acts has been considered a traveling companion of Paul because he writes in me format from time to time.


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On the other hand, the author periodically disappears from the stage and continues in he/he form.


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[33] The author says nothing about himself or his actions as a travel companion.


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There are no direct signs in Acts that the author personally knew Paul.


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[30] Luke resolves Christianity's attitude to Jewish law differently than Paul does.


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This has distorted the image of Paul in Acts.


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According to Luke, the law of Moses still obliges Judeo-Christians.


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[34] This is incompatible with the message of Paul's letters.


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[35] Luke modified the image of Paul for theological and declarative reasons.


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Luke admired Paul and created the image of a siloted, confident and diplomatic man.


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The image differs from the man presented by Paul's letters.


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[35] Gospel of John Gospel of Love In the Gospel of John Jesus calls upon his disciples to love each other and calls one disciple dearest.


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In the second century Irenaeus, the Church Father, suggested that Jesus' dearest disciple was John, who would also have written the Gospel.


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This conception lived long in ecclesiastical tradition until it was dismissed as problematic.


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[36] In the Gospel, the dearest disciple and John are two different persons.


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Similarly, the depiction of Jesus in the Gospel of John differs considerably from the Synoptic Gospels.