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[15] Politics Peru is a presidential republic, so its president has extensive powers, but unlike presidential countries most often, Peru also holds the post of prime minister.


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The most recent constitutional amendment was enshrined by referendum on 31 October 1993.


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The three bodies of power in the administration of Peru are: Executive power is vested in the President of the Republic, who is elected for five-year terms and who appoints the government.


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[16] Legislative power is vested in the unicameral parliament (Congreso de la República), to which 120 representatives are elected for five-year terms by proportional representation.


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[16] Jurisdiction is vested in the Supreme Court, whose main seat is in Lima.


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In the June 2016 elections, leftist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was elected president.


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In the June 2011 elections, leftist Ollanta Humala was elected president.


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[14] The power relations of the Congress elected in 2006 are as follows: [16] PlacesParty or Electoral Coalition Establishment Year Leaderide45Unión por el Perú1994Ollanta Humalacentrist, liberal, nationalist (incl.


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Partido Nacionalista Peruano) 36Partido Aprista Peruano1924Alan Garcíasocial Democratic17Unidad Nacional2000Lourdes FloresChristian Democratic, Conservative (Partido Popular Cristiano, Solidaridad Nacional and Renovación Nacional) 13Alianza por el Futuro2006Martha Chávezfujimorian ( Cambio 90, Nueva Mayoría and Sí Cumple) 5Frente de Centro2005Valentín Paniaguacentrist (Acción Popular, Somos Perú and Coordinadora Nacional de Independientes) 2Perú Posible1994Alejandro Toledocentral2Restauración Nacional2005Humberto Lay Sunchristian Evangelical, Fundamentalist The administrative division of Peru's land area, according to law number 27867 dated November 18, 2002, is divided into 26 regions (región; regiones), 195 provincia (provincia) and 1831 [17] districts (distrito).


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Central region: Ayacucho, Callao, Huancavelica, Huánuco, Ica, Junín, Lima, Pasco.


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Northern Territory: Ancash, Cajamarca, La Libertad, Lambayequ, Piura, Tumbes.


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Eastern Region: Amazonas, Loreto, Madre de Dios, San Martín, Ucayali.


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Southern Region: Apurimac, Arequipa, Cusco, Moquegua, Puno, Tacna.


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Until 2002, Peru was divided into 24 departments.


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The departments were the same as the regions, with the exception of Lima and Callao.


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On the transition to regions, Lima was separated from the Lima Department and the former Provincia Constitucional Callao became a region.


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[18] Geography, climate and nature Peru is located approximately between the Equator and the Capricorn turning circle.


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The Andean mountain range divides the country into three parts: the western coastal region (costa), the andean broken mountain range in the middle (sierra), and the low-lying tropical jungle of the eastern part in the Amazon basin (selva).


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[16] One of the four largest rivers in the world, the Amazon, leaves Peru from the slopes of Vevado Mismi.


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On the border with Bolivia, on the other hand, lies the world's highest navigable lake Titicaca.


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The highest mountain in the country is the 6768 metres high Huascarán.


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[16] The Andean mountain range divides in the southern part of Peru into two parts, between which the highlands remain.


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Earthquakes are common in Peru because near the country's coast runs the border between the Nazca and the South American slabs.


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Several volcanoes are located in the Andes, the most active of which is Ubinas [16].


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Despite its location, Peru's climate is not a typical tropical climate under the influence of the Humboldt ocean current and the Andes Mountains.


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The coastal strip has a cool and low-rainy climate caused by the cold Humboldt ocean current running along the coast from the south.


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Temperatures remain steadily low throughout the year.


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In many places it can take years between rains.


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In the northern parts of the coast, the weather type changes every 8—10 years in December or January due to El Niño [19] a mountain climate prevails in the Andes, similar to that of the Bolivian side.


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The rainy season is from November to March, and during the dry season there may even be frost in the highest parts.


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[19] East of the Andes, the climate resembles that of Bolivia and parts of Brazil.


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Temperatures are around 30 degrees during the day all year round.


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The actual rainy season lasts from October to April, but even the summer months are hit with some rainy days.


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[19] Peruvian nature is diverse thanks to the Andes, the Amazon and the Pacific.


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Mammals include rare felines such as the cougar and the jaguar.


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There are 1800 species of birds, 120 of which are endemic.


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Cloud forest grows on the lower slopes of the Andes, and from the forest border up to the snow line, the ground is covered by grassy, drought-resistant plants.


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[20] Attractions Machu Picchu is Peru's most notable attraction.


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The ruin of the Inca town is located a few dozen kilometers from Cusco, at an altitude of 2500 meters on the top of the mountain.


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Almost vertical walls fall a mile down.


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Machu Picchu is hard to see any longer than that.


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This is exactly why the Spanish conquistadors, the conquistadors, never found the fortress.


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[21] There are 11 sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List from Peru.


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[22] Historic Centre of Arequipa (since 2000) Sacred City of Caral-Supe (2009) Chan Chan Archaeological Site (1986) Chavin Archaeological Site (1985) Cusco (1983) Huascaran National Park (1985) Historical Centre of Lima (1988) Machu Picchu Historic District sanctuary (1983) Manu National Park (1987) Petroglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana (1994) Rio Abiseo National Park (1990) The economy of Peru is based on its natural resources.


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There are ores and minerals in the mountains, and the fishing grounds on the coast are good.


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The economy has developed favorably in the 21st century as world metals prices have risen, and the government has liberalized economic policy.


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Poverty decreased by 15% between 2002 and 2008.


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However, due to its reliance on swinging world markets, the economy is quite volatile, and unemployment and inflation remain high.


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[16] In 2008, the Purchasing Power Balanced (PPP) gross domestic product was USD 247.9 billion, or US$8500 per capita.


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Unemployment stood at 8.1%.


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[16] The most significant natural resources are copper, silver, gold, oil, iron ore, coal, phosphate, wood and fish.


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The most significant export products gold, copper and fish.


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Exports go to the United States, China and Switzerland.


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[23] Traffic In 2009, there were 57 airports in the country with a runway paved.


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There were 1989 kilometres of railways.


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Water transport can be conducted on major tributaries of the Amazon and Lake Titicaca.


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[16] Population of Peruvian ethnic groups the largest are Indians, of which there are 45% of the population.


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The number of mestits is 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese and others 3%.


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[16] Official languages include Spanish, spoken as the native tongue by 84.1% of the population, and Quechua, spoken by 13%.


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[16] Ketchua was the language used by the Inca, spread throughout their kingdom by the Inca conquistadors.


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Another widespread Native American language is aymara, spoken especially on the Bolivian border around Lake Tititcaca.


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[24] In all, 94 languages or dialects are spoken in the country, many of the largest being Quechua or Aymaran dialects.


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[25] In the 2007 census, the Peruvian population was Roman Catholics are 81.3%, Evangelicals are 12.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified or non-religious 2.9%.


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[16] Traditional tribal religions are practised mostly in remote eastern jungles, while especially in the Andean highlands, Catholic religion mixes elements of traditional religions.


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[26] Development challenges Peru is counted among upper middle-income countries.


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Political and economic power is highly unevenly distributed.


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A small elite of Spanish origin controls most of the country's economy and political power.


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Native Peruvians have often been sidelined by decision-making and economic prosperity.


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[27] Peru has managed to reduce poverty somewhat.


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Economic growth has been stable in the 21st century.


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Although gross domestic product grew by a soaring eight per cent in 2006, strong unemployment and inequality are slowing the decline in poverty.


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In 2009, nine percent of people of working age were unemployed in Lima, but almost 45% of people of working age were underemployed.


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[23] The most vulnerable part of the population is children.


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Of the 3.8 million poor, 2.1 million are children.


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More than 60% of all people under 18 are poor.


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[28] In 2001, 54.8% and extreme poverty were 54.8% and 24.4% of all Peruvians.


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[29] In 2008, it was estimated that Peru could achieve two of the UN Millennium Development Goals likely, and another three possibly.


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Objectives related to education and gender equality were considered to be attainable, including those related to hunger, infant mortality and maternal mortality.


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[30] Clean water Peruvians 77 percent live in cities.


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[16] The water and sanitation situation in Peru has improved, especially in cities.


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In 2000, 75% of Peruvians had clean drinking water and 56% had basic sanitation services, since 1990 water availability had increased by 12 and sanitation by two percentage points.


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In rural areas, sanitation is still lacking in 70% of the population, 31% in cities.


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[29] Education Education is in poor conditions due to, among other things, poor competence of teachers.


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According to a 2007 study, a third of teachers have no control over reading comprehension.


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Half of teachers don't survive simple mathematical calculus tasks.


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[31] There is also a low level of learning among schoolchildren.


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Healthcare Amnesty International says hundreds of Peruvian women and children die each year because of discrimination in counseling care.


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You don't go to counselling from the poorest areas, because experience suggests that medical staff discriminate against certain segments of the population.


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[32] Infant mortality has decreased considerably between 1996 and 2006.


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According to UNICEF, out of 1,000 children born alive, only 21 die under the age of one year, compared with up to 59 in the past.


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Today, 91% of pregnant women see a health professional at least once during their gestation period (previously only 67%).


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The doctor is already present in 71% of births.


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[33] Culture Cultural differences between different regions of the country are quite large and can be divided into three regions: the coast, the mountain and the rainforest region.


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The northern part of the west coast is dry wilderness, but to the south it is bisected by river valleys suitable for farming.


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A third of Peruvians live in Lima and the entire coastal region for a total of two-thirds.


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The Andes mountain range is the old Inca kingdom and is still home to many indigenous peoples, some of whom say they are the direct heirs of the Inca.


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Beyond the Andes, politically coloured colonisation projects have taken place in the rainforest region.


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The region grew in significance when oil was discovered there.


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[24] The coastal diet focuses on fish dishes and soup banana, while meat, corn and potatoes are traditionally eaten in the Andes.


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Soups and rice are common everywhere.


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Cheviche, or fish marinated in lemon spice sauce, is a well-known Peruvian food.


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Fried guinea pig is a party dish that has been eaten in the Andes before the arrival of the Spaniards.


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[24] Well-known Peruvian writers include Mario Vargas Llosa, Ricardo Palma and Ciro Alegría.


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[24] The Academy of Arts in Lima was established as early as the colonial period and is among the most illustrious in South America.


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Well-known contemporary artists include painter Fernando de Szyszlo and sculptor Joaquín Roca Rey.


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[24] Also theatrical activities began already in the colonial period.


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The country operates the National Ballet, a symphony orchestra and several folk dance groups.


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From the light music side, singers such as Lucho Barrios, Jesús Vasquez, Chabuca Granda and Susana Baca are known.


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[24] Sports The Peru national football team's best achievement has been the South American championship (Copa América), which it has achieved between 1939 and 1975.


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At the Football World Cup, Peru made it to the quarter-semi-finals in 1970.


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It was ranked 49th in FIFA's rankings in July 2011.


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[34] Other popular sports include volleyball, taekwondo, sailing and tennis.


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[35] At the Olympics, Peru has achieved a total of four medals: three in shooting and one in volleyball.


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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 fighters.


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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 others, 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 prior to this the acquisition 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 missed 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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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 between July and 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 substitute 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 equal to the 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 bombing [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 had been renovated for the VL Storm series by Aero Ltd.


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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 trip.


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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 already on 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 received use of 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.


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Against this personal assurance of Ryti, Germany had to supply Finland with aid.


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Germany's chances of supplying Finland with aid were undermined by the fracturing of the front in Belarus, which began with the Soviet Grand Offensive on 22 June 1944.


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“Ribbentrop-apuna” made it 24—29 to Finland.


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On August 1944 ten Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 aircraft, as the eleventh was left damaged on the voyage.


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The replenishment of the machinery would apparently have continued at a good pace since already in June Germany had released 242 Bf 109s and 180 spare engines for Finland [49] (five squadrons of 30 planes and 92 replenishment aircraft).


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The spoils of the Continuation War At the beginning of the Continuation War, Finland received a few Polikarpov I-153 aircraft as spoils, of which three were repaired to flying condition.


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As spoils of war in the Winter War, eight machines were obtained.


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In addition to these, ten I-153 aircraft were purchased from the German spoils warehouse on 18 November 1942, seven of which were flown to Finland in December 1942 and three damaged en route in January—September 1943.


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The machines were used at the beginning of the Continuation War by Air Squadron 6, subjected to the Navy, which was later formed into Air Squadron 30.


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Although the squadron was a fighter squadron its duties mostly included reconnaissance in the Gulf of Finland.


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Another user was Reconnaissance Air Squadron 16, which received I-153s 25—27.


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on June 1944.


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During the Continuation War, Polikarpov I-16 planes were obtained as spoils of war, one of which was put in flight condition.


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One two-seat I-16 (UTI-4) was also obtained.


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The planes were not used in combat missions.


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The LAGG-3 was obtained as spoils of war several, three of which were put into flight condition between 1942 and 1944.


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The machines were used until December 1944 by Air Squadron 32 [52].


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Battle for Norway

The Battle for Norway, Battle of Norway or occupation of Norway was a conflict in which Norway was conquered by Germany in World War II in April—June 1940.


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The main objective of the operation was to secure the supply of iron ore important to the German war industry from Sweden.


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The operation proceeded quickly and Norway was badly taken by surprise.


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The Allies arrived to the aid of the Norwegians, and although counter-strikes in the southern parts of the country were left inconclusive, in northern Norway the Germans experienced their first defeat throughout the war at the Battle of Narvik.


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[1] [2] The German invasion of France in May 1940, however, prompted the Allies to withdraw from Norway, after which the country had to surrender to the Germans, and its government went into exile in London.


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Norway remained occupied until May 1945, when British troops entered the country, and German troops surrendered without resistance.


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[3] Background of the Fake War and the Winter War The Second World War had begun on 1 September 1939 with the German invasion of Poland.


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Great Britain and France declared war on Germany on 3 September in response to the invasion, but did not engage in any major war effort.


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On September 17, the Soviet Union also invaded Poland and captured its eastern parts, which Germany had promised it in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.


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Poland was defeated in just over a month, and after this the so-called fake war began, during which the Allies and Germany were at war with each other but did not wage any major war effort.


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Instead, the Soviet Union invaded Finland, which had also been placed under its sphere of interest by the Molotovin-Ribbentrop Pact, on 30 November.


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However, the Soviet offensive went badly, and in December its main attack stalled on the Finns' Mannerheim Line.


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[4] The Soviet invasion of Finland provoked indignation all over the world.


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The Allied leadership was clearly on the side of the Finns in attitudes, but Finland did not receive any actual help.


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[4] Some arms aid was sent to Finland, but not only volunteers, but not only soldiers.


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On 5 February 1940, however, the Allies decided to send troops to Norway and proceed from there to the aid of Finland.


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The decision was likely motivated by the Allied desire to block German access to Swedish ore resources, which were being shipped via Norway to Germany.


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On 28 March, Great Britain and France agreed to mine Norwegian waters to force German ships carrying iron ore into the open sea and into Allied targets.


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However, there was no time to implement this before 9 April.


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Nor did the colonist army for the aid of the Allied Finland ever take part in the Winter War, as it had time to end on 13 March with the Peace of Moscow.


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[4] At the same time, the Germans had their own plan for Norway.


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Adolf Hitler intended to take over Norway so that Swedish ore would continue to be available to the Germans.


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The offensive was to use the lightning war established in the Polish offensives.


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The operation was renamed Weserübung.


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One important reason for the attack was also the incident in which the German freighter Altmark was captured by the British fleet in Jössinfjorid, Norway.


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[1] This made Hitler furious, and gave him the impression that Norway did not intend to remain neutral.


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[1] Norway, like the other Nordic countries, Norway had decided to remain neutral in World War I.


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[5] Nasjonal Samling, a small but vocal far-right party, chaired by Vidkun Quisling, operated in the country.


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The party was highly sympathetic to the Nazis, and Quisling met Hitler in person twice.


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Hitler told Quisling that he considered Norwegian neutrality as the best option, but that he would intervene armed immediately if the British showed any intention to go ashore in Norway.


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[1] The Norwegian Armed Forces were small and highly inadequately armed at the start of World War II.


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There was no armour force at all, neither was heavy artillery.


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The anti-tank and anti-aircraft equipment was quite inadequate.


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The minimal equipment provided by the land forces, navy and air force was also obsolete.


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[1] The Norwegians also responded to the increasing threat of German invasion slowly - General Hatledal, Chief of the General Staff of the Norwegian Army, had called for a full mobilization of the army as early as 5 April, but this was not authorised.


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The Norwegians were completely unprepared for battle at the time of the Germans.


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Battles of Germans attack German troops backed by about 1000 aircraft attacked Denmark and Norway early in the night of 9 April 1940.


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Denmark was overrun within hours.


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The first-ever landing attack was carried out on Oslo and Stavanger airfields in Norway.


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The ships counted soldiers at six different targets.


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The six Norwegian divisions had no armoured corps and effective artillery, and the country's coastal defences were ill-equipped.


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When Kristian Laake, Commander-in-Chief of the Norwegian Army, received word that German warships were moving along the Oslo Fjord towards the Norwegian capital Oslo, he did not take this very seriously at first.


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Most of the Oslo Fjord bastions (which were old and inadequately armed) surrendered without resistance or were quickly overrun, but the ancient fort Oscarsborg managed with artillery fire and torpedoes to sink the heavy cruiser Blücher, which took hundreds of soldiers with it, some estimates have spoken of up to a thousand Germans.


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[1] [6] The surviving Germans swam ashore, where they were briefly captured by the Norwegians.


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General Erich Engelbrecht, commanding the Oslo attack, was also captured.


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[6] This slightly delayed the German takeover of Oslo, and King Haakon of Norway was able to flee to Elverum with his government as a result.


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German paratroopers were sent towards Elverum to capture the king and the country's main politicians, [1] but they were ambushed by the Norwegians and fled in disarray, losing their commander, Captain Eberhard Spiller.


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[1] [7] Off Narvik, two old Norwegian coastal defence ships, the Eidsvold and the Norge, made resistance to three German ships carrying General Eduard Dietl's troops to Narvik.


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Eidsvold fired a warning shot at the German Heidkamp.


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Friedrich Bonte, commanding the German convoy, sent a negotiator aboard the Norwegian ship.


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The Norwegians refused to allow the Germans into the port.


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The Germans' negotiator left Eidsvold, and after this Heidkamp sank the ship by firing three torpedoes at it.


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Norge then began shelling another German ship, the Armin, but inconclusively.


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Armin launched torpedoes which also sank Norge.


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Hundreds of Norwegians died in the battle along with the sinking ships.


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[1] Subsequently, the Germans drove to the port of Narvik.


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[1] There was only weak ground defences at Narvik, and the city had to surrender without a fight.


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In the following days, the Royal Navy made surprise attacks off Narvik against German naval divisions (the First Battle of Narvik on 10 April and the Second Battle of Narvik on 13 April).


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After securing their first bridgeheads, the Germans launched the conquest of Norway proper.


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The Norwegians defended tenaciously in Lake Mjøsa and the Glomma Valley.


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Allied countermeasures in central and southern Norway, the Norwegian government negotiated whether they should leave the country for Sweden.


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The Prime Minister supported this, but King Haakon flatly refused.


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The Norwegian government therefore temporarily moved to Lillehammer and decided to continue the fight.


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[7] Laake was devastated mentally, but General Otto Ruge, who was considered more vigorous than his predecessor, was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Norwegian Army.


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[8] When the Norwegian army was put into motion, about 40000 men responded to the call.


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The armament of the army was very poor, but the fighting spirit, by contrast, good - those who arrived in arms were predominantly passionate patriots.


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[7] On 14 April, the actual Allied settler army, of about 10,000 men, formed initially to assist Finland, went ashore at Namsos (Operations Henry and Maurice), Åndalsnes, Ålesund and Molde (Operations Primrose and Sickle) and Narvik (Operation Rupert).


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The intention was to recapture Trondheim in order to bring a major bridgehead to Norway.


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The troops were ill-prepared for battle and contacts with the Norwegians did not work.


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Allied forces were incapable of joint action and had not been trained in warfare in the north.


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[8] Operation Henry, or the Namsos landings, to secure the area north of Trondheim, took place on 14 April when the forward command came ashore at Namsos.


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A force of 350 sailors and marines commanded by Captain Edd of the Royal Marines secured the bridge of the road entering the area and mined the harbour's equipment.


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The actual landings, or Operation Maurice, took place on 16—17 April.


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The main force was the British 146.


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The brigade (Battalions from the Lincolnshire, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, York and Lancaster Regiments) was commanded by General Carton de Wiart, who arrived on the scene by flying boat.


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As reinforcements, French Alpine ice fighters were supplied to the area as well as some light artillery as well as anti-aircraft cannons.


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The attack on Trondheim began on 20 April.


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The Germans held their ground and waited for reinforcements.


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The German Air Force supported the defenders.


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Eventually, on 30 April, the Allies, who suffered heavy losses, retreated.


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After the Trondheim operation failed, the Allies evacuated Namsos and Åndalsnes 1—2.


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on May.


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More than half of Norway was now in the hands of the Germans and by early May the situation stabilized into a war of positions south of Narvik.


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Operation Rupert — Invasion of Narvik Although Allied resistance had been broken in southern Norway, in the north the situation was different.


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The main objectives of the entire operation had been Narvik and its ore port, through which future Swedish ore was vital to the German war industry.


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The Germans had already occupied Narvik at the beginning of the operation, but their defensive lines around the town were very weak, and in early May the situation with the German forces commanded by General Eduard Dietl began to be really tough at Narvik.


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Facing them, the Norwegian 6th Division, commanded by General Fleischer, was the only mobilised division of the Norwegians and was supported by British forces.


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[1] The Norwegians had been testing the Germans' defensive capabilities since early May, when they began advancing towards Narvik.


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Hitler was at one point panicked over the situation in Narvik and suggested that General Dietl's troops be sought by air to safety from Narvik.


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However, the operation would have been unfeasible.


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[1] With the onset of the German major offensive in the west, both sides concentrated their forces in France.


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Norway was now a “thorn in the flesh” for the Allies because it bound their powers.