War of the white death
Subtitle: Finland against the Soviet Union, 1939-40
By: Bair Irincheev
Series: Stackpole military history series; Stackpole military history series
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Mechanicsburg, PA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780811710886
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Campaigns; Personal narratives; Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Plans and preparations; title: The opposing forces; title: Red Army plans; title: Finnish options; title: December 1939: Soviet failure on the Karelian isthmus; title: The Eastern isthmus: vanished hopes; title: A river fast and cold: crossing the Taipaleenjoki; title: The rapids of Kiviniemi; title: The grand Soviet offensive; title: The final attempt: Christmas battle at Kelja; title: Central isthmus: the new axis of advance; title: Merkki sector: swamps at the railway; title: The main strike: Lahde and Summa village; title: Summa village in December; title: West of the isthmus: Karhula and Inkila; title: The Finnish counter-offensive on the Karelian isthmus; title: North of Ladoga; title: Loimola: deadlock at the railway; title: Tolväjarvi and Ägläjärvi: Finnish triumph in the land of lakes; title: Aftermath of Tolvajärvi; title: Northern Finland, Lapland and the Arctic front; title: The battle of Suomussalmi; title: Defeat of the 44th rifle division on Raatte road; title: Suomussalmi repeated: fighting on the Kuhmo front; title: Breakthrough on the Mannerheim line; title: January 1940, Lähde: Soviet preparations; title: The breakthrough; title: Summa village holds out; title: February: fifteen days of ceaseless fighting; title: Merkki sector: the breakthrough expanded; title: Tassionlammet: one boys anti-tank rifle per brigade; title: The central isthmus; title: Eastern isthmus: Taipale and Suvanto; title: The Mannerheim line abandoned; title: Bunker lines at Muolaa; title: The river Salmenkaita; title: March 1940: last stand-off on the Karelian isthmus; title: Battle of the river Vuoksi; title: The last day and hour of war.