
Caption | Finnish troops gathering captured Soviet weapons, Taipale, Finland, circa 27-28 Dec 1939 ww2dbase | |||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||
Source | ww2dbasesa-kuva.fi via Wikimedia Commons | |||||||
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Photo Size | 515 x 329 pixels | |||||||
Photos at Same Place | Taipale, Finland | |||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
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30 Dec 2011 01:13:54 PM
The Finns were most elated at the capture of Soviet weapons, and were only to happy to turn then onto their former owners...especially when they captured Soviet made tanks...the Russians were VERY lucky that Finland had such a small army......but in the end the Soviets did the same thing they did to the Wehrmacht, simply overwhelmed with human-wave tactics and overran the Finnish defenses with an inexhaustible supply of soldiers...