
Historical Information | ||||||||
Caption | Finnish troops gathering captured Soviet weapons, Taipale, Finland, circa 27-28 Dec 1939 ww2dbase | |||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Taipale, Finland | |||||||
Date | 28 Dec 1939 | |||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||
Source Information | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbasesa-kuva.fi via Wikimedia Commons | |||||||
Link to Source | Link | |||||||
Related Content | ||||||||
More on... |
| |||||||
Licensing Information | ||||||||
Licensing | This work is believed to be in the public domain. Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
|||||||
Metadata | ||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
Photo Size | 515 x 329 pixels |
Please consider supporting us on Patreon. Even $1 per month will go a long way! Thank you. Please help us spread the word: Stay updated with WW2DB: |
Visitor Submitted Comments
All visitor submitted comments are opinions of those making the submissions and do not reflect views of WW2DB.
Change View
Desktop ViewSearch WW2DB

News
- » Wreck of Teruzuki Found (27 Jul 2025)
- » USS Orlean's Bow Found (22 Jul 2025)
- » The Emperor of Japan Planned to Honor WW2-era Japanese POWs in Mongolia (4 Jul 2025)
- » US State Lawmaker John Winter Caught Using Racial Slur "Jap" and Apologized (11 Jun 2025)
- » US Government Plans to Purge WW2 Information (17 Mar 2025)
- » See all news
Random Photograph
Battleship Mutsu's primary gun on display at the Museum of Maritime Science, Tokyo, Japan, 11 Feb 2000, photo 2 of 2Current Site Statistics
- » 1,182 biographies
- » 337 events
- » 45,119 timeline entries
- » 1,249 ships
- » 350 aircraft models
- » 207 vehicle models
- » 376 weapon models
- » 123 historical documents
- » 261 facilities
- » 470 book reviews
- » 28,415 photos
- » 365 maps
Famous WW2 Quote
"All that silly talk about the advance of science and such leaves me cold. Give me peace and a retarded science."Thomas Dodd, late 1945
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...