Photos Taken in Karjala | World War II Database


Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim and Lennart Oesch during a field exercise in Finnish Karelia, Finland, Aug 1939	The Lutheran church of Sortavala, Finland on fire after Soviet bombing, 2 Feb 1940, photo 1 of 2

The Lutheran church of Sortavala, Finland on fire after Soviet bombing, 2 Feb 1940, photo 2 of 2	Destroyed Lutheran church of Sortavala, Finland, 4 Feb 1940

Finnish Army machine gun crew near Lemetti, Karjala, Finland (now Pitkyarantsky, Russia), 21 Feb 1940; note Maxim M32/33 machine gun	Finnish Army Colonel Wahlbeck (far right), Lieutenant Colonel Swendelin (behind Wahlbeck), and other officers taking a break in the field during the Äyräpään-Vuosalmen campaign, Karjala, Finland, Jun-Jul 1944

Finnish Army Major Major Martti Aho interrogating a captured Soviet soldier, Jessoila, Karelia, Finland, Aug 1941	Finnish General Hjalmar Siilasvuo near Kiestinki, Finland, 1940s

Finnish General Hjalmar Siilasvuo, Colonel Väinö Palojärvi, and Colonel Lennart Hannelius at Kiestinki, Finland, 1940s	Russian children in an internment camp in eastern Karelia, Finland, 1943

Finnish Army sergeants Kaarlo Niemelä (leading, with panzerfaust and KP/-31) and Heino Nikulassi (with panzerfaust and small arms on his back) during Battle of Tali-Ihantala, north of Viipuri, Karjala, Finland, 30 Jun 1944; note destroyed Russian T-34 tank in background	Finnish soldiers during Battle of Tali-Ihantala, Karjala, Finland, 5 Aug 1944; note German panzerfaust anti-armor weapon