The Continuation War (Finnish: jatkosota, Swedish: fortsättningskriget, Russian: Война-продолжение) (25 June 1941 – 19 September 1944) was the second of two wars fought between Finland and the Soviet Union during World War II.
At the time the name was used to make clear its perceived relationship to the preceding Winter War of 30 November 1939 to 13 March 1940. The Soviet Union, however, perceived the war merely as one of the fronts of the Great ...
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The Continuation War (Finnish: jatkosota, Swedish: fortsättningskriget, Russian: Война-продолжение) (25 June 1941 – 19 September 1944) was the second of two wars fought between Finland and the Soviet Union during World War II.
At the time the name was used to make clear its perceived relationship to the preceding Winter War of 30 November 1939 to 13 March 1940. The Soviet Union, however, perceived the war merely as one of the fronts of the Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany and its allies. It has been named the Soviet–Finnish War (Russian: Советско-финская война) or the Karelian Front (Russian: Карельская кампания) as a part of the Eastern Front. Similarly, Germany saw its own operations in the region as a part of its overall war efforts of World War II.
The United Kingdom declared war on Finland on 6 December 1941, followed by its Dominions shortly afterwards. The Continuation War is a rare case of democracies declaring war on other democracies, although the British forces were...
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