Next I would like to show some pictures from area that saw bitter fighting during "Lappland war" in autumn and winter of 44/45 between old allies, Finland and Germany. There were a lots of old positions left... I hope these are not too boring?!
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There were lots of this kind of improvised positions. Pretty nasty when under fire because of stone splinters...Comment
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There are still some German casualty un-accounted for in this area. They were buried in a hurry and sometimes graves markers were lost. Actually they did find several bodies in 1970's still in German uniforms during road construction work.Comment
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I hope this wasn't someone's last meal...Comment
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Hi
Great pics ... can you show us your finds (M40 ..)
Looks like a nice area for my scope
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Hi Nordfront,
thanks for posting this thread
very interesting, any more pictures ??
AshleyComment
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i dare say that a member of this forum is now on there way to pick up those car parts right now
i would love to do a thread like this its very interesting and well portrayed
well done
matComment
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Very good photos thanks i must get over there looks exciting can we see some photos of the M40 belt buckles and bottles?
also was there any thing stamped on the tin you found?
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All right, more pictures from the same '44-'45 "Lappland war" battle ground. As you can see there wasn't that much cover sometimes and lots of soldiers paid the ultimate price in this area.Comment
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German dug out. There were some German empty 7.92mm ammo casings around.Comment
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Another one... It was a quite a major battle so this area is full of these positions. Luckily everything has been left as it was back then.Comment
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On this place there was around ten of these stone pile positions on a row. I will post later some pics of those items that I found.
We were at famous battle grounds of Finnish-Soviet '39-'40 "Winter War" this June, maybe I should post those pics on other thread if there is some interest? I don't think many of non-Finnish members have realised how much there is to see here...Comment
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Excellent thread and photos. Looking forward to more!Unless it was nighttime, or the weather was bad, and you were running out of gas - then it was a sweaty nightmare, like a monkey f*ing a skunk.
~ Dan Hampton, Viper PilotComment
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It is later alreadyOriginally posted by Nordfront
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I agree with theodor ... showtimeOriginally posted by TheodorIt is later already
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