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The Mannerheim Line, 1920-39 : Finnish fortifications of the Winter War / Bair Irincheev ; illustrated by Brian Delf

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Titre(s)
  • The Mannerheim Line, 1920-39 : Finnish fortifications of the Winter War / Bair Irincheev ; illustrated by Brian Delf
Auteur(s)
Autre(s) responsabilité(s)
Editeur, producteur
  • Oxford : New York (N.Y.) : Osprey publishing, cop. 2009
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. (64 p.) : ill., cartes ; 25 cm
Collection
  • Fortress 88
ISBN
  • 978-1-8460-3384-1
  • 1-8460-3384-5
EAN
  • 9781846033841 br.
Appartient à la collection
  • Fortress (Oxford) 88
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 948.970 32
Note sur la description bibliographique
  • Table des matières
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliogr. p. 62. Index
Note sur le contenu
  • Introduction: The historical background Chronology Design and development; the first fortifications ; the modernizations of the 1930s; the weapons of the Mannerheim Line; standard elements of bunker design Field fortifications of the Mannerheim Line; trenches; wooden bunkers; obstacles The principles of defence The living sites Operational history; the Inkilä sector; Karhula; Summa village (Summankylä); Lähde; Leipäsuo; Taasionlammet; Suurniemi; Muolaa; Salmenkaita; Kekkiniemi cannon fort; Taipale and Patoniemi; the rear position around Vyborg Aftermath The sites today Appendix: The Mannerheim Line sectors
Résumé ou extrait
  • "In the wake of the bloody civil war that followed Finland's independence from Russia in 1917, the border between the two countries was established across the Karelian Isthmus, an area long fought over by Russia, Finland, and Sweden in their attempts to dominate the northern tip of Europe. Neither the Soviets nor the Finnish were comfortable with such a divide which was only 32 km from the military and industrial city of Petrograd. As such, both sides began an intensive period of fortification and defensive planning. As the Winter War broke out in November 1939, the complex and heavily defended Mannerheim Line suffered intense bombardment. The armistice of 1940 saw Finland cede control of the entire Karelian Isthmus to the USSR, and a propaganda war ensued. Through an analysis of the background and operational history of the Mannerheim Line, the author attempts to dispel such myths and provide an accurate assessment of its huge historical importance." (source : 4e de couv.)
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