A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W,Y, Z
Aaland Islands, 7
Academic Karelian Society, 9
Ägläjärvi, 96–97, 100, 104, 106, 118–20, 122
Aittojoki River, 96–98, 100, 121–22
Ala Tolvajärvi, Lake, 102
Alajärvi, Lake, 158
Alexander I, Tsar, 4
Army of the Karelian Isthmus (Finnish), 47
Baltic Fleet (Russian), 55, 57
Belgium, 198
Beljajev, General, 52
Bergen, 239
blitzkrieg tactics, 35–36
Bobrikov, assassination of, 5
“Brewster Buffalo” (aircraft), 198
Bristol Blenheim (aircraft), 193
Chamberlain, Neville, 269
Churchill, Winston S., 33, 201, 236–37
Civic Guard, 27, 47, 52, 104, 232
Continuation War (1942–44), 46, 55–56, 195, 198, 264–68
Czechoslovakia, 250
Daladier, Edouard (French prime minister), 248–49, 252, 269
de Gaulle, Charles, 31
Derevyanski (Soviet minister in Helsinki), 19
Detachment Paavola, 160
East Karelia, 6–7
Ekholm, Colonel Per, 108, 111, 117
Eighteenth Division (Russian), 53, 94, 134, 137
Eighth Army (Russian), 35, 39, 52, 118, 121, 171
Eighth Division (Finnish), 213
Eighty-eighth Division (Russian), 53, 179
Eleventh Division (Finnish), 47, 86
Ericsson, Lieutenant, 227–28
ErP-9 (independent battalion), 103, 112, 118, 120–21
ErP-11, 107
ErP-15, 169
Eskola, 167
Fagernas, Lieutenant Colonel, 163, 168
Fifth Division (Finnish), 47, 73, 79, 86, 213–14, 218, 229–30, 232, 260
Fifty-fifth Division (Russian), 94
Fifty-fourth Division (Russian), 54, 174–78
Fifty-sixth Division (Russian), 52, 96–97, 123
Finnish Air Force, 189
“Finnish-American Legion,” 199
Finnish Army, 72, 74, 87, 89, 111, 131, 236, 241, 244, 255, 268
tactical doctrine of, 40–43
weapons of, 43–46
Finnish National Army, 60–61
Finnish Navy, 55
Finnish Red Cross, 28
Finnish War College, 100
First Corps (Finnish), 243
First Division (Finnish), 69, 86–88, 213, 243
Fokker D.XXI (aircraft), 190–91
Forbes, Rosita, 28
Forty-fourth Division (Russian), 147, 159, 161–63, 169–70, 174
Forty-ninth Division (Russian), 78
Fourteenth Army (Russian), 35, 39
Fourth Corps (Finnish), 39, 47, 52–53, 66, 93–94, 99–100, 103, 107, 121, 123, 127–30, 134, 140, 143
Fourth Division (Finnish), 47, 86, 89, 213, 243
Fourth Division (Russian), 78
Fourth Jaeger Battalion (Finnish), 139
Franco, Francisco, 32
Gamelin, General, 237
Germany, 6–7, 12, 14, 16, 101, 236, 239, 264, 267
Gloster Gladiator (aircraft), 190
Gnevny (ship), 56
Grendal, General V. A., 206
Group L, 69
Group M, 69
Group R, 69
Group Talvela, 101–2, 111, 117
Grozyaschi (ship), 56
Gulf of Finland, 3, 6, 7, 12, 15, 54–55, 63, 219
Gulf of Viipuri, 190, 243, 255, 257
Gusevski, Major General, 54, 102, 174–75
Hägglund, Major General Woldemar, 39, 47, 99, 121, 129, 130–31, 133–35, 138, 140
Hanko, 15–16, 56, 189, 246–47, 251, 261, 263–64
Hannu, Lieutenant, 227–28
Haranpaaniemi, 257
Heinivaho, Lieutenant Aarne, 113
Heinrichs, General Erik, 47, 69, 213, 243
Heiskanen, Major General Juho, 52, 99
Helsinki, 6, 15, 21, 23, 26–29, 38, 40, 48, 50, 73, 132, 143, 149, 187, 204, 209, 240, 246, 248, 251
Hevosalmi (straits), 114
Hietajärvi, Lake, 118
Hirvasjärvi, Lake, 102–3, 112, 114–15
Hirvasvaara (ridge), 112–13, 115
Hitler, Adolf, 8, 12, 14–17, 30, 196, 239, 266–67
Holsti, Rudolf, 12
Honkaniemi Station, 244
Hoover, Herbert, 189
Hull, Cordell, 267
Humaljoki, 219
Huovinen, Lieutenant, 157
Ilmarinen (ship), 55
Ilomantsi, 47, 94, 100–2, 107–8, 111, 116–17, 134
Imatra, 72
Intermediate Line, 214, 218, 231, 233, 242–44
Ironside, General Sir Edmund, 237–39, 252–53
Isotalo, Lieutenant Urho, 106, 113–14
Jakobsen, Max, 15, 194, 234, 269
Jariseva, 78
Jehkila, 96
Joensuu, 94
JR-9 (Finnish infantry regiment), 225, 227
JR-13, 229
JR-15, 229
JR-16, 99–100, 103–4, 109, 110–14, 120
JR-19, 99
JR-25, 99
JR-26, 99
JR-27, 99, 152, 154–56, 159, 163, 166–67
JR-34, 124–28
JR-36, 124–27
JR-64, 158
Kaarnanjoki, 78
Kalevala, 55
Kallio, Kyösti, 21, 29, 50–51, 252, 254
Kallionsalmi, 117
Kandalaksha, 178
Karelia, 4
Karelian Isthmus, 3, 15, 22, 38, 43, 55, 62, 64, 66, 67, 70–71, 74, 88, 94, 98–99, 123, 127, 143, 200, 204–6, 213–14, 227, 240, 247, 251, 261, 263
Karhula, 87
Kari, Major, 163
Kaukjärvi, Lake, 87
Kelja, 78–79
Kemijärvi, 53, 141, 171, 178–79
Kemi River, 178–79
Ketola, 152
Khalkin Gol (battle), 33
Khrushchev, Nikita, 17, 21–22, 66, 263
Kiantajärvi, Lake, 160–61
Kirkkojärvi, Lake, 221
Kirov (ship), 56
Kitelä, 51–53, 94, 129, 133–35, 137, 171
Kivela, Lieutenant Eero, 110
Kivijärvi, Lake, 125
Kivinapa, 69
Kiviniemi, 69
Kivisalmi, 103, 106, 111–12, 116
Kodratjev, General Stepan Ivanovich, 140
Koivisto Island, 56, 64, 219, 243
Kollaa River, 52–53, 98, 100, 123, 127–30, 134, 171
Kondrashev, General, 53
Korpiselka, 94, 100, 103, 107–8
Kotajärvi, Lake, 134
Kottisaari Island, 103–5, 110, 112, 115
Koukunniemi peninsula, 75–77
Kovajärvi, Lake, 158
Kuhmo, 54, 93, 99, 171, 174, 178
Kuusinen, O. W., 21, 58–61, 199–200, 235, 251
Kylänmaki junction, 160
Ladoga, Lake, 3, 15, 38–39, 43, 47, 51–53, 62–64, 75, 94, 98–100, 121, 123, 129, 131, 133, 135, 138–39, 263
Ladoga-Karelia, 39, 51–52, 93, 98, 100, 121
Lähde road sector, 63–64, 80–82, 206, 209, 213, 225, 227–29, 231, 233
Lahti, 50
Lahti automatic rifle, 44–45, 96
Langdon-Davies, John, 218, 261
Lassila, Captain, 163–68
Latvia, 15
League of Nations, 14, 61, 237–38
Lemetti junction, 53
Leningrad (St. Petersburg), 3, 4, 7–8, 13, 15–16, 18, 63–64, 203, 254
Leningrad Military District, 34–35
Liete, 126
Likoharju, 169
Lipola, 69
Lithuania, 15
Loimola, 52, 94, 123–25, 127–28, 133
London, 143
Lotta Svard organization, 192
Luumäki, 99
Majajoki River, 229–30
Mäkälä, 163
Mäkinen, Captain J A, 156–57, 159, 162–63
Mäkiniemi, Lieutenant Colonel, 167–68
Malkamäki, Major, 111–12
Malm, Lieutenant, 227
Mandehn, Colonel, 167
Mannerheim, Baron Carl Gustav, 4, 6, 13, 16, 20–21, 23–32, 39–40, 43, 47, 50, 51–54, 63, 65, 69, 71–75, 83, 85–86, 93–94, 97–101, 119, 121, 123, 125–28, 132–33, 140, 143–44, 154, 158, 171–72, 174, 177, 179, 199–200, 205, 213, 218, 229, 231–33, 236, 243–44, 248–49, 263, 266–69
Mannerheim Child Welfare Association, 28
Mannerheim Line, 15, 37–39, 43, 47, 51, 62–66, 69, 71, 73, 75, 79–80, 82, 89, 98–99, 204–6, 213–14, 217–18, 221, 225, 229, 241, 242, 244
Mäntylä, 168
Marat (ship), 57
Märkäjärvi, 179
Meretskov, General K A, 34–35, 38, 66, 75, 206, 227
Metsanvaara, 118
Miinalainen, Sergeant, 109
Million-Dollar Bunker, 209, 226–28
“Molotov Breadbaskets,” 188
Molotov Cocktails, 72–73, 82, 111, 177, 222
Molotov, V, 15, 18, 21–22, 181, 235, 250–52
Morane-Saulnier 406 (aircraft), 190
Motti tactics, 131–33
Muolaa church battle, 221–25, 231
Muolaanjärvi, Lake, 64, 82, 213, 221, 242
Munasuo Swamp, 206, 226–27, 230
Murmansk, 39, 53, 93, 171, 173–74, 264–65, 267
Murmansk Railroad, 7, 51, 150, 161, 178
Mutka, Corporal, 118–19
Mydans, Carl, 141, 170, 180–84, 261–62
Myllyjärvi, Lake, 115
Namsos, 239
Nautsi, 174
Neva River, 4
Nikolaevski Cavalry School, 23
Nikoskelainen, Major, 107
Ninth Army (Russian), 35, 39, 174
Ninth Division (Finnish), 47, 99, 152, 154, 160, 165, 174
North Finland Group, 47
Norway, 172, 198, 236–39, 248, 250, 252, 265, 267–68
Nurmes, 174
Oesch, General, 257
Öhquist, General Harold, 17, 31, 47, 63, 65–66, 69, 71–72, 85, 88, 90, 213, 216, 218–19, 225, 229, 231, 243–44, 259–60
Oktyabrskaya Revolutsia (ship), 56
104th Division (Russian), 53, 172
122d Division (Russian), 53, 178
123d Division (Russian), 206, 208–9, 227, 229
139th Division (Russian), 52, 94, 102, 117–18, 121
142d Division (Russian), 78
150th Division (Russian), 78
155th Division (Russian), 54, 93, 100, 102, 107–8, 117
163d Division (Russian), 54, 150, 152, 154–56, 159–60, 162, 169, 174
168th Division (Russian), 53, 94, 134–35, 137, 139
Operation Barbarossa, 264, 266
Östermann, General Hugo, 31, 47, 69–73, 85, 231, 243–44
Oulu, 47, 54, 99–100, 152, 154, 158
P-1 (ski guerrilla battalion), 158, 167
Paasikivi, J. R., 29, 240, 250, 252
Pähkemikkö, 78
Pajari, Lieutenant Colonel Aaro, 100–4, 106, 109–12, 114–21
Palovaara junction, 151, 158–59
Patoniemi, 78
Pelkosenniemi, 178–79
“People’s Republic of Finland,” 58–61
Perkjärvi station, 87
Perojoki River, 88
Peter the Great, 3, 4, 14, 247, 252
Petrograd (Leningrad), 25
Petrozavodsk, 51–52
Petsamo, 6–7, 39, 53–54, 93, 171, 173–74, 178, 236–37, 265
Piispajärvi, Lake, 151, 155, 158, 162, 169
Pojasvaara, 119
Polikarpov I-16 (aircraft), 191
Poppius bunker, 82, 209, 226–28
Pownall, General, 239
PPP-6 (bicycle battalion), 158, 160–61
PPP-7 (bicycle battalion), 94, 97, 102, 104, 116–17, 121
Puolanka, 152
Puras road, 169
Purasjoki River, 167–68
Raate road, 151, 155, 159, 163, 167–69
Räsänen, Lieutenant Colonel, 94, 96–98, 102
Rasti, 174
Rear Line, 214, 231, 244, 256–57, 259
Red Air Force, 163, 166, 175–76, 187–88, 193, 232
Red Army, 12, 19–20, 34, 58, 91, 203, 205–6, 214, 232, 256, 268
“Red Terror,” 26
Roosevelt, Kermit, 194
Royal Air Force, 267
Ruhtinaanmäki, 135
Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), 4, 13, 44, 158
Rybachi Peninsula, 15, 53, 171, 251, 263
Ryti, Risto, 51, 199, 235, 240, 268
Saimaa Canal, 259
St. Petersburg (Leningrad), 3, 4, 13, 16, 23
Salla, 53–54, 93, 178–79, 251, 257
Salonjärvi, Lake, 96–97
Sanginlampi farm, 167
Saukko, 169
“Sausage War,” 109
Second Corps (Finnish), 47, 63, 69, 213, 215, 219, 231, 233, 243, 259–60
Second Division (Finnish), 213, 229, 231, 243
718th Regiment (Russian), 111
Seventh Army (Russian), 35, 38, 206, 242
Seventh Division (Finnish), 213
Seventy-fifth Division (Russian), 118
Shaposhnikov, General B. M., 34, 204
Siberian Ski Brigade (Russian), 176–77
Siilasvuo, Colonel Hjalmar, 152, 154–61, 163, 165, 167, 169, 174–78
“Sisu Legion,” 199
Siukosaari, Lieutenant, 116
609th Regiment (Russian), 103, 116
662d Regiment (Russian), 151–52, 158
Sixth Division (Finnish), 84–89, 99–100, 213
Sodankylä, 178
Sortavala, 94
South Africa, Union of, 198
Special Battalion No. 112, 96–98
Stalin, Joseph, 7, 9, 14–22, 29, 32, 34–35, 39, 51, 54–55, 58–59, 61, 149–50, 173, 189, 196, 203–5, 232, 250, 264–66, 268–69
Stokowski, Leopold, 197
Summa, 63–64, 66, 71, 75, 79–84, 86, 127, 206, 208, 213–16, 218, 219, 221, 223, 225–27, 232, 257
Summajoki River, 64
Suojärvi, Lake, 52–53, 93–94, 96–98, 100–1, 123–24
Suomenlinna, 27
Suomi submachine gun, 45–46
Suomussalmi, Battle of, 54, 93, 99, 131, 143, 147, 150–70, 174–75, 178
Susitaival, Lieutenant Colonel Paavo, 151, 159
Suulajärvi, Lake, 69
Suursaari (island), 13, 15, 50
Suvanto Waterway, 75–76, 78, 214
Sweden, 4, 7, 20, 44, 144, 150, 171, 195–96, 198, 237–40, 246, 248–49, 251–53
Syskyjärvi, Lake, 52–53, 123, 133–36
Taipale sector, 75–79, 82, 127, 206, 213–14, 219–20, 230, 242–43
Taivaljärvi, Lake, 103
Talvela, Colonel Paavo, 99–103, 107–8, 110–11, 118–22, 134, 152, 243
Tanner, Väinö, 30, 50, 61, 196, 199, 234–35, 240–41, 246–48, 266
Tartu, Treaty of, 6
Task Force A, 135
Task Force Kari, 167–69
Task Force Mäkiniemi, 169
Task Force Mandelin, 168
Task Force R, 94, 96–98, 100, 121, 123
Teittinen, Colonel, 125–28
Tenth Division (Finnish), 47, 75, 77, 79, 213, 218
Tervajoki, 257
Tervavaara, 158
Tetrilampi, 108
Third Corps (Finnish), 47, 69, 213, 242–43
Third Division (Finnish), 213, 260
Thirteenth Army (Russian), 206
Thirty-fifth Light Tank Brigade (Russian), 227
Thirty-fourth Tank Brigade (Russian), 134, 137, 140
Thirty Years’ War, 109
Timoshenko, S. K., Marshal, 66, 204–6, 208–9, 214, 227, 229, 245
Tolvajärvi, Lake, 52–53, 93–95, 97–104, 107–8, 110, 112, 117–23, 133–35, 152, 171, 243
Toscanini, Arturo, 197
Trondheim, 239
Tuominen, Arvo, 59–60
Tuompo, Major General W. E., 47, 151, 154, 171, 174, 176
Tupolev SB-2 (aircraft), 191
Turku, 50, 55–56, 188–89, 201, 230
Twelfth Division (Finnish), 124–27
Twenty-eighth Corps (Russian), 259
Twenty-first Division (Finnish), 213–14
Twenty-seventh Jaeger Battalion, 5, 6, 99, 101, 108, 120
Twenty-third Division (Finnish), 140, 214, 259
Tyynelä, 167–69
Uomaa road, 53, 94, 134–37, 140
Uto Island, 56
Uusikirkko, 69
Väinämönen (ship), 55
Valimaki, 119
Valkjärvi, Lake, 69
Varpakyla, 96
Vieksinki, 119
Viipuri, 4, 15, 50, 63–64, 188, 202, 209, 214, 231, 243, 249, 255–57, 259–61, 268
Viipuri Gateway sector, 206, 209, 213, 218
Viljanen, Lieutenant Colonel Kaarlo, 120
Vinogradov, General, 159, 162–63, 166, 168–70, 174
Virkki, First Lieutenant, 157
Voronov, Marshal N. N., 35, 46
Voroshilov, Defense Commissar K. E., 34, 203
Vuoksi Waterway, 47, 63, 75, 213–14, 242
Vuontele, 96
Wallenius, General Kurt, 8–9, 28, 171–74, 178–80, 257
White Guard, 6
White Sea Fleet, 172
“White Terror,” 26–27
Wuolijoki, Hella, 234
Ylajärvi, 119
Zelentsov, Major General, 150, 155, 170, 174