Scandinavia and the World
Scandinavia and the World

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Favorite Friends 24 5, 1:47am

Finland trust and like Sweden, Estonia, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Dutch, Switzerland, different sorts of Brits, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia.....
Winter War;
“It is known that at least 8,000 Swedes voluntarily went to Finland to fight alongside the Finns. The Swedish government and public also sent food, clothing, medicine, weapons and ammunition to aid the Finns during this conflict. This military aid included: 135,402 rifles, 347 machine guns, 450 light machine guns with 50,013,300 rounds of small arms ammunition; 144 field guns, 100 anti-aircraft guns and 92 anti-armor guns with 301 846 shells; 300 sea mines and 500 depth charges; 17 fighter aircraft, 5 light bombers, 1 DC-2 transport aircraft turned into bomber, and 3 reconnaissance aircraft, totally comprising 1/3 of the Swedish air force at the time.”
http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/swedish-volunteer-winter-war-finland-1940/
http://www.axishistory.com/about-ahf/34-finland-general/finland-general/212-foreign-volunteers-in-the-winter-war
http://www.militaryimages.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-3698.html