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T-34s attacking Mannerheim Line, 1944

T-34s attacking Mannerheim Line, 1944
Here we see two T-34s taking part in the Soviet attack on the Mannerheim Line in Karelia during 1944. This attack pushed the Finns out of everywhere they had occupied, and helped convince them to make peace while they still had time. This is probably a T-34 Model 1941/42, which combined the flat sloped front to the gun mount with the original wide turret hatch.
Finland's War of Choice - The Troubled German-Finnish Coalition in World War II, Henrik O. Lunde. A history of the Finnish 'Continuation War', which found the Finns fighting alongside the Germans in the Soviet Union, a democracy fighting alongside a dictatorship in perhaps the most brutal conflict in history. Looks at the background to Finnish entry into the war, their confused war aims, the course of the fighting and the eventual Finnish attempts to exit the war and survive as an independent nation. [read full review]
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How to cite this article: Rickard, J (19 April 2021), T-34s attacking Mannerheim Line, 1944 , https://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_t-34_mannerheim_line.html

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