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“Russian Guns Defend Finland,” North Bay Nugget. March 8, 1930. Page 16. ---- The contribution was not made voluntarily, needless to say, but it is very acceptable just the same. The white-class Finn is examining a multiple machine gun used for anti-aircraft work, particularly against diving bombers or hedge-hopping planes. It was part of the equipment captured by the Finns and later used against the former owners.

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“Russian Death Machines Can’t Touch Finn Bravery,” Toronto Star. January 18, 1940. Page 03. ---- THEIR COMRADES SLAIN OR ROUTED, SOVIET SOLDIERS FIND COMFORT IN CAPTIVITY ---- They Missed Death By Steel and Cold Fortunate were these Soviet soldiers captured by Finns. Instead of meeting death on the snow-mantled battlefield or in some forest no-man’s-land at the hands of the swiftly striking Finnish troops, they find warmth and comfort in a prison camp ‘somewhere in Finland.’ --- A Study In Contrast Between Opposing Forces Military experts have been amazed at the type of Russian soldier thrown against the heroic defenders of Finland. This shabbily dressed prisoner contrasts sharply with the well-groomed Finnish soldier at Finnish army headquarters in the north, where the prisoner was questioned. --- Finnish Prisoners of War Wounded In Battle These are four of the hordes of Soviet soldiers captured by Finn’s in Stalin’s war of aggression. Three of them wear bandages as evidence of injuries, two seek solace in cigarettes given them by their captors at the Finnish prison camp.

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“Men And Animals Prove Their Mettle In Warlike Competition With Machine,” Toronto Star. January 26, 1940. Page 03. --- THE MEN ARE CHAMPIONS; THE HORSES, WIRY AND ENDURING; THE COMBINATION UNBEATABLE ---- This is the combination that has offset Russia. Finnish men and animals have proved their match for Russian mechanized forces. Men like Kekka Niemi (left) won their spurs for skiing in international competition. He was world’s champion for 50 kilometres in 1937. Now he leads patrols like those which M. H. Halton of The Star visited in northern Finland. The cavalryman looks down on the sad end of a Russian truck. Where snow is not too deep, he and his wiry pony do reconnaissance. They carry messages between outposts and headquarters. Or they will team up with the skiiers and by ski-joring speed the passage of men on skiis over the snow.

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“The Finns Welcome a ‘Comaade’,” The Huntsville Forester. January 4, 1940. Page 07. --- Hands aloft, in token of surrender, a Red army officer is shown being guarded by Finnish soldiers after his capture on the Karelian front. The Russian steamroller has been held to a standstill at this point since the start of the Finnish-Russo war. The Finns are said to have taken a great many prisoners, most of them are ill-clad, ill-fed and ignorant of what the war is all about.

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“Finland’s Sons Hear Their Country’s Call,” The Globe and Mail. November 29, 1939. Page 02. --- These Finnish soldiers on the march are typical of the troops standing to along the Soviet frontier after Moscow charges that Finnish troops had opened fire on Russian soldiers yesterday were denied. They have been ordered to remain calm.

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“LA GUERRE EN SKI,” La Presse. December 5, 1939. Page 07. --- La rêcente chute de neige en Finlande a permis aux soldats finlandais de monter sur leurs skis et d’arborer ces grands manteaux blancs qui les rendent presque invisibles taindis qu’ils filent a toute vitesse sur les pentes immaculées, entre les forets et les lacs de leur pais. Les skis font partie de l'equipement régulier du soldat finlandais et ils lui donnent un avantage Incontestable sur son ennemi, déroute par une région peu familière. On voit plus haut partie d'une compagnie d'infanterie prête à partir pour une tournée hivernale.

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“La Finlande se prépare à se défendre,” La Presse. October 11, 1939. Page 25. --- Voice une batterie anti-aérienne finlandaise en action au cours de manoeuvres d’hiver sur la frontière, soviétique, sur la rive ouest du lac Ladega. On dit que l’Allemagne est opposée à ce que la Russia exerce une pression sur la Finlande.

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