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Soviet troops await the order to launch a counter attack. A T-26 and a T-34 provide support to the ski troops wearing their winter camouflage - exact date and location unknown
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Soviet troops await the order to launch a counter attack. A T-26 and a T-34 provide support to the ski troops wearing their winter camouflage - exact date and location unknown
“THE BLUE DEVILS OF THE ALPS - This picture shows the Alpine Chasseurs on maneuvers in the Alps near the Italian frontier. These "Blue Devils," so called because their berets are blue, are as much at home on skis as are the British cavalry on horses, and ninety per cent. of their "route marches" and maneuvers are done on these seemingly unwieldy skis.”
- from the Hamilton Spectator. March 14, 1931. Page 15.
“Not Along Mannerheim Line but at Experimental Farm,” Ottawa Citizen. December 4, 1940. Page 01. ---- Reminiscent of scenes enacted last winter when phantom Finnish platoons took such a terrific toll of the Russian invaders is this picture taken near the Experimental Farm this morning when members of the Canadian army ski school had a workout in real winter weather. The top photo shows the whole ski school while at the bottom a few white clad warriors are doing the ‘bear crawl,’ a manuever designed to enable the troops to creep upon an unsuspecting enemy.
"Diligently training her soldiers for the wintry conditions they must face should war break out in her remote Siberian territories -a menace that she feels is growing from the Japanese-controlled state of Manchoukue - Russia equips them with skiis for speedy travel over snow-buried road and plain.
Here a fast tank, one of the fastest in the highly-mechanised Red Army, is utilised to tow a squad of the ski-equipped riflemen during manoeuvres "somewhere in the Far East." Men and munitions are being concentrated along the Siberian-Manchoukuon border, according to Moscow reports, as relations with Japan grow more strained.
- from the Kingston Whig-Standard. December 28, 1937. Page 2.
Battle Between Ski Troops: Part One - Attack of the 10th Mountain Division
Battle Between Ski Troops: Part One – Attack of the 10th Mountain Division
Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division move in the direction of Monte Della Torraccia. (Denver Public Library)The 10th Mountain Division’s first major offensive operation was code-named Operation Encore, and launched in late February, 1945. The main objective of the attack was the rocky and wooded 3,700-foot Monte Belvedere, which dominated a route that led north toward the Po River Valley. The…
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Finnish soldier on skis in 1941.
The only person Russia doesn't scare...
His cousin Finland isn’t scared of him. Actually Finland has this habit of going up behind Russia and saying, “Ski troops!” Scares the shit out of Russia.
Finnish Ski Troops
The Vinkhuijzen collection of military uniforms 1783-1811
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