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The Castle of Viborg 
The Medieval Castle of Viipuri [Viborg] photographed in about 1930 by my grandfather.

The castle and the city were founded on the 13th Century by Swedish Marshal Torkel Knutsson. His statue is on the right. The city grew around the castle and a fortified old town. By 1939 Viipuri populated nearly 700 years by the Finns had grown the second largest city of Finland with about 80.000 residents.

In March 1940 evaquated and heavily bombarded city was ceded to USSR. In August 1941 Finnish troops liberated Viipuri and more than half of its former Finnish population moved back. On 20.6.1944 Soviet troops re-occupied Viipuri and the city was re-settled by a totally new population moved from all over USSR. Viipuri was mistakenly thereafter called "an old Russian town" which it never has been. (Photo: Harri Anttonen)

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Hello Folks! 21 October 2006

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, reed and completely  themes or pages on FMP
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  • New Date - Measure - Page Title - Description of Alterations

  • 21.10.2006 - - Information Units 1939 - 1944
    About the Finnish propaganda and information organizations during the war
    and information units during the Continuation War.

  • 21.10.2006 - Checked - Infantry regiment 101 1942 - 1943
    Information checked and a few errors corrected.

  • 21.10.2006 -- Sissi Battalions 1939 - 1943
    New information and organization table of Sissi Battalion 5 1939 - 1940 added.

  • 30.6.2006 - Checked - Coastal Defence, Winter War 1939 - 1940
    Text inspected.

  • 29.6.2006 -- Naval Infantry Units, Winter War 1939 - 1940
    Civil Guard units added. Unit location information adjusted.

  • 21.6.2006 -- Flying Squadron 22 1939 - 1940
    More information on Detachment Räty (Hawker Hurricanes) added.

  • 22.5.2006 -- Flying Squadron 16 1939 - 1944
    Photo caption corrected with checked information.
    Location of the temporary Haarajärvi airfield corrected.
    A couple of earlier absent first name digits added.

  • 12.2.2006 - Checked - Engineer Units 1941 - 1945
    Errors corrected. Some new info on a few leaders checked or added.

  • 7.2.2006 -- Knights of the Mannerheim Cross 1941 - 1945
    Data of the recently away passed Knights and a few minor errors corrected.

  • 31.1.2006 - reed - Coastal Defence, Continuation War 1941 - 1944
    Text fully inspected with additional information added on the battles
    at Suursaari, Tytärsaari and Someri islands. A new photo added.
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More to come soon!

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New or changed pages in 2005:

  • 31.8.2005 - - Sissi Battalions 1939 - 1943

  • 31.8.2005 - - Frontier Guard Units 1939 - 1940

  • 31.8.2005 - - Frontier Guard Units 1941 - 1942

  • 31.8.2005 - - Infantry Regiment 101

  • 31.8.2005 -- Cavalry Brigade 1939 - 1940

  • 31.8.2005 - Checked - Engineer Unit Organizations 1941 - 1944

  • 31.8.2005 - - Training Centres 1941 - 1944

  • 31.8.2005 - - Military Schools 1941 - 1944

  • 31.8.2005 - - Fire Rations 1939 - 1944

  • 30.8.2005 - Checked - Flying Squadron 16 1939 - 1944

  • 17.8.2005 - - Aerial Losses 1939 - 1940

  • 16.8.2005 - - Finnish Air Force Losses 1939 - 1940

  • 9.8.2005 - reed - Field Artillery Unit Organizations 1939 - 1940

  • 9.8.2005 - reed - Field Artillery Unit Organizations 1941 - 1944

  • 9.8.2005 - - Railway Batteries 1939 - 1944

  • 6.8.2005 - Checked - Finnish Air Force - Continuation War 1942 - 1944.

  • 6.8.2005 - Checked - Finnish Air Force - Continuation War 1944

  • 5.8.2005 -- Cavalry Brigade 1941 - 1944

  • 4.8.2005 -- Knights of the Mannerheim Cross 1941 - 1945

  • 8.7.2005 -- Air Defence in the North 1939 - 1940

  • 7.7.2005 -- Bibligraphy - Sources & Literature

  • 29.6.2005 - Checked - Engineer Units 1941 - 1945

  • 25.5.2005 - - Finnish Air Force Depots 1939 - 1945

  • 25.5.2005 - Checked - Home Troops 1939 - 1940

  • 25.5.2005 - - Civil Guard Organization 1940 - 1941

  • 25.5.2005 - - Home Troops 1941 - 1944

  • 15.5.2005 -- Bibligraphy - Sources & Literature

  • 20.4.2005 - Checked - Finnish Fighter Aces 1939 - 1944

  • 26.2.2005 - Checked - Flying Regiment 2

  • 8.2.2005 - Checked - Flying Regiment 3

  • 1.2.2005 -- Finnish Air Force - Winter War 1939 - 1940

  • 31.1.2005 -- Finnish Air Force - Continuation War 1941 - 1942

  • 31.1.2005 -- Finnish Air Force - Continuation War 1942 - 1944

  • 31.1.2005 - Checked - Finnish Air Force - Continuation War 1944

  • 31.1.2005 -- Finnish Air Force Training Units - Winter War 1939 - 1940

  • 25.1.2005 -- Bibligraphy - Sources & Literature

  • 13.1.2005 -- Naval Police / Coast Guard Companies 1941 - 1944

  • 20.12.2004 -- Finnish Night-Fighters 1943 - 1944

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, reed andpages are marked with a date so they can be recognized more easily. The list of the new and updated pages is now on more detailed and answers better to the questions "what was changed " and "why". Markings used on this page are as follows:
- "" means a completely new topic or page was added to FMP.
- "reed" means significant alterations on page usually with new information.
- "" means some new information was added to a page. It can also mean that something has been corrected, removed or moved to another place or a new page.
- "Checked" means minor clarifications and corrections including typos.

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To come next:
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  • Coastal Defence 1939 - 1940 and 1941 - 1944 (major update with new stuff)

  • Finnish Air Force Training Units 1941 - 1944

  • Artillery Reconnaissance 1939 - 1944 (Survey Batteries)

  • Finnish Unit TOEs 1941 - 1944 (pre-versions)

  • Finnish Army OoBs 1941 - 1944 (pre-versions)

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To come "sooner or later" (under construction):
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  • "German OoBs in Northern Finland 1941 - 9.1944" (pre-versions)

  • "WM Units in Finland 1941 - 1944/45" (pre-versions)

  • "LW in Northern Finland/Norway 1941 - 9.1944" (pre-versions)

  • Finnish Armoured Troops 1939 - 1944 (pre-versions)

  • Finnish Military Airfields 1939 - 1944

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Genuine photographs from private photo archives.

See you soon again!
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© 2006 Harri Anttonen

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