Mannerheim Line - Finnish fortifications of Winter War period

Last News and Updates:

16.3.2009: Correct drawings and descriptions of Inkilä sector bunkers are added.

16.2.2009: Present day panoramic view of Finnish defences at Sk10 "The Ten" bunker in Summankylä is added.

08.01.2009: Coming out in autumn 2009

Excellent 3D models of bunkers, maps, photos, descriptions of fortifications and battles.

30.12.2008 Happy New Year 2009 to everyone! Last update of 2008: brief comments to Mannerheim Line movie of 1940 on Youtube

Medical personnel of the 461st Mobile Surgery Unit on the Karelian Isthmus, winter 1939-1940

23.6.2008: There was one more forest fire around Sk10 recently. Here are some pictures of the scorched battleground

12.6.2008: Forest around Sk10 "The Ten" bunker has been cut down in spring 2008, so here are some Youtube videos about what the bunker looked like with forest still around it...

16.1.2008: Some pictures added into pages of Muolaa sector (Bunkers Mu10 and Mu11) and Patoniemi artillery fort

21.8.2007. Battlefield 67 years later - a photo report about Merkki sector added

31.7.2007. Updates at pages of Summankylä sector. Pictures added into gallery of bunker Sk10. Pictures of monument in Kalvola added.

12.3.2007. Updates at Muolaa sector pages. New map, correct numbering of bunkers, new pictures

17.10.2006. Mannerheim Line - Legend of Winter War book by Antero Uitto and Carl Geust is out! Author of these webpages took part in the project as a consultant and translator. The book is published by Ajatuskirjat.

Features: previously unpublished photos, maps and documents from both Russian and Finnish military archives.

The book is available in all major Finnish book shops.

21.9.2006: Books translated by the author of this webpage are out!

T-34 in action by Artem Drabkin

Penalty Strike by Alexander Pylcyn

31.8.2006. After a long break, the webpages are updated. Historical photos section is added.

1.11.2005: Fire and Ice documentary on Winter War is available for sale and shipment! Click here

4.05.2005: On the Roads of War: A Soviet Cavalryman on the Eastern Front by Ivan Yakushin is published by Pen and Sword

Bair Irincheev, webmaster of this page, translated this book.

20.04.2005: War Diary of the 44th Rifle Division from battle of Suomussalmi added

14.03.2005: Photo gallery - making the second part of Fire and Ice documentary added

24.02.2005: shooting of second part of Fire and Ice in Finland is completed.