Continuation War

Finnish war against the Soviet Union

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2018 Revelation that Soviets had designed and printed new banknotes for Finland during the war's closing phases, intended for use after a planned occupation.
2017 Third film adaptation of Väinö Linna's novel The Unknown Soldier, continuing the cinematic representation of the Continuation War.
2016 Finnish author Nenye and others confirm at least 305,000 Soviet soldiers dead or missing, with over 500,000 wounded.

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