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Nox said:
Just a little trivia:
In the continuation war 1941-1944 there were about 1600 Swedish volunteers most of whom were engaged in secondary guard duties and not all 1600 served at the same time in Finland. In addition during the summer battles of 1944 only 60 Swedish volunteers were still in Finland. Average service for Swedes were 3 to 6 months. Now Finnish forces at their height in the summer of 1944 was about 450 000 men strong thats 16% of the population of 3 million of the country in 1944. On a side note there were also 3400 Estonian volunteers in Finland.
Also 8402 Swedish volunteers fought in the Winterwar 1939-1940 in the Svenska Frivilligkåren Corps.
The help Sweden gave to Finland in both wars is greatly apriciated, but Swedens direct military actions were wery small.
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Trivia Terror Two:
The Volunteer company was down to 52 men before Tali-Ihantala and ended their guard duty in that area with 24 men standing.
So I agree that they where rather insignificant in the big picture.
The best book on the subject of Swedish voluteers in the continuation war translates to "Small piece in big game"
Cheers
/John T.