Continuation War in Colour

[Mangrove]

Continuation War (1941-1944) between Finnish and Soviet forces was the first period in Finnish history where colour photographs were taken in large quantities. Previously only few Finnish and foreign photographers had taken images of the Finnish landscape and cities in colour. A web page dedicated to C.G.E Mannerheim, President and Marshal of Finland, contains many photographers taken by the official Finnish Defence Forces photographers during the war. Unfortunately they are not available in large resolution but I can provide few larger resolution photographs later if there's any interest.

Comments and questions are, as usual, welcome. Here are just few examples of the photographs in the web page.
http://www.mannerheim.fi/sotavari/index.htm

 

[Otter]

Now there is somthing you never see, most folks here no very little about it and you never see colour photos, thanks for posting those!

 

[alsendk]

fine pictures from a very difficult time for our brother country

 

[Mangrove]

Now there is somthing you never see, most folks here no very little about it and you never see colour photos, thanks for posting those!

Very true statement indeed! As the name suggest, Continuation War was a continuation to the Winter War, also fought between Finland and USSR. Recently few colour photographs were discovered from the Winter War, taken by Swedish Red Cross doctor Carl-Erik Groth.

Savonmaa.fi

War photographer Osvald Hedenström during the Continuation War.

 

[TomS]

Awesome, thanks!!!

 

[AmateisGal]

Great photos! Thank you for sharing!