Povenets, using the English Wikipedia name, was the furthest the Finnish invasion of the Soviet Union reached on that part of the front. Poventsa (Finnish name) in the upper right part, 1939 borders in dashed line and 1940 borders in solid line:
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I love old colored pics of WW2. Especially Finnish continuation war pics.
Greater Finland wasn’t meant to be 🫤
![Firefight in Povenets, Finnish-occupied East Karelia, Soviet Union, 2 July 1942. [SA-Kuva, Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive] Original colour.](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/793e94ejfzid1-1024x686.jpg "Firefight in Povenets, Finnish-occupied East Karelia, Soviet Union, 2 July 1942. [SA-Kuva, Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive] Original colour.")
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Povenets, using the English Wikipedia name, was the furthest the Finnish invasion of the Soviet Union reached on that part of the front. Poventsa (Finnish name) in the upper right part, 1939 borders in dashed line and 1940 borders in solid line:
[https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fuklmuz53lh2c1.png](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fuklmuz53lh2c1.png)
Photos: Hans Lindh
Source: SA-Kuva, Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive
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I love old colored pics of WW2. Especially Finnish continuation war pics.
Greater Finland wasn’t meant to be 🫤
That gun fires 900 perkeles per minute.