Thread: ESTONIAN VOLUNTEERS IN FINLAND DURING WW II 1939 - 1944
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Default Re: ESTONIAN VOLUNTEERS IN FINLAND DURING WW II 1939 - 1944
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Originally Posted by Kai-Petri View Post
What I can find from the Finnish pages of the Estonian volunteers it is mentioned the Germans would have wanted the Estonian units created in early 1943 to fight in the Caucasus area. Donīt know how true this is, but anyway it could explain why so many escaped to Finland.
That would make sense. They probably wouldn't have wanted them fighting in Finland but rather fighting for them.
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