Executed Today, Sept. 3rd, 1944Three Soviet Infiltrators captured by Finnish forces during World War
Executed Today, Sept. 3rd, 1944Three Soviet Infiltrators captured by Finnish forces during World War II. Throughout WWII Finland and the Soviet Union fought a bloody conflict called the Winter War and Continuation War. One this day in 1944 the last Soviet prisoners were executed by Finland as hostilities drew to a close. The next day a cease-fire was declared, and on the 19th both sides signed an armistice. The execution of the three Soviet infiltrators would also mark the last use of capital punishment in Finland. -- source link
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