Swedish Volunteers in the Russo-Finnish Winter War, 1939-1940 - Sprague, Martina

Discusses the political background to the Russo-Finnish Winter War, and the part played in it by 8,000 Swedish volunteers. It details the experiences of volunteers taken captive in Soviet prison camps; the setbacks the volunteers suffered due to weather and terrain; and the ever-present fear that war would come to the Scandinavian Peninsula.