The Epic of the Finnish Nation [antikvár]

The Fight for Finland's FreedomBy GEORG A. GRIPENBERGFinnish Minister in London.In the early hours of November 30a fine,sunny day with a clear, blue sky and nowinddeath suddenly rained down on four-teen Finnish cities and localities, for up inthe air were the Soviet bombers. Withoutany warning they swooped down on peace-ful Finland. They dropped their deadlycargoes, high explosives and incendiarybombs, on private dwelling-houses, on work-men's flats, on open squares and parks, onfactories, hospitals and churches, and theydived down to machine-gun the civilianpopulation wherever they could discoveranyone running for shelter.That day and the following day they cameback again and again, and when thosebombers which had not been shot downreturned to their bases, they left in theirwake more than three hundred dead andinjuredmostly women and childrenburn-ing houses and big buildings smashed topieces. On the morning of the first day,Thursday, November 30th, the Soviet Fleetbombarded islands, seaside places, openThe Fight for Finland's FreedomBy GEORG A. GRIPENBERGFinnish Minister in London.In the early hours of November 30a fine,sunny day with a clear, blue sky and nowinddeath suddenly rained down on four-teen Finnish cities and localities, for up inthe air were the Soviet bombers. Withoutany warning they swooped down on peace-ful Finland. They dropped their deadlycargoes, high explosives and incendiarybombs, on private dwelling-houses, on work-men's flats, on open squares and parks, onfactories, hospitals and churches, and theydived down to machine-gun the civilianpopulation wherever they could discoveranyone running for shelter.That day and the following day they cameback again and again, and when thosebombers which had not been shot downreturned to their bases, they left in theirwake more than three hundred dead andinjuredmostly women and childrenburn-ing houses and big buildings smashed topieces. On the morning of the first day,Thursday, November 30th, the Soviet Fleetbombarded islands, seaside places, open