Silent sentry.  Those who have been exposed to a very cold winter day may remember the deep silence, conditions under which sound travels great distances. Here the Finnish soldier dressed in white on white does not move, but stands with ears directed to the Soviet side early in the Winter War, 1939-40

Silent sentry

Scout patrol on its way to blow up a railroad. The patrol was sent by the second army corps to prevent soviet’s railroad artillery activities and to scout the assault tracks. Paavo Suoranta on the front right and next to him Olavi Paukkunen

Scout patrol

Finnish Maxim machinegun at the Taipale front, December 1939.