Finnish Forces

Finnish KIA's (Winter War)

Fallen heroes await home trip. Winter War, 1939-1940. The old rule about burying the fallen soldiers near battle field was changed at the beginning of the war and it became standart to take the bodies to place where "Lottas" melted the frozen bodies, washed them, dressed them and placed in caskets to be sent to their hometowns for a proper hero's funeral.