Replacements have arrived to the front. Winter War, 1940

Replacements

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.

Finnish KIA's (Winter War)

Soldier in Finnish Winter War trench. The picture is probably taken in 1941 during the recapture of the areas lost in the peace treaty of 1940.