This timeline covers all
the political and military events that occurred within Scandinavia
between the years 1939 and 1945. The countries encompassed within
the timeline are Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Iceland.
"Like
so many of our people, we have now had a personal experience
of German barbarity which only strengthens the resolution of
all of us to fight through to final victory."
King George VI
September 1940
Marshal Semen
Timoshenko
Marshal Carl
Mannerheim
Finnish Bristol Bulldog Mk.IVa
Finland had 17 Bristol Bulldog Mk.IVa
which were powered by Mercury radial engines, and in spite
of their obsolescence, scored a number of victories in
the Winter War.