Lars Gyllenhaal

blogging about military history from a Nordic angle

Wednesday, November 07, 2018

Digging Hitler´s Arctic War

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Focusing on the German Wehrmacht and SS presence in Finnish Lapland. There has never been a more dramatic part in Finnish Lapland´s histor...
Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Airborne T-24 Discovery In Arctic Sweden

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It is not that often that one sees a WWII airborne ops vehicle IRL. Photo: Mika Kulju It started with a tip about a WWII British armoured ...
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Thursday, October 11, 2018

"Never imagined I could end up in a war"

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Dan NorrgÄrd fought at Remagen Bridge, here depicted in a US Army painting. In August 1939, the month that Hitler and Stalin agreed to div...
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Friday, September 28, 2018

1,500+ Swedish Citizens Became US Soldiers 1941-45

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Items from Swedes in US units and Sweden-born fighter ace William Y. Anderson. Well over 1,500 Swedish citizens became soldiers of the US ...
Monday, September 17, 2018

Arctic WWII Wrecks Tour 2018

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Marking the 75th "Dambusters" anniversary by "EASY ELSIE" - "EASY" still visible. PHOTO: Mikael Norman This ...
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Monday, August 20, 2018

The Lost Tank Battalions

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Raiders of the lost tank battalions, this is the book you are looking for. On 4 December 1942 Adolf Hitler ordered that all Tiger tanks th...
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Sunday, August 05, 2018

Swedish Armour & Leatherman Adventure

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Swedish Landsverks in Dutch service saw action against the 1940 airborne assault. For years I have been wanting to see the Swedish Landsve...
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