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John Haines wrote:
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Proctor46 wrote:
Finland*
when did we go to war with Finland?
1853 ish. But it was run by the Russians at the time. As part of the
Crimean War we (and the French) bombarded the island fortress just off
Helsinki.
It was the other bit of Russia we could reach by sea.
The fortress had originally been built with French assistance. That
was when Finland was part of Sweden!
Not forgetting Russia itself in 1919.
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