Finnish military unit mostly made up of Estonian volunteers during WW II
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JR 200
Estonian volunteers in Finland during the Continuation War.
Active
1944
Country
Estonian SSR
Allegiance
Finland
Type
Infantry
Size
Regiment
Nickname(s)
Finnish: Suomen-pojat Estonian: soomepoisid
Motto(s)
For the freedom of Finland and the honour of Estonia
Engagements
Continuation War Tartu Offensive
Military unit
Infantry Regiment 200 (Finnish: Jalkaväkirykmentti 200, JR 200, Estonian: Jalaväerügement 200, JR 200) or soomepoisid (Finnish Boys) was a unit in the Finnish army during World War II made up mostly of Estonian volunteers, who preferred to fight against the Soviet Union in the ranks of the Finnish army instead of the armed forces of Germany.
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InfantryRegiment200 (Finnish: Jalkaväkirykmentti 200, JR 200, Estonian: Jalaväerügement 200, JR 200) or soomepoisid (Finnish Boys) was a unit in the...
to Finland to avoid the draft. Most of these men volunteered for service in the Finnish Defence Forces and formed the FinnishInfantryRegiment200. The...
at Haapsalu Gymnasium. In 1941, he migrated to Finland, fighting in the FinnishInfantryRegiment200. In 1945, he escaped to Sweden. In Sweden, he worked...
principles of phytoactinometry. During World War II, he belonged to FinnishInfantryRegiment200. In 1951 he graduated from Tartu University in physics. After...
the Soviet Union. In 1944, some 2,000 Estonians served in the FinnishInfantryRegiment200 during the Continuation War. There were 250 French mercenaries...
confession, he was a Catholic. During WW II, he joined with FinnishInfantryRegiment200. In 1962, he established Estonian exile publishing house Maarjamaa...
was an Estonian writer. In 1943, he escaped to Finland and joined there with FinnishInfantryRegiment200. In 1944, he returned to Estonia. From 1945 to...
well as other public figures; those who were soldiers in the FinnishInfantryRegiment200, as well as the veterans of the Estonian War of Independence...
worked primarily in Sweden and Finland. In 1943, he fled to Finland and there he joined with FinnishInfantryRegiment200. From 1946, he was a member of...
in the German military and some Estonian police units. The FinnishInfantryRegiment200 was also assimilated. Obersturmbannführer Franz Augsberger (22...
fleeing to Finland to fight in the Finnish Army rather than join the Germans. FinnishInfantryRegiment200 (Estonian: soomepoisid 'boys of Finland') was formed...
in some 3400 men fleeing to Finland to fight in the Finnish Army rather than join the Germans. FinnishInfantryRegiment200 (Estonian: soomepoisid) was...
specializing in Finno-Ugric languages. He fought as a volunteer in the FinnishInfantryRegiment200 and after the war was imprisoned by the Soviet occupation authorities...
Rear Admiral Johan Pitka, one of the former battalions of the FinnishInfantryRegiment200 and various units of the Omakaitse, all of those under nominal...
independence". As the dedication included those who served in the FinnishInfantryRegiment200, the Wehrmacht and particularly the Waffen SS, a number of organisations...
Nazis to join the Finnish army to fight against the Soviet Union. The FinnishInfantryRegiment200 (soomepoisid – 'Boys of Finland') was formed out of...
the German military, Omakaitse militia and volunteers in the FinnishInfantryRegiment200 who fought a guerrilla war, which was not completely suppressed...
Abteilung 211, two infantry battalions and the MG-Ski-Brigade Finnland. The FinnishInfantryRegiment 11 was reinforced with InfantryRegiments 50 and 53. The...
by Infantry General Wilhelm Hasse. At the end of August, the III. Battalion, 1st Estonian Regiment was formed from the 1st Battalion of the Finnish Infantry...
6th SS InfantryRegiment and the Artillery Regiment were sent to the 169th Infantry Division, the 7th SS InfantryRegiment went to the Finnish III Corps...
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