The Hundred Day Winter War by Gordon F. Sander

The Hundred Day Winter War by Gordon F. Sander

Author:Gordon F. Sander [Gordon F. Sander]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2019-10-25T00:00:00+00:00


One of the many horror stories to come out of Suomussalmi was that of a female nurse the Finns captured.

Later, Virginia Cowles interviewed the inconsolable woman, as best as she could in between hysterical sobs:

The most amazing story of all was from the Russian nurse. This twenty-three-year-old girl, the only woman prisoner in Finland, was captured when the Finns routed the 163rd Division. She was a girl of medium size, with broad Slavic features and eyes which were filled with sadness. She wore a wool press provided for her by the Finns; her only other clothes were the men’s army uniform she had been wearing when captured.94



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