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Military Commanders of the Baltic States: Esronia, Latvia, Lithuania, 1918-1940

With Forewords by Lieutenant-General Leonids Kalnins and Lieutenant-General Vytautas Jonas Zukas

2018 || Paperback || Andris J. Kursietis || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij

The collapse of the Romanov dynasty that had ruled Russia for 300 years created a unique set of circumstances whereby the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which had been part of the Russian Empire, were, in 1918, able to proclaim their independence. This independence was to last only twenty-two years, until 1940, when the Soviet Union occupied all three nations. This book is intended to honor and commemorate the 100th anniversary of the declarations of independence of the Balti...

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Lions of Finland

the Military Commanders of Finland 1918 - 1945

2018 || Paperback || Andris J. Kursietis || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij

After more than 100 years of subjugation by Russia, Finland took advantage of the power vacuum created by the Bolshevik uprising and resulting demise of the royal house of Romanov in 1917 to proclaim its independence. The preservation of this independence was not an easy task. The Finnish military had to fight a civil war against the Reds in 1918, and was again called into action in 1939 at the outbreak of the so-called Winter War, when the Soviet Union invaded Finland, disregarding the provi...