- After the Harparskog-line I aimed my intrest to the battles that were fought at the Hanko Front. My aim was to document the battle areas with photographs, build maps for the presentation and to write a description of the battle using published literature and the sources from the Military Archives of Finland. So that the task would not be too easy, I also decided to document the structures in the battle areas at the same time. Additionally with the battles, I decided not to concentrate only to the most well known battles, but to also include some smaller patrol fightings as well as a bit longer and more comprehensive description of the canoe patrols, which are a unique chapter in the Finnish military history.

- Unfortunately the task was and still is very time consuming to do with one or two people, who are only doing this as a hobby. Additionally certain difficulties with the ready Harparskog-line presentation decreased my motivation, even though the Hanko Front area still holds my interest.

- What I got ready in 2007 and 2008 from the Battles of the Hanko Front and the structures in those areas, have been buried in my computers hard drive ever since, waiting that the author would get some more energy to finish this task. Unfortunately the energy of the author ends when I look at all those maps that I've created and the amount of text. And all this in two languages, Finnish and English.

- Due to the request of many people, I decided to upload to this site what I got ready from the presentations in 2007 and 2008. Some of the battle presentations are completely ready and same goes also for some areas with structures. However, some are lacking completely content and some are not finished, meaning that those end half-way through. Additionally I haven't done any proofreading. The presentation is in the condition where it was, when I was building it during 2007 and 2008.

- Publishing not ready presentations or work goes completely against my character, but I hope that even when this is not finished, you will enjoy those areas that are ready with photographs.

- Source document section I haven't updated, but it has been in a separate document on my computer hard drive. I uploaded that document as well, so that this presentation would have basis with sources listed. The document contains only sources from the Military Archives of Finland. All published literature is updated in the section 7.0 Sources. The document is only in Finnish.

Source Document

- All that source documentation I have in copies, waiting for the moment, when the author again has some energy!

Kimmo Nummela
25.05.2009