A fire-control radar located in Lauttasaari

Sotilaat työskentelevät linnoitetun tutka-aseman ympärillä. Taustalla näkyy puisia rakennuksia ja saaristoa. Kuvassa on päivä.

Acquiring radars from Germany in 1943 was essential and decisive for the defence of Helsinki. Enemy planes could now be detected from distances of dozens of kilometres. The photo shows a fire-control radar located in Lauttasaari.

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The great raids against Helsinki 1944

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Finnish Defence Forces Photograph Archive / Leo Vepsäläinen

Period

1944

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Authors

Kapteeni Leo Vepsäläinen

Keywords

continuation war bombings

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