English Explanatory Dictionary

Continuation War

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The war between Finland and the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944.

Word forms

Continuation War the Continuation War

Etymology

From continuation + war; a calque of Finnish jatkosota. At its time, it was regarded as a continuation to the talvisota (“Winter War”) fought between the Soviet Union and Finland in 1939-40.

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