Soviet naval base
In the Moscow Peace Treaty that endit the Winter War on March 13, 1940, Hanko was leased tae the Soviet Union as a militar base for a period o 30 years. Durin the Continuation War, Soviet truips wur forcit tae evacuate Hanko in early December 1941. The Soviet Union renooncit the lease formally in the Paris peace treaty o 1947. As a curiosity, it can be notit that the short Russo-Finnish front athort the base o the peninsulae on the Finnish side wis held in pairt bi volunteer truips frae Swaden. A museum haes been established at this location, amang the trenches an ither remnants o the war.
The role o the Hanko naval base wis replacit bi Porkkala in the airmistice atween Finland an the Soviet Union o 19 September 1944, released back tae Finland in Januar 1956.
Freemit airtins
- Toun o Hanko – offeecial wabsteid
- Travel guide tae Hanko frae Wikivoyage
- The Front Museum on the Hanko Peninsula Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, documentin the wartime lease o Hanko tae the USSR
- Details aboot Hanko an Porkkala leased bases, maps Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Bengtskär Lighthouse
- The Harparskog-line Archived 2009-06-13 at the Wayback Machine Finnish fortification line at Hanko front durin WWII.
- Hanko an its fortifications.
