An alleged Soviet spy laughs at a Finnish soldier who is executing the spy in Rukajärvi on November 1942. Finland's military, 20 November 2006 declassified 300 photographs from its two wars against the Soviet Union during the 1940s, officially censored for 50 years because of their extreme violence but also out of fears for Moscow's reaction. Finland lost its two wars against the Red Army: the Winter War in 1939-1940 and the Continuation War in 1941-1944 which it launched in a bid to recapture the territories lost in 1940. Getty Images logo Getty Images 31 months ago

An alleged Soviet spy laughs at a Finnish soldier who is executing the spy in Rukajärvi on November 1942. Finland's military, 20 November 2006 declassified 300 photographs from its two wars against the Soviet Union during the 1940s, officially censored for 50 years because of their extreme violence but also out of fears for Moscow's reaction. Finland lost its two wars against the Red Army: the Winter War in 1939-1940 and the Continuation War in 1941-1944 which it launched in a bid to recapture the territories lost in 1940.

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