Two years ago a scientific cultural research project was started in Finland with the aim to document in an authentic way, how Finland's armed forces were able to tackle the greatest challenge in the history of the country - the large attacks of the Red Army during the summer 1944. A comprehensive research work has so far been carried out and is still in progress in order to describe in detail the relevant events, not least the contributions to Finland's struggles for its independence by the Swedish speaking troupes and the Swedish voluntary company. The strategically important battle at Viborg's suburb, Tienhara, midsummer 1944, followed by the large battle at Ihantala - the largest battle in the Nordic countries - resulted in two of the decisive victories that summer. The Finnish army was able to stop the Red army on all front sectors, thereby preventing the expansion of the Soviet Power into the Nordic Countries. The documentation of the research project will also result in two documentary films, entitled: Framom Främsta Linjen and Tali - Ihantala 1944. The research work is managed by Assistant Professor Stefan Forss. The authenticity of the research is facilitated by war-veterans, Finnish as well as Swedish, who are still alive, the average age of which, however, is 82 years. The project will be finished during 2004 - 60 years after the battles.