Estonian reacts - Estonian war of Independence

[@slime7136]

Being from Latvia, i can actually tell you why Riga was abandoned. You see, we escentially had no army, same with Estonia, ut there were far more issues with recruitment. Because of this, the high command decided to retreat to Liepāja, our third largest city and train more men there.

[@andrismednis6895]

Oskars Kalpaks bija gandrīz vienīgais karavīrs(virsnieks) XD

[@finnishwehraboo8377]

Welp

[@finnishwehraboo8377]

@@ttiwaz4398 DID SOMEBODY SAY FINLAND????

[@EstoUgric]

Rodrigo Nolazco its is not a thing to be proud of be thankful for estonia

[@vairisraudis6547]

Riga was taken because Latvian army have 600 men's halfs of them was schoolboys.

[@larrywave]

Its sad that finnish volunteer troops were send to home cause every time they freed a town they would celebrate by drinking 😂

[@yoarnelio5981]

Omg such a finnish thing to do😂😂

[@larrywave]

@@yoarnelio5981 yep 😂😂

[@paithoonnamsena346]

Bruh

[@wademaierhofer1322]

It's so true doe 😆😆

[@blankblank5409]

Lul

[@vainokojo8473]

Good that Estonians are still very patriotic just like Finns. Cheers from your Northern brother! Also, The winter war is the best example of high morale but numerical inferiority that I can think of

[@nyl0n733]

and the Winged Hussars!(at Vienna)

[@vainokojo8473]

@@nyl0n733 Definitely

[@ayylmao2569]

In the end numbers caught up :(

[@vainokojo8473]

@@ayylmao2569 At least we can always meme about the red army casualties

[@ayylmao2569]

@@vainokojo8473 Well I doubt the Soviets or Russians would care about casualties I mean aren't the hordes of bodies weapons?

[@dantesherman7924]

Your ancestors were fighting for their home, their land, their freedom, and your future. Be proud Artur, for in my opinion they did something worth being proud of.

[@perryarrington8446]

As an American I am proud to have the great Estonian fighting soldiers as our allies. Very Proud.

[@evill01]

Finland didn't have Independence war but after Russia gave independence for Finland (in 1917) there was a civil war (in 1918)

[@justsomeghostwithinterneta7296]

The tribal wars concluded in the Tartu peace treaty 1920

[@jesesfin]

thats because our soldiers were way too close to petrograd so the Russians just gave independence so they would lose it

[@andrejsurdevics6476]

The Russians/Soviets never give anything unless there is no alternative. They do not have any benevolence in their bodies or minds.

[@Torsteen-p3d]

22:06 that's also pretty much what happened with Finland in the Continuation War (1941-1944), the Germans wanted Finnish troops to push deep into Russia, but after a while the Finnish troops just stopped and refused to go further, even the very high command just went "We're not going to fight on foreign land" and just halted the whole advance. Kind of funny how even in the midst of war, when people probably hated their enemy to no end they just stopped and went "this isn't our land, we don't want to be here."

[@santerious2534]

Love Estonia from Finland ♥️

[@sigridliiio1627]

Thx

[@floopusdoopus]

Sa Hi am I into Nordic?

[@Aml_07]

@@floopusdoopus #NordicAndBaltic

[@ilovethebalticsthreesimpnr5721]

You are very sweet!😊

[@fristnamelastname5549]

You know who else loves Estonia? Any Guess? Hint: They also love Finland. Nothing yet? Hint: Both Estonia, and Finland come from them, and fought againt them. The Soviet Union.

[@dantheman4908]

Love from England, I didn’t know our boys helped out

[@andrejsurdevics6476]

The British helped the Baltic States get their independence but later .....

[@theunusualdispenser9474]

Interesting fact The Russian white army fought on Estonia’s side even though they didn’t recognize its independency.

[@leksolee6135]

They did not fight on Estonian side - they fought on their own side using cooperation with Estonia as a base for supply. And Estonian use them as a force that was weakening the Red Army. It was just temporary cooperation against the common enemy when they just needed each other being in a desperate situation.

[@poisonsquid37]

@@leksolee6135 That's the way of war

[@jwadaow]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

[@aidanthompson2863]

You know the Estonians are doing good when a patriotic American, such as myself, starts chanting for Estonia.

[@avruk-q2s]

Love for Estonia from the south - Poland, we also had to fight for our independence against bolsheviks.

[@egertroos1691]

Greetings from Estonia

[@lorenzoamandy9075]

Just wow.I didnt think such a small country could be so strong! Greetings From Philippines

[@somegermanguy9350]

Poor Estonia gets invaded allot

[@minsknuke6910]

Poor Poland Gets Gang Banged a lot

[@adamcreatz]

@@minsknuke6910 Yes We get invaded a lot of times

[@barankabytes]

@JoelTheBeardSurvivor not flat, hilly and marshlands

[@americafckye1850]

Minsk Nuke he was talking about Estonia in this not Poland and then you just bring Poland up wtf is wrong with you kid ?

[@commienumber2303]

Minsk Nuke the thing is every time Poland got invaded (which is twice in history) it got invaded by more than one country so it’s really really unfair

[@nox_lanius5947]

Hi! Coming from the Philippines, it's great to see how these people shed some light on your country Mr. Rehi. And since there's this current news with us and China, I really hope we could get along and have hope and never give up like you!

[@RedScaledKnight1]

20:07 "we fight everyone! everyone who wants our freedom!!... ah sorry, except the Finnish, Finnish are good friends " - Heavily motivated Estonian Patriot

[@rg20322]

Great job by Eastory and thank you for providing this content - great history and learned a lot by this today! Always love Finland!

[@isaachartford1535]

"So they have 22 thousand men, we have 12 thousand men.. it's enough because one Estonian can take 4 Russians" When do we see Autur Rehi memes? :D

[@eksiarvamus]

Estonians were defending their own land, Russians were fighting a pointless war.

[@eksiarvamus]

@Giorgi Jioshvili lol, go back to the Kremlin with this bs...

[@harl3quinn]

Mm. Kinky.

[@Me-qn7ig]

What a proud country. Greetings from Switzerland to the brave people of Estonia, Finland and all the other Nations that saw their men falling in a battle for freedom. I will visit Estonia this Summer actually^^

[@akxvcubaruv]

I really like that you pause the video to make commentary. I enjoy you adding your knowledge surrounding Estonia & other countries about what happened without talking over the video itself.

[@jonwallace6204]

I binged watched you reacting to the history of my country. About to start learning about yours. Can’t wait since my current knowledge is just a blip in WWII.

[@mikekruger7728]

Greetings from America! I love hearing the stories of how countries got their independence, it really riles something up in you and motivates you.

[@trentweston8306]

I love learning about history, this video might be my favourite one of yours so far.

[@davidlieberman6512]

My great grandparents were in the White Army, Jacob was a doctor and Sarah was a nurse. They treated wounded Estonian soldiers! They were almost captured by the Red Army, but they escaped with the help of some Estonian soldiers. They eventually came to the USA.

[@egertroos1691]

You jewish?

[@egertroos1691]

You jews were the cause of communism you know that. Lenin, Trotsky, Kamenev, Joffe, Jagoda

[@davidlieberman6512]

@@egertroos1691 No.

[@egertroos1691]

@@davidlieberman6512 You german American?

[@dinaricadmixture7634]

Great video love your reactions! 🇷🇸🇨🇦

[@ryanhansen2477]

Yee 🇨🇮🇸🇪

[@platbear9103]

Yeet🇨🇦🇧🇾

[@lmansf154]

🇫🇮

[@majorromance-mjr.garrymatt7678]

Artur, when you talk about the war for independence, and the government that followed you are talking about my family, as the President's sister was my grandmother. We changed the spelling of our sir name from Matteus to Matthews as we were in business here in Canada and everyone had trouble pronouncing our name. I have studied our history for the past 60 years, and have learned much. I attended an Estonian school here in Canada for the first year of my schooling. A group of Russians burned down our school so I was no longer able to attend. As a result, I had to attend an English speaking school in place of our Estonian school. I have only started looking at your web site and I like what I have seen so far. Keep up the good work.

[@AsserKortteenniemi]

Yeah, tartu is absolutelu beautiful place. I spent there 2 weeks many years ago, and I've been dying to visit it again at some point. Absolutely beautiful place, and the locals were very kind and welcoming.

[@axel2116]

Greetings from Finland, keep it up man!

[@marshwalker7217]

Thank you for this. We do not learn much about Europe east of Germany in the curriculum here so its great to see the history of your country.

[@giorgikibabidze]

Respect from georgia to our estonian brothers

[@egertroos1691]

Greetings from Estonia

[@Lilwigglzz677]

Thank you for showing us your countries history. Your videos are great

[@bubbaho-tep3468]

I'm glad I found this one. After binging a bunch of your videos, I became very curious about Estonia, and it's Independence.

[@parkviewmo]

Really interesting. I think I need to get a map to get my geography in line, and then watch this again. Your country has a fascinating history!

[@LeeCountyVaTruth]

I have watched a ton of your videos and I love seeing a person be proud of their country and people. American here, not that it matters, but wanted to say the contribution of Estonia to history is amazing. I need more battle/wars fought by Estonians and on Estonian soil!!

[@fleischegurken]

Another great video. My grandmother(maiden name Ilus) was from Tallinn, and ended up being a WW2 war bride...Her mother sent one kid to Canada, one to Australian and one to America so the family would survive...

[@elviran9486]

Your videos are The best i love them!! Keep it up! Hugs from Sweden :3

[@Volnas97]

I've been in Tartu twice and it really is beautiful city.

[@egertroos1691]

Greetings from Estonia

[@saino2001]

I am pleased that Estonia, Latvia, & Lithuania all got their independence back following the collapse of the Soviet Union! The American people fully support the people of the Baltic states!

[@romische2753]

Respect to Estonia from Ukraine!

[@adel-dm8lc]

YEAH WE ARE BROTHERS!!! LOVE FROM FINLAND MY ESTONIAN BRO

[@egertroos1691]

Greetings from Viro

[@alexschuyler3691]

i love you estonians love from america glad you spent some time in our great country

[@tctlunar3488]

"How do you abandon your capital?!" Just ask James Madison, there's a reason Washington D.C. was burned

[@vincentherrington6162]

yes they got dc but it made them lose in the long run because he was supposed to stay with the other officer and he abandoned the plans so it was a win for us in the long run.

[@VilkTheNerd]

You can also ask Switzerland 🇨🇭 there tactic is to abandon the major city’s and move into the mountains

[@tctlunar3488]

@@vincentherrington6162 The War of 1812 ended in a status quo, mate. There was no victor

[@stinkbug4321]

That is what I was always taught, despite what others say I was. With no major victories on either side, after four years just decided to stop fighting each other.

[@zyanego3170]

I'm so impressed how Estonia hold off the (at that time) second largest country in the World!

[@kilppa]

Wow, I never knew about this. Thank you from Finland.

[@davidkrasovskis734]

Greetings from your allie, brother country and also your neighbor! Greetings from Latvia!!!🇱🇻🇪🇪

[@28kasterwolf]

Love Estonia, from the US.

[@Dookie9669]

love all my baltic brothers from finland, we are united by the old gods, they will make their return one day

[@wedderburntablet9606]

Dookie9669 no that won't

[@eksiarvamus]

Estonians are not a Baltic people, they are Finnic people like Finns.

[@Dookie9669]

@@eksiarvamus yeah and guess what finnic people are

[@bruderschweigen6889]

@@Dookie9669 Asian lol

[@Sten172]

@@bruderschweigen6889 Finno-ugric

[@Zverobob]

Huge hello from a guy living in a pskov oblast in Russia! :D

[@egertroos1691]

Greetings from Estonia. How are things there

[@Damnto]

You are welcome Estonian brother Finnland is your side now and forever..

[@Nolo122]

Even as a smaller country Estonia pushed the evil communists back! One of the better era of wars people overlook! Also, good videos dude and we Americans know how independence feels.

[@yeetjones927]

Not really the Soviets wanted to opress the Estonians the British just wanted you to pay your taxes and stopped you invading native land. Not really the same

[@nightowl3218]

@@yeetjones927 exactly why they acting like they were oppressed

[@yeetjones927]

@@nightowl3218 pretty sure it was a convenient excuse to steal more land from the natives as the British forbid the colonists from settling past the appalachain mountains as they had an agreement with the natives, so they won their freedom just because they wanted to stomp on other peoples freedom lmao

[@classonbread5757]

@@yeetjones927 no taxation without representation.

[@yeetjones927]

@@classonbread5757 except you had local representatation, it was kind of hard for a representative to bring news to the colonies from across the Atlantic so king George the III opted for local autonomy, besides the taxes were for a reason as the British protected you guys from the French in the 7 years war

[@funkymonkey24]

Gust saying, I don't like to make comments on videos, but your enthusiasm is amazing!!!

[@funkymonkey24]

Do keep it up.

[@thechunky1ne]

Sweden: *exists* Estonia: can I in to Nordic? Sweden:no Finland: yes Estonia is good. *invades and takes out sweden*

[@commanderwilliam3693]

Sweden would've kicked Finlands ass remeber who ruled the North? It was Sweden not Finland and at this time Sweden was still Militarized

[@personofnoimportance5590]

@@commanderwilliam3693 lol but now it isn't and Finland wonders if Sweden betrays them again

[@commanderwilliam3693]

@@personofnoimportance5590 they have the biggest industrial power and army there

[@BigAl2-u7e]

Norway: I'm just gonna sit and watch.

[@rinyc9100]

@Fuck russia in ass Sweden better, Finland shit u son of a bitch

[@MartenNanits]

Hey Arthur! Great video. I met you in NYC once for the anniversary, but it's dope you now live in my hometown! Koige parem pitsa on La Dolce restoraan Raekoja Platsis!

[@breezy7486]

The Estonian accent is like British and Irish in the same cup with Morgan Freeman. With a tidbit of Slavic tongue What a Beautiful mix

[@62ibp]

I've been waiting for this for a long time!!!!!!!

[@ModernOddity728]

Rewatching this now, comparisons can be easily drawn between the Estonian War for Independence and the current Ukrainian War for Independence. It is easy to see why Estonia contributes the highest percentage of GDP compared to all other countries, even though they don't have a huge bolstered military. Let the spirit of the Estonian people never be questioned, they have far proven themselves with their actions both historically and currently. This is why I wear my Estonian hat with so much pride (Which you should advertise more btw). Slava Estonia & Slava Ukraine!!! 💙🖤🤍 🙏 💙💛 Always much love from NY brother!! ❤🤍💙 😁

[@toomaskarmo9435]

Very nice vid, Artur. Two comments from my side: (1) Your suggestion that few or no Estonians live in Narva applies not to the 1918-1920 period here under discussion, but rather to the artificial situation created by World War Two. Before 1939, Narva was in ethnic terms an ordinary Estonian city, with Estonian freely spoken in the streets. (It was the home city of one of my aunts, who as I remember her from exile in Canada knew virtually **NO** Russian.) (2) It would be useful for someone, some time, somehow, to underscore the magnitude of the debt of gratitude Estonia owes not only to the Finnish volunteers and to Russian anti-Bolsheviks, but additionally to the Royal Navy, who in 1918 sacrificed more than 100 lives in the Estonian cause. Admiral Sir Walter Cowan, I guess working with my Esto hero Sir Johan Pitka (knighted, as KCMG, by HM George V 1920) prevented a late-1918 Red landing (in Estonian, a "dessant") on the north coast. I THINK the judgement of the history professionals is that had the "dessant" succeeded, Estonia could have lost the war almost as soon as it started. - I do know from a family story that things were getting desperate in that 1918 autumn. If I remember correctly, my grandma saw or heard, or perhaps smelled, the then Esto govt authorities burning archives, in the fear that the Reds were about to take Tallinn. Governments only burn their archives when a crisis seems to be approaching culmination. (signed) Toomas = toomaskarmo.blogspot.com (writing from Tõravere Hamlet, Nõo Commune, Tartu County)

[@kingicfoxythpiratfx9267]

Hey love your vids my favorite series is geography now plz do more on that and plz do more on countryballs

[@arandomyorkshireman9678]

Yes I’m from Britain and our Navy significantly helped Estonia! So in that way Estonia and Britain have been allies for a 100 years now!

[@subforgd9750]

Yeah it’s always toooootaaaaalyyyy helpful to be allied with the brits

[@egertroos1691]

@@subforgd9750 Brits sold us to soviets in ww2

[@emroz32773]

I’m Polish and my country also became a free nation after 1918. Good to see an Eastern European brother doing well.

[@egertroos1691]

Greetings from Estonia

[@KRK21ful]

Pozdrowienia z Polski 🇵🇱. Niech żyje Estonia 🇪🇪!!!

[@stefvyr]

Estonians and Finns are so tough and brave, much love from Greece!

[@DerekIngoe]

6:30 When Finland helps with minor guns When Britain Helps with Machien guns and gives them 2 navy destroyers He says nothing Btw love ur vids

[@whelk]

I knew nothing of this war. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

[@163pete]

Interesting video, thanks for the upload.

[@rebeccakillingsworth4166]

Thanks for that history endured in you home Country. Perhaps maybe you can more vids of your home Country?😁😉😊

[@eireann1169]

I like how proud he is of his Estonian nationality

[@Hanzered]

Every estonian has. If not, they arent really estonian.

[@liludonvert542]

Artur you are great!Hello from South Korea!

[@diegovelasquez4334]

Good video , greetings from Argentina

[@johnronalter7522]

Hate that my comments are on older videos, perhaps you don’t read them. Love your videos and learning about Estonian history.

[@pearlpoint9838]

Respect from America! 🇪🇪

[@randomguy-z2l]

great grandfather was a kazaki that fought in pretty much all of the revolutions in russia in the period

[@egertroos1691]

Greetings from Estonia

[@piperstune]

My grandmother is Finnish!!!!

[@moisuomi]

Are you Estonian?

[@leoe.5046]

My grandpa was born in tartu :P... My family had to flee from russia to estonia and then later on (back) to germany - ethnic germans living in moscow^^

[@theselfishangryguy1946]

My high school in Manitoba Canada, has about 1,900 students annually and we have over 9 high schools in our city. That's only a small city in Canada, crazy how only 3,300 locals decided to stay and fight and yet is still fought off the red army, impressive. Love from Kanata! (The name "Canada" comes from "kanata," the Iroquois-Huron word for "village" or "settlement." The Iroquois used the word to describe the village of Stadacona, present-day Quebec City.)

[@tester8888]

wow! I love your videos so much. It is so nice to see that you had time to post something on your break, thank you so much! I wish that you were a neighbor, and that I could hang out with you every day, and we could have a beer, and talk about nerd/geek stuff like history. I would be so completely happy if I could have a best friend or neighbor like you! Thank you for being so cool! Until you get back from your honorable service, best wishes and many happy returns!

[@andrejsurdevics6476]

Yet the Estonian City of Pechory is now a Russian city. In spite of it being officially a part of Estonia in the1920 Peace Agreement in 1944 the land was transferred to another Russian District1991 Russia kept two small parts of Estonia as Russian Territory. This was done partly to try and delay the Estonian quest to join the EU and Nato, because a country with an active border dispute with a neighbour cannot join.

[@Deputydog-r7d]

😂Russia needs to give back

[@andrejsurdevics6476]

@@Deputydog-r7d Only if the areas are given back without any Russian citizens.

[@adampurdy1333]

Hooray for the British Navy! glad we helped

[@celestialorb1680]

Cough* Cough* Czechoslovakia Cough* Cough* Poland, Austria, France

[@NarynbekGilman]

@@celestialorb1680 what?

[@thelastsamurai4434]

I recently subscribed to your channel, i love your videos man, i'm going to be in the millitary soon. Greetings from Holland!

[@JoseGutierrez-ur7kb]

Hello Artur, My name is Jose Gutierrez I’m from Mexico and live in USA Houston tx,l like you videos and I want the cup,and to recommend to do a video of the Aurora plane, the future is here,like you videos👍🏻

[@ossibot1223]

soviet union: lol this is eas- estonia: bonjour

[@arturepler2568]

Lol I am also from Estonia and my name is also Artur haha

[@UnchiuBaros]

Morgen?

[@siroliver4846]

I didnt knew that Finns liberated Narva:) Greedings from Finland:)

[@haistapaskaoy7524]

i like than half of your viewers are finns :D btw these videos are great you should REALLY keep them up

[@frostgamer04]

Im enjoying your vids Hello from Moldova

[@simohenrik1860]

Interesting stuff. I'm glad Estonia is not part of Russia.

[@soulassassin0g]

This goes to show you that quantity never trumps quality.

[@ingmarskalnins8427]

im from Latvia and 1st time i went to Estonia i went to Tartu good city i have to say

[@egertroos1691]

Tere Eestist

[@kayvan671]

Greetings from Germany my friend ✌🏼

[@YourAverageProgrammer1]

Power is first Moral, Preparation, and the will to fight is second Numbers: third

[@kie-skatemods4141]

Ok we finally get to listen to your history now. Good I want to know what is Estonia

[@potatomonger6520]

YESS!! I suggested this one!

[@L4st_Samurai]

Estonia and Finland are the best countries

[@finnishwehraboo8377]

Yez

[@R.Ratkus]

bestonia yes binland no

[@qec9268]

Nope that's Russia

[@delarisa9299]

Oc

[@orewaochinchingadaisukinan5710]

What about Lithuania?

[@CaptainWahoo-gh2pg]

LET'S GO ESTONIA!!!! Love from US

[@rafalkaminski6389]

Hey, Polish here. Im must say im impressed of bravery and spirit of such a little nation, i've never Heard about that campaign, id really want to know about that more. Is there any films or books about IT in english?

[@egertroos1691]

Greetings from Estonia

[@egertroos1691]

I could search material for you

[@Drozu_FDS]

i searched at google, is estonia a beautiful country, google said it was exetremly good looking and said theres thousands year old housed that is still using, its old modern they said, Estonia is good

[@boredkimuss]

I am really interested in your videos Artur but i see how you see Latvia and i respect your opinions Greetings from your friends Latvia

[@WhackTony]

Your right Artur this is a good video gives context non how the Russian military operates

[@PuffAdder8565]

We need Prussia to be a baltic state. There needs to be more balts!

[@fergagame1684]

Fourth? What? There is only 2 baltic countries! I mean latvia and lithuania.. Estonia is nordik? Right? Yes estonians are kind a brothers of lithuania and latvia

[@fergagame1684]

They are kind a baltic bcuz they live in baltic.. But man i mean prussians are balts lithuanians are balts and latvians are balts.. But only lithuania and latvia survived i think you dont know what kind of s**t are balts.. I am from lithuania.. I love estonia but estonians arent balts

[@PuffAdder8565]

@Richard Donovan Prussia gaining independence would be difficult becuse the poles and germans destroyed most of prussia durring the medieval times and then germans racially mixed the region and created the Kingdom of Prussia, which is not really baltic. Even though the genetic halo group for Prussians still exists and is quite large, the language may be extinct and many have abandoned their lineage and have become polish or german culturally, even though physically we look like lithuanians and have a baltic accent. I've tried convincing other Prussians that we need to reclaim our culture and ancestral land, yet they seem embarrassed to be Prussian! Its terrible! Hitler did much to destroy Prussians, as he killed off about 60% of the people in Prussia, and that is largely because of Jews and other non-germanic peoples mixed there since medieval times. There have been people that speak Prussian living there after the 18th century, as my grandpa can attest to that, but it is uncertain if Hitler and the communists erased their language.

[@PuffAdder8565]

@@fergagame1684 Estonia is considered a baltic state even though they are Finn-urgic. I understand that they are not genetically baltic.

[@stonecold007]

Estonia is a Baltic State.

[@pingpong_________41]

Amazing Video