Marine Reacts to Nazi, USA & Finnish Man Who Fought in 3 Wars. Fighting for Cause Not Country?

[@JamesonsTravels]

Larry Thorne a Warrior throughout. Is this Warrior the Deadliest Man in History? 🔴👉🏻 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioTYooZjZ9OfqsU. More about SOG - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHypdo19n7WBnpI. How about these guys - kzbin.info/aero/PLeU0ya-0QayS-brvicg-lsRXNxnJnAWYo. They think they are.

[@lalruatdikavarte7943]

Nice video and very informative and very entertaining and very satisfaction more videos.

[@badger_actual8249]

You have to think! We the watcher love to see you the ole salty marine get out of his confert zone and partake in things us youngsters participate in!! Lol keep it up man love the content!!

[@georgecoull1883]

Should do LTC Roy Benevites or Vince Okimoto or both

[@pacobanana6505]

Look at Leo Major

[@lizardking2054]

Finland had less than 4 million people before the ww2 began. Too littke to adopt the strategy of SSSR. The asimetrical warfare and improvisation had to be used to overpower a stronger adversary. That's why they had to go "behind enemy lines". The enemy had surrounded them, they were everywhere.

[@blindoutlaw]

Imagine being the US Army drill instructor for this guy. Trying to teach a guy who has more experience that the whole unit combined.

[@1archangel-]

Fr 😂😂

[@TheBigKimJong]

Miles how do you feel about Christian massacres of people during the crusades?

[@edwinbasa2804]

@@TheBigKimJong how do you feel Islam killed Christians ?

[@TheBigKimJong]

Edwin Basa I feel sad when human beings treat each other that way at all, especially when they claim it’s in the name of god

[@edwinbasa2804]

@@TheBigKimJong Don't comment when you don't know anything, learn history first.

[@TruckerJohn97]

One thing is for sure, he deserves a movie

[@kentvene.454]

Matt Damon lol

[@hollymchale440]

Sabaton did a bitchen song about him: "Soldier of 3 Armies."

[@glandhound]

You can make movies about Wehrmacht soldiers, but making a movie centering on a SS officer isn't going to happen any time soon. Wehrmacht were standard soldiers, the SS was a political party.

[@theonewhomadeyoucry1059]

12 episode of series would be nice

[@valtterifani]

Hes have a movie. The green barrets.That movie tells small peace of törni's life.

[@KariPiirainen]

Finland's last surviving knight of the Mannerheim Cross, Tuomas Gerdt, has died. Thomas Gerdt was the last of the 191 knights to survive. Gerdt died on the morning of Sunday, November 1, 2020, at Oulunkylä Rehabilitation Hospital. He was 98 years old at the time of his death.

[@Popesontour]

My name is Thomas Nikkila and I say RIP Brother! SISU!

[@American-Dragon]

God bless. The movies about the Finnish war are super good.

[@KariPiirainen]

​@@Popesontour Thanks for the comment Thomas Nikkila. Veterans of our Finnish wars are My idols, such as Lauri Törni and the last knight of the Mannerhein cross Tuomas Gerdt

[@KariPiirainen]

“As the FIRST man, he rushed forward, destroying dozens of enemies with his submachine gun and hand grenades, always aiming for the worst and most decisive place. Ignoring the enemy's very severe fire, he carried the mortally wounded Captain Toffer to his shelter, then continued to fight briskly and bravely until he was wounded. ” the text is an excerpt from a daily order issued by headquarters in September 1942 announcing that Lt. Sergeant Tuomas Gerdt had been appointed Knight of the Mannerheim Cross. Tuomas Gerdt, who died on November 1, 2020, was the last surviving knight of the Mannerheim Cross. He will be buried on November 28 at Lepola Cemetery in Lappeenranta. At the same time, one chapter in the military history of independent Finland ends.

[@emfields5082]

It is Honorable that you remember him and that you mentioned him here may his peace be eterna

[@jonasnitz7678]

In Sweden we stated that the Finnish cause is ours. My grand mothers brother fought for the finnish. He's name was Gösta Wallenberg. He wrote a diary which we may publish some day.

[@maureenmcdonnell8017]

Publish it now, don't wait!!

[@kimanthoni6377]

Please do, before it's too late.

[@elavke5441]

Please do. Please make sure we Americans can read it.

[@happinessisnotaduty1918]

Can you tell us the title ir post the link in this comment section? ( idk if you want to publish a book or do it online etc.)

[@singhatar0912]

Please publish it !

[@MrSkullcrazy21]

This man was a warrior.

[@viilinryystaja3297]

Still is

[@andystrauss-reis7342]

Nah dude this guy was a fucking Nazi. Would be different if he were Wehrmacht but he volunteered for the fucking SS. Damn shame he was allowed to put a stain on America’s fighting force, regardless of how good he was.

[@dominic8691]

Being a warrior is a title not defined by who you fight for. But how you fight.

[@loganholt3423]

@@andystrauss-reis7342 he was a warrior doesn't matter what country or side you were a warrior is still a warrior and he fought in three wars that's impressive and I respect that

[@Chris09978]

Andy Strauss-Reis Larry Thorne joined the Wehrmacht because Germany is fighting the Russians but he didn’t know that they german army was forced and not was he expecting all he wanted was to fight the Russians that’s it he didn’t join the nazi because of massacre, the reason why he rose to ss is because of his rank from the Finnish army and how he could take leadership but anyways this was the exact reason why he joined and why he did it with out knowing anything including the Holocaust I do get what you are saying

[@noerden91]

im swedish and i dont have anything but hate and disgust for the russian leadership and army but i dont hate the ppl of russia

[@JamesonsTravels]

Since the channel I have learned a lot about your area in particular the Swedish hatred of Russia for good reasons. Heard there was some activity recently associated with it.

[@dustyfox8532]

The leadership were largely...not Russian.

[@ottohonkala6861]

@@JamesonsTravels Sweden has always had Finns to fight wars - georaphical and historical advantage of being an old 'Superpower'....times change.

[@Demomancer]

Yeap, the issue with Russia is almost always in the leadership, not the people. I kind of feel sorry for the people since they usually are the primary victims of their leadership.

[@Maysti87]

As a finnish I can relate to this hatred towards goverment of russia, but the people are mostly OK.

[@petrik669]

In 1944 the future president of Finland, Mauno Koivisto, fought in Lauri Törnis unit.

[@OlviMasta77]

vau

[@yeahbee8237]

And there is some history/myth about an diplomatic incident in DC where some American at a diplomat dinner was saying that the US president (at the time) was Hard on the russians and the drunk finnish ambassador Said My president killed russians with His bare hands :p

[@allenbettis8558]

@@yeahbee8237 OH MY GOD IS THERE A RECORDING OF THIS?! Cause I want to see that! It sounds frickin hilarious!

[@Rick-xx2ck]

So basically this guy was a warrior who really hated commies. Good on him.

[@RED-jg6mt]

based

[@gammadion]

@@RED-jg6mt based and redpilled

[@gammadion]

@Goosecore based and goosepilled

[@saggitariuspotato2043]

@Goosecore by that logic hating the taliban or is means hating Islam.

[@luchko3936]

@@RED-jg6mt defend Europe from reds virus

[@monk5301]

there was a korean who fought for the japanese, nazis and the soviets named Yang Kyoungjong

[@JamesonsTravels]

Wow. I cannot imagine the transitions between each military.

[@Daytrippins]

@@JamesonsTravels should look into it would make a great review, was a decient movie made about him as well the movie is Titled "My Way" is prolly sub titles or dub but is no doubt a interesting journey for a man

[@Unregistered.Hypercam.2.]

The difference is he was forced to by the Japanese then captured and forced by the soviets then once again by the germans and finally on D-day captured by the Allies

[@danieldigni6668]

@@JamesonsTravels he fought against the Russian for japan army because japan colonized Korea. he was made a prisoners then fought for the Russian as a canon fodder was captured by German who where japan allies during WW2 so they enlisted him because of that. when the US took the beach of Normandy he told them he was a Korean because Korea was freed from japan colonialism he was released because he was no enemy....sorry for the length hope you'll get what I meant

[@youreinthematrix87]

Wasn’t that a a movie or something similar I forget the movie name.

[@SurvivalRussia]

It have to mentioned here that only Germany helped the Finnish against the Soviets in the winter war. Not one other country lifted a finger in favor of the Finnish. A lot of Scandinavian volunteers came and fought alongside the Finnish, but not sent there through official channels.

[@martinflaisig1183]

That's just wrong. All over Scandinavia help was being collected and sent to Finland, as well as from many other countries.

[@SurvivalRussia]

@@martinflaisig1183 That was volunteers. Finns from The US also came to help, but as volunteers as well. Not sent by official channels as I have already written above.

[@jonathanhendrix2925]

@@SurvivalRussia isnt that how people get to fight in general? Volunteering?

[@SurvivalRussia]

@@jonathanhendrix2925 No. People join the military and get deployed by their government. In this case only Germany did so.

[@Jay_M_L]

@@SurvivalRussia Germany did not officially deploy troops in the Finnish Winter War of 1939-1940. Yes, there were volunteers from different countries, Sweden and the UK as examples. Finland was allied with Germany during WW2 in what Finland knows as "The Continuation War" in 1941-1944, against the U.S.S.R. Finland was on its own during the Winter War.

[@fpscanada3862]

people in the comments calling him a racist nazi can't imagine what ww2 was like for lots of people

[@bman6065]

@ANZUS MAGA it's the same conspiracy bullshit Hitler preached.

[@rappakalja5295]

@ANZUS MAGA Excuse me? The word conspiracy has existed hundreds of years, you paranoid clown. How shallow is your world-view?

[@rappakalja5295]

@ANZUS MAGA Critical thinkers? How are you a free thinker when you spew your views just as dogmatically as those whom you hate?

[@roderickstockdale1678]

johan 321 American apartheid came in the 60s.

[@swimmernick]

There were no angels in WW2, but the S.S. were some of the most evil people in modern history... It a shame he go involved with them

[@tonituomanen3113]

"White death" was Simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper in Winter War. Best sniper in history.

[@rlchamp7019]

best no scope sniper though

[@rlchamp7019]

the best sniper would actually go to white feather

[@seal7216]

@@rlchamp7019 i think both are best becouse White death was is ww2 with freezing conditions and old rifle with iron sigths and white feather war in Vietnam war with better eguipment and camoflyge but he is in jungle that has its own proplems but anyway both are DEADLY

[@rlchamp7019]

@@seal7216 well yeah but if it was a battle for the best sniper it would actually be White feather since he has the scope giving him a better advantage, but remember White Death was facing piles and groups of Russian soldiers during the winter war meaning he could've shot anywhere and still hit a Russian with or without accuracy. To clarify to all my peeps commenting I already know the history of White Death and White Feather.

[@seal7216]

@@rlchamp7019 u are right

[@nebeskisrb7765]

LT: "We need to maintain this position, do you understand?" Soldier: *speaks Swedish* LT: *punches him* Soldier: "Yes sir, perfect Swedish sir."

[@JohnDoe-ro4nf]

Hurri! Ammu! Ryssä! **vague pointing and punching**

[@TruthWaves22]

@@JohnDoe-ro4nf that's too funny. Underrated comment

[@westy5659]

*Swedish Noises*

[@datadavis]

Bla bla köttbullar 😌

[@peter9668]

I dont get it haha

[@local_hotpotato]

"Törni. The wars over" "Im not done yet"

[@JY-dh7mk]

Gold

[@nemoest0]

I'm from Sweden. My grandfather fought in Finland from 1939-44 as a volunteer. I found it a honourable deed. The Soviets were the clear aggressors. The Soviet Union was a totalitarian state at the time (and later). Finland was the victim.

[@ltntwafflz9043]

It's sad to say, but about 90-ish years later Ukraine finds itself in a modern day Winter War. Again, the Soviet Union (now Russia) is aggressively expanding into a nearby country that is much weaker than them, militarily speaking. Hopefully history doesn't repeat itself and the world doesn't find itself in WW3.

[@ralepej]

Oh he was one of them of who fought whole the skitresa. Huge glory to your grandfather!!!

[@TommiPommi-x3b]

Never the victim, just defendig ours

[@tonyjones1560]

Larry Thorne was a legend in the Greet Beret community. He's also the only Waffen-SS veteran buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

[@vitogeraci7146]

It’s crazy for someone to say a Nazi to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery, but Larry Thorne is a legend.

[@maximusextreme3725]

@@vitogeraci7146 What a great story, and interesting piece of history. He truly was a warrior, regardless of who he fought for.

[@waffen80]

@@vitogeraci7146 He was NO nazi!

[@mamavswild]

@@waffen80 agreed! He was NEVER a member of the party. He just hated communists!

[@galahexolion]

German Soldier and a Nazi are two different things.

[@roykosonen1734]

My father was an artilleryman in the Finnish Army during the Continuation War. Lauri's unit was briefly encamped near my father's unit and my father told me that Lauri's men loved to fight and were wild for war. Here in the U.S. my father was a member of the Finnish War Veterans in America. One of the old guys in his chapter in New York State told me about how Lauri worked as a carpenter in Brooklyn in the early 1950s right after coming to the U.S. and before joining the U.S. Army. One night he and Lauri and some other Finns went drinking at a bar in Harlem and...well, I'll leave out the politically-incorrect details about why the ensuing fight began, but suffice it to say that fists flew, furniture was smashed, the Finns won the fight and continued drinking at that bar afterwards. One very big regret that I have is that I was invited to attend Lauri's funeral at Arlington National Cemetery but I decided to not go for some stupid reason that I can't even remember now - oh hell, I should have gone, and I'll regret not going for the rest of my life. Oh by the way, Lauri's mother came from my Kosonen extended family.

[@mr.c6324]

good story, thanks for sharing

[@roykosonen1734]

@Faravid Kaukomieli Aivan niin! Sellaista se on. You forgot to mention that after drinking all night these Finns will go to work the next morning, if it's a work day, as if nothing happened.

[@my_name_is_chef4856]

@@roykosonen1734 tip top eh. Don’t go gettin the brown bottle fever if you’re not man enough to take of your responsibilities (work)’

[@petskup4]

Maybe they used nigger word? It was taught as a letter " n = nigger" in schools even 80' in Finland.

[@roykosonen8197]

@@petskup4 Yes they used this word. Alright, I'll tell the story that the old Finn told me, and I hope that this won't cause problems with KZbin: he told me that at the time when Lasse and the other Finns were drinking in that bar, Lasse (Lauri) didn't yet understand any English. The other Finns played a dirty trick on him by telling him that the sentence "You [n-word, plural] are pussies" is a compliment - so Lasse went up to some Black customers in the bar and said those words to them, and this caused the fight.

[@gabrielmc456]

Simo Hayha "The White Death" was a Finnish sniper who is thought to have killed over 500 Soviet soldiers. He did this all with an unscoped bolt action rifle. During the war he took a anti tank round from a rifle to the face and survived. I think that is the man you were referring to earlier in the video.

[@ahuman2695]

An HE round too. Damn lucky

[@Shortfuse39]

You’re in the snipers sight the first kill tonight Time to die You’re in the bullets way The White Death’s prey Say goodbye!

[@MDMetal]

@@Shortfuse39 If there's a history video about it, or sometimes not even then, there's still a Sabaton song about it! 🤘😁🍺

[@juissimehu211]

It's debated whether he took a regular rifle round, an explosive round or even shrapnel to the face but according to his own words it was an explosive round, apparently from close range as well. An explosive round in this case wouldn't be an anti tank or a HE round though, that's a little bit of a stretch. It's still to all intents and purposes a rifle round.

[@linabasilisk1955]

I don't care what kind of round it was, he was one tough SOB. I took a pistol round to the chest and I'll tell you, it definitely put a crimp in my plans and style. I have absolute respect for Hayha and Torni.

[@AK-xb8vh]

During WW2, Larry Thorne once escaped from a military hospital in which he was recovering. He did this not to avoid fighting, but to make his way back to the front.

[@largol33t1]

Golly, this guy made Rambo look like a total wuss.

[@azhathzel89]

Response to "Now how do you know that's a friendly shrapnel mine?": The Finns have the most extensive cataloging of mine placements since the beginning of the Winter War; each and every piece of ordinance has been painstakingly noted down. Not on public record during wartime obviously, but the idea is that it's your own land you're laying traps in... It will return to civilian life eventually and will need to be disarmed properly (unless its right at the border, and even there, ehhhh....). Hence the outrage in some circles for the participation in the 2012 Ottawa land-mine prohibition act... Why deny a perfectly good, most astoundingly cost-effective defense system if you're one of the only countries in the world using them "responsibly"?

[@Raiden6277]

Exactly. As long as you know what area the mines are in and how many you've got buried in that area, everything can be accounted for. Each time a mine is triggered, cross one off of the inventory. If that area is converted to a civilian populace, you know how many to look for and disarm. That's what I would call topnotch responsibility.

[@tylerslatoff596]

This dude has a lot of unnecessary comments I think because it’s a cartoon lol

[@Turinnn1]

@@Raiden6277 not just an "area" of mines. Each mine is documented from the nearest one to the edge of a minefield by centimeter distance accuracy and 1 degrees direction accuracy to the last. 4 copies of the mine map has to be made for each minefield. One big strategic area denial/delaying mine laying area might have 10 of these smaller minefields as part of the whole. It was really "fun" to make these copies by hand in the middle of the night in a wet tent surrounded by 20 smelly dudes.

[@Raiden6277]

@@Turinnn1 now that's what I call responsible mine placements.

[@GreatRetro]

Shout, Lauri Törni's name A soldier of three armies knows the game Keeps their echo from the past Rise from beyond your grave Son of Finland and the Green Beret May you rest in peace at last Lauri Allan Törni

[@normalcitizen_1]

*guitar solo*

[@331coolguy]

From the finnish lakes

[@JustinLaFleur1990]

Was wondering when the Sabaton reference would pop up.

[@JustinLaFleur1990]

@joe bloggs I don't really know and I don't care because Sabaton is fucking awesome

[@Kenny-bj2zq]

He died doing what he loved.

[@mlook6348]

Our Estonian boys fought among SS just because soviets killed their parents and took their brothers. It was about revenge not because they were nazis.

[@user-zj1uf8hs6t]

Why were their parents killed? Maybe they did something wrong.

[@bige1106]

@@user-zj1uf8hs6t Yes, they were breathing, so commies killed them, Finns helped to defend Estonians in 1918 for their independence from the red scourge of communist Russia as the saying goes better dead than red.

[@mlook6348]

@@user-zj1uf8hs6t Everyone who wanted independent Estonia were killed or sent to gulag no matter the age or condition and 90% didn’t make it back. Ten of thousands died so it’s basically holocaust but by the winners so we don’t talk about it.

[@user-zj1uf8hs6t]

@@mlook6348 oh well

[@villiannewyork]

@@user-zj1uf8hs6t because Estonia isn't your country to to influence and colonize.

[@bobkukiel5534]

I heard about Larry Thorne years ago from a family of Finnish tourists whom I met at the Vietnam Memorial in DC. He is a great national hero in Finland.

[@DOYLETWAT]

I get the feeling he really disliked communists.

[@lauraee9450]

Anything related to soviets and Russians he disliked

[@commentingisawasteoftime7195]

He disliked outsiders controlling his land. It's the same for people who sided with the communists in other places; they weren't necessarily communists. Batista was such a brutal dictator that Castro of all people was better.

[@captainstag8189]

You don't say

[@xisotopex]

@@commentingisawasteoftime7195 history is replete with people stuck between a tock and a hard place, and choosing what they see as the lesser evil. WWII is no different. dont know why some people have a hard time understanding this concept.

[@ericg4915]

Yaaaaa thinkk

[@leftyfusion88]

If the Waffen SS names an elite unit after you you're pretty much getting the Uber Badass award. This dude was a warlord.

[@DiddyBom]

Heh. “Uber.” I see what you did there.

[@roderickstockdale1678]

Ryan padron Uber’s a German word meaning “super”.

[@DiddyBom]

@@roderickstockdale1678 mhmm. That’s what I was hinting at😂

[@roderickstockdale1678]

Ryan padron I shoulda known. Just checking lol.

[@DiddyBom]

@@roderickstockdale1678 nah bro, it’s all good. I’m just happy that someone understood my bad humor😂

[@MedicMarc22]

Can't blame him, I hate Commies to. Grew up in West Germany, Father was a medic in the Canadian Army.

[@773superprguy]

Sadly we got them in America called Democratic party.

[@theebrock834]

@@773superprguy Sadly we also got a hitler in power.

[@Vaylash]

​@@theebrock834 "A Hitler"... man these Hitlers are everywhere aren't they? Is Hitler in the room right now?

[@773superprguy]

@@theebrock834 dude fuck off im not going to even talk about how stupid and disrespectful to call someone that.

[@djs164]

I wouldn't compare any Americans to Soviets or Nazi's. Both sides are wrong.

[@serganteddy5]

We know who that man was, Simo Häyhä. The only sniper with the most confirmed kills than any sniper of today. And Sabaton made a Metal song for him. 🤘

[@peppermintcatsass3141]

...HELL YES!!

[@rainerwahnsinn9585]

Sabator makes for everything a song...I wrote this for a friend^^

[@gort9623]

Oh no I don’t listen to power metal I respect your taste but Bolt Thrower is where it’s at Ik there might not be a specific song about him but they are war

[@kenholzman3654]

542 confirmed kills. Source: "The White Sniper: Simo Häyhä", Tapio A. M. Saarelainen, 2016.

[@viidakkomehu9533]

Can we talk about the dude using no scope?

[@Atreadis]

This guys sounds like a precision weapon. Razor sharp focus on the mission and his duty. I bet if he lived today, he'd make one helluva tier 1 guy. Doesn't matter the unit.

[@JamesonsTravels]

If he lived today he would not be kzbin.info/www/bejne/amLYn4yOlJeihNU. Definitely not one of them.

[@Atreadis]

@@JamesonsTravels He'd eat those soy drinking girly boys for breakfast. And there wouldn't be seconds left over.

[@theblitz6838]

He's more of a SAD/SCS kinda guy, I think we can agree that both the CIA and NSA would take great intrest in a man with this much skill and perseverence. He was a SOG for cried out loud!

[@kardovalencia3908]

True Warrior and dislike of Communism. 🇫🇮🇩🇪🇺🇸

[@српскикраљ]

The best alliance greetings from germany 🇩🇪🇺🇲🇫🇮

[@trumpjongun8831]

Soviets stole my ancestors homelands in Karelia, so ofc my family dislike russians even today. Karelia has been finno ugrics lands over 6000 years so it doesn't belong to russians. Simo Häyhä and Törni was also from Karelia region.

[@Ttt-gu4mt]

The sovjets stole my country Ingermanland. Nothing is forgotten and nothing is forgiven.

[@Axu_02]

Hyvä esimerkki taas mikä on aivan täydellista typeryyttä, sekoittaa etninen ryhmä tai itseasiassa kokonainen kansa valtioon ja sen johtoon. Ja tämä siis yhtään vähättelemättä perheesi kärsimystä, on minunkin suvussa evakkoja ja sotaveteraaneja.

[@ELeviathan33]

@@Ttt-gu4mt Ingria was conquered by Russia in the 1800's and had fuck all to do with the Soviets....apparently you don't even know your countries history. The Bolshevik Revolution is actually when they got to declare independence from Monarchist Russia. I'd wager you're an American.

[@presidentjohnhenryeden9450]

The soviets crushed us

[@omBrezeeNamaha]

@@Axu_02 Niin Neuvostoliiton poliitiinen johtohan koostui paljolti juutalaisista.

[@Nowester]

As a Swede, the Soviet army attacked Finland unprovoked and the Russians still refuse to give back territory they occupied. They are still occupiers. I for one, and many Swedes with me will stand with the Fins, they have proven themselves and we don't doubt that they will ever surrender without a fight. And we will be there in greater numbers than before to support them

[@ginger0208]

I know a guy who's served in the South African SF, British SAS and American Army Rangers. Great man.

[@dadasaurusrex5461]

Who? Someone in the community should know him. It would be quite odd for an SAS guy to come to America and join Regiment. Makes no sense at all actually. I'm thinking bullshit.

[@ginger0208]

@@dadasaurusrex5461 The SAS is like a second home to our South African boys, you can literally ask for a transfer straight to the teams as a South African Special Forces operator. As for why he went to America, I'm not quite sure, but he has the uniforms and service records to prove it

[@Damo2690]

@@ginger0208 That's called secondment, it's not the same as joining

[@ginger0208]

@@Damo2690 no, he had to go through selection ect so its not secondment as far as I'm aware.

[@Damo2690]

@@ginger0208 One requirement for joining SAS is serving in the British Military for 5 years, wonder if that counts Commonwealth services

[@ihavenoname3014]

Really not quite right calling him a "Nazi". He fought for them, but was not an actual Nazi.

[@oopsiepoopsie2898]

I mean it’s fine to call him a nazi

[@flamingrubys11]

@@oopsiepoopsie2898 it really isnt he was only interested in the training and that was it also thats like calling the whole of finland nazis

[@TaintedMojo]

He just really really hated commies

[@jamie9063]

@@oopsiepoopsie2898 it's fine to call him a nazi x2

[@wallujau]

Well just like most of them. Average soldier was just fighting for father land or because he was told so

[@AVR-xw3fq]

Simo Häyhä a.k.a the white death had around 500 confirmed kills and survived a HE rifle round to the jaw. One bad ass dude.

[@paogene1288]

I think that was a pistol round. Might be wrong though.

[@killian9314]

505 with rifle, 202 with smg

[@AVR-xw3fq]

@@paogene1288 I’m not aware of any pistol rounds from the period with HE fillers. But I know heavy machine guns and anti-material rifles we’re equipped with them.

[@TuMeZ82]

try to hit 1476 ft shots in extreme cold weather and actually hit targets only using ironsights and then let me know if is easy and more closer number i think he told it was 350-360 ish for using huntingrifle(pystykorva) and the rest was using smg in his diary of entries that was isissued.. but if u are that NA that thinks u are best anyways for in everything u might shock one day..anyways much love.. :)

[@noerden91]

@@AVR-xw3fq mosin nagant standard issue rifle of the period had explosive rounds there is a video with the forgotten weapons dude who tries them out of a balistic yell its fucking insane that simo survived that

[@Lardos]

In Finland we have this thing called “sisu “, it’s something you need when you have to jump from a ship on swim to the shore or fight against enemy 20 times bigger than you 💪

[@NarnianLady]

It means 'guts'.

[@alperakyuz9702]

I gues it translates into "Balls of Titanium" in english.

[@EternalVirgin]

What a Chad. This man belongs in Valhalla with all the other legendary warriors ever exist.

[@JamesonsTravels]

Love Larry. In Valhalla I will drink a pint with him.

[@EternalVirgin]

@@JamesonsTravels aye cheers to that bruv

[@0mgskillz96]

finno-ugric people dont believe in Valhalla, thats Scandinavian mythology

[@chadmcmullen4064]

Chads are the best.

[@kovakoira]

@@0mgskillz96 no one belives. They just joking.

[@davidinnes247]

Rule #1: don’t invade Finland. Just ask the Russians....

[@blemishednicely8402]

Nice "Christmas Trees" tho (posed frozen Russian bodies)...really captures the spirit of the season, lols...

[@blemishednicely8402]

@Arizona ranger with a colt 1848 dragoon revolver Technically the Finns never agreed to actually surrender/only to Russia's peace terms, but that's a bit of semantics, really. One Russian General claimed they'd won "just enough land to bury their dead."~

[@einolappi1824]

@@blemishednicely8402 whose death?

[@blemishednicely8402]

@@einolappi1824 The dead Russian soldiers from that war was who the Russian General was talking about (in regards to having taken just enough land to bury them)... ...essentially it was the epitome of a hollow victory~

[@bige1106]

rule #2: first learn rule #1.

[@njineermike]

That guy did what he could to fight communism.

[@JamesonsTravels]

and people say the war on communism was a ruse. Just ask Larry. He did not think so.

[@njineermike]

@@JamesonsTravels Everyone I've ever met that lived under actual socialism/communism believed what Larry believed. Communism is pure distilled evil designed to turn humans into an ant colony.

[@njineermike]

@throwaway account He was also backed against a wall fighting against Stalin, who killed millions of his own people. History. It's complicated.

[@njineermike]

@throwaway account You have the luxury of saying that from a safe place where none of the threats he dealt with exist. Fuck off.

[@villek3722]

@throwaway account did you watch the video? Soviets invaded Lauris home town and he wanted revenge...

[@teemuwilen4890]

Thorne`s access to U.S military was helped by other Finnish soldiers who were commissioned there: Marttinen, Alakulppi, Havola etc all holding ranks from lt to major. All had fled to U.S after the war for being pursued by Soviet Union for their previous roles in fighting. All became rather well known and some reached the rank of colonel. Havola was the founder of U.S. army arctic warfare training.

[@CF4herty]

My Lt. in the German air force back in 97 was kind of like this guy he was in his late 50's to early 60's and still just a first lieutenant but had privously been in the French foreign legion for some 20 -25 years of his life. He had been in Vietnam at the time it was still a french war. He later then switched to his country of brth (germany) and went into the Luftwaffe as a Objektschützer. those are the guys who protected vital Air force installations. I was a drafty in the german AF at the time and also being trained as a Luftwaffen Objektschützer Typ A. And man he had some balls of steal , and you just knew no matter what he put us threw , he was holding back ALOT, I mean he was reimplemted in the LW , after he had some 5(FIVE) injuries and wasn't able to due frontline duty in the Foreign legion anymore so you know this guy saw endless shit. And the 1 thing i really remember most was he never had his hands flat. In germany unlike the US you have your hands flat against your legs when in attention. He couldn't do that. His right hand ALWAYS looked like it was gripping a weapon. he always had his hand looking like it was around the grip of a pistol ready to fire, even in "relaxed" postions. His name is or was not sure if he is still around Oberleutnant Sura . I salute him!

[@gordonsylvester8457]

Ja klar

[@CF4herty]

@@gordonsylvester8457 was soll das für ne antwort sein? Ja klar.... wenn sie es nicht glauben ist mir das reichlich egal. Fakt ist Lt Sura war einer der besten offiziere die ich je kennegelernt hab.

[@gordonsylvester8457]

@@CF4herty okay,I call bullshit on this story. You met this guy 1996 and he was between 50 and 60 years old. Let's say he was 55. That means he was born 1941 and this means he was , for example the battle off dien bien phu ends 1954 13 years old at this time. As I said bs, and here are people who believe this 😁👍😂 Ahhh, and I was in the German airforce 99 and at this time they didn't called themself "Objektschützer“ we were "Luftwaffensicherungssoldaten". Objektschützer cames later.

[@heartandmindovercome3214]

That's legit

[@CF4herty]

@@gordonsylvester8457 also ich war von 1997 bis 1998 W10 in der 1 LAR 3 in Mengen. Meine Vollausbildung zum Hilfs & stations ausbilde hab ich in Roth bei Nürnberg gemacht. Da war Olt Sura der Ausbilder der Ausbildungsgruppe. Ich genoß unter ihm die Ausbildung zum Hlfsausbilder und ging dann zurück zum 1. LAR 3 Nach Mengen. 2004 ging ich zur Bundeswehr zurück als Wiedereinsteller. Mein Ausbildungsstand war nun OBjektschützer der Luftwaffe Typ A. Weil ich die Vollausbildung genossen hatte. Andere im zeitraum 1997-1998 wurden entweder zum Typ B oder C ausgebildet, da ihre ausbildung verkürzt war. 2 Monate AGA wegen boomer generation. Und ich weiß nicht was er genau in Vietnam mit der Fremden legion gemacht hat, ich hab nur erfahren das er da war, kann auch in den 70er gewesen sein. So ganeu weiß ich das nicht. Aber einem Lüge unterstellen weil ich nicht jedes detail seines lebens kenne ist unverschämt.

[@charlesnegash]

Man really hated communism. What a legend.

[@The_Gallowglass]

He did what he had to do. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. He wasn't a Nazi, but a proud Finn.

[@tomi9562]

@Ярослав Л he never did any of that tho

[@jamie9063]

@@tomi9562 well even if so, he aligned with people who did that.

[@jksilta9335]

@@jamie9063 You mean the Soviets when they signed a pact with Germany to split Poland?

[@jamie9063]

@@jksilta9335 even if it was not accepted for nazis to commit sexual violence, it happened. a lot.

[@nico-zt9od]

@@jamie9063 Soviets did it too... ALOT

[@volker4897]

Back then anti communists were fighting each other. Let's hope that that never happens again.

[@navajoguy8102]

Lol wut

[@5.7moy]

I think he means the western Allies and Axis.

[@antonhallergren588]

Yeah people demonize germany while the communists were way worse. It was not the germans who did what the nazis did it was the small minority of the ss who did what they did. The communists were far more wide spread and acctually fought for communism and oppression of even themselves. The germans fought for germany they had no idea the nazis were evil. But school does not teach people this.

[@VentilatorenBumser]

Well, the Nazis were fascists, so the Allies were good to fight them.

[@singhatar0912]

Wtf is this comment

[@Robbini0]

It's a fact, that the soviets weren't supplied for winter warfare at the start of the winter war, and I did hear some of the forces used were from Ukraine, which... well, aren't as used to our cold winters. I'm not saying the soviets didn't have troops used to such climate, i'm saying such troops weren't necessarily used in the winter war, nor supplied with winter equipment at first. It's also a fact that the soviets had maybe 60 siberian divisions ( a number I heard of), which were highly adapted to winter warfare, but they were on the border to japan, and they were moved to the defence of moscow after their spies had shown japan wouldn't attack the soviets. 8:10 The winter war and continuation war both had the finns trying to hold static defence lines, usually trenches , dugouts and bunkers. Behind that, is their side. The soviets had trenches as well, and behind them is behind their line. That changed with the major push in '44, and the earlier breakthroughs in the winter war. 9:45 Well, the finns had a lot of soviet and formerly russian weapons, as well as weapons which used the same ammo as they did, so it wouldn't necessarily have been much adaptation to be done. 13:50 Don't forget the lapland war, which was about the demobilizing finns forcing the retreating germans out of finland. 14:25 There frankly wasn't any way for finland to actually win the war against the soviet union, without the western allies sending hundreds of thousands of men and way more supplies to their aid, but doing that against their own ally ? No way. And, Britain & France had 'promised to' send 50 000 men to finland's aid in the winter war, promising they would arrive in just a little while, to keep the finns fighting longer. Even if they had started that idea, most would've taken control of the swedish iron fields, and less than 5-10 k of them would actually arrive in finland, so you can probably understand that the trust wasn't really there. And well, there were preparations for continued resistance if the soviet union actually tried to occupy finland, which it didn't. And in the end finland retained it's democracy and independence through sacrifices.

[@David-ns4ym]

Stalin killed almost all of his able bodied officers through fear of an uprising against him. He killed many logistics generals among them. Thus the equipment he sent into Russia and the men were not adequate for the weather. Big communist blunder Cost many thousands.

[@ragnartheredbeard9667]

Lapland war wasn’t exactly a war, as much as Finnish fighting because of agreement with Russia. Finns were letting germans know they were coming and letting the Germans flee before they fully attacked. It’s also funny the term Lapland burner because germans burnt German supplies , the equivalent to throwing guns in to rivers during winter and continuation war so the society don’t have the equipment.

[@Robbini0]

@@ragnartheredbeard9667 Finnish forces were driving german forces out of lapland, at first with the agreement between the two at which speed, meaning no fighting. Later on, soviets were angry with how slow it was, and demanded actual attacks. That happened, and that made the germans angry, at which point they started kidnapping som laplanders as hostages (this made the finns even angrier, and the whole situation worse) and started burning down whatever they passed through

[@Robbini0]

@Traktor Oil ... Carmelia ? I can only assume you're meaning Karelia. And even if you are, you're still mistaken.

[@Heksu99]

I think SU also used tactic to send troops from other part of the land than where the line was, so the troops wouldn't have a place to run of if they started to doupt

[@fairhair1539]

*SUOMI PERKELE* But seriously, this guy was incredible, the embodiment of *SISU.*

[@romegavadquez6310]

Commie killer. One of the most unique men in history.

[@mr.v8194]

Have an uncle who fought in 3 wars WW II KOREA and Vietnam. Retired an E 9 US Army.Still alive today living in Yuma.

[@MyPrideFlag]

all my ancestors who fought in WW1 and WW2 are dead. I can only hear some stories from my grandmothers who are really old as well and from my father who remembers stories more clearly and payed more attention to military details. You are lucky to be able to talk with him.

[@mr.v8194]

@@MyPrideFlag I've been blessed with being able to speak to vets. My father had a friend who was part of the Bataan death march.

[@ProfShibe]

Hell yeah

[@Kenneth-zk1nh]

@@ProfShibe My family has been through a lot of American wars, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, WW1, WW2, Korean War, and the latest Vietnam. One of my family members even got a letter of thanks from George Washington thanking him for letting him and his staff come into his house and using as Washington's HQ

[@tonyjones1560]

I had a college friend whose dad had served on UDT teams during WW2 and Korea and as a SEAL in Vietnam, retired as a commodore. One of the nicest men I've ever met. Also was the hands-down winner of an informal "dangerous dad" contest held amongst those of us who also had "career military" father's because he was also the only one who had actually killed an enemy soldier in hand-to-hand combat. Japanese soldier bayoneted him, but he waded in and broke the guy's neck. Badass☠️☠️☠️☠️🏴‍☠️

[@Nasse83]

What you have to understand about the finnish / nazi alliance of WW2 is that the French, the British and the Americans all promised military aid if the Russians invaded. No help came so the nazis were there with couple divisions and material (Finland had almost no tanks or planes of their own), so it was a question of accept the help available or fight alone. No one at that time knew nothing about the horrors of nazi Germany.

[@fecking_weirdo]

@@OreoBambino Nah, he probably meant the time when the Nazis said the N-word

[@lasskinn474]

well, some was known. but so was known of the horrors of stalin.

[@bloodrave9578]

He hated Communism, what a badass way to fight Communism.

[@jank.5164]

*Russians but yes

[@Muffledbox]

throwaway account I don’t really think he believed in killing millions of inncocnts

[@bloodrave9578]

@throwaway account He joined the Waffen SS which is like the SS military. A separate organisation from the camps and einzatsgruppen. He joined very late on though as Germany was collapsing so I doubt he had a hand in the holocaust.

[@bloodrave9578]

@throwaway account He spent most of the war in Finland with the Finnish army. By time he joins the Waffen SS, Germany has been kicked out of most of their territories taken from 1939-42.

[@bloodrave9578]

@throwaway account They were originally the bodyguards of Nazi leaders. They expanded into several different branches. They effectively take over the militant arm of the party by purging the SA in the Night of Long Knives in 1934. The SS became a law to themselves, they were armed wing of the party who also committed some of the worst crimes in history.

[@kauttaja88]

The russian divisions were brought from Ukraine, so no winter gear or winter training. Stalin thought that he just marches to Finland. WWII was different, soviet troops were equipped with U.S material, food, guns etc. so it was very different than in Winter War.

[@statostheman]

Four my relatives fought both winter and contention war. Two was MIA, third died in his sleep after the war. The forth he revised 2 class bravery, sign under by Mannerheim. He lost his left arm due to an grenade shrapnel. He lived until to the 1980s. He gave me one advise in life: "never ever give up".

[@ralepej]

Your family have give lot for our Finland...

[@statostheman]

@@ralepej Yes and we'll do it again, because we're karelians. We'll fight to the death.

[@VideosNoOne]

The "behind the lines" term is actually correct in this case since that part of the war was static ww1 western front style trench warfare where both sides dug themselves in. There was minimal movement during that time.

[@AgentSmith911]

Imagine communist dying all over the world because of one dedicated Finn 🤣💪🏻🤘🏻

[@militaristaustrian]

@Birger Jarl well one austrian tried this and we all knew how it endet

[@crusader318]

@@militaristaustrian lol

[@henkkahenrik4183]

imagine if there was like one poor russian soldier who switched countries to get to any battlefield away from him, but no matter wich war he fought lauri was just somehow always there. XD

[@KappaDaKappa]

As a Finn, I do have some Russian friends and enjoy their company and good banter. What I don't like is their leaders and how they are handling their countries business, also high income discrepancy. My grandfather also received one of the highest honours white rose-medal for carrying a wounded soldier on his back for 2 weeks after getting stranded behind enemy lines (I know you hate the term), while most of his company was destroyed or wounded. He had to use his orientation skills to get back home and survived on picking berries. We just had our independence day celebration last Sunday, so 'Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää' (=Happy independence day in Finnish)!

[@ralepej]

After two years have you kept touch of them?

[@vochandler3937]

For helicopters, my grandfather told me about his experience in the Korean war. They were bubble helicopters, more specifically the Bell 47 I believe. He told when he was injured and the fighting slowed down they put him on a stretcher and essentially strapped him to the skid of the helicopter. He said they used them a lot for transporting wounded, but he also said he rather enjoyed the interesting ride considering he had mortar shrapnel lodged in him.

[@gugelman7330]

It is interesting that we Poles have the same opinion about Russia as the Finns Never ever trust Russia. Btw thanks Finns for ifv patria (rosomak).

[@deeremies2266]

@Sean Price we didnt

[@deeremies2266]

@Sean Price youre clearly not finnish

[@deeremies2266]

@Sean Price No mitä sää sitten selität:D Venäjähän koitti venäläistää suomea sillonkin kun suomella oli autonomia

[@deeremies2266]

What are you, a russian? cant understand what im saying huh

[@gugelman7330]

@Sean Price I'd like to kindly mention what any normal person thinks: f*** che guevara and all his bloody bacarts

[@martinlag3234]

Larry was a true warrior and a true anti-communist.

[@alberto4352]

Lörni*

[@alecfoster4413]

Himmler had pestered Mannerheim for a long time to allow Finns to serve in the Waffen SS. Mannerheim finally relented when Himmler agreed that the Finnish units would NEVER engage any Western forces, only Soviet ones. Finnish Waffen units served in multiple areas of the eastern front and never were involved in the war crimes committed by the SS Einsatzgruppen. Toward the end of the war when the Finnish Waffen SS were disbanded, Himmler gave the Finnish division a unit citation for bravery.

[@williamsohlstrom1530]

I personally doubt the statement that they never commited atrocities. Maybe not being in the Einsatzgruppen, but that doesn't exclude "normal" atrocities commited by most if not all fighting forces at some point. We Finns have a naive belief in the purity of intent of the Finnish Waffen SS volunteer, as well as the common conscript. It's almost inherited. Not to discredit the people who gave their lives for my independence, I'm extremely grateful for their sacrifice. It's just the nature of war, which can't be defied with ease. Edit: shit, I misread your comment. You just excluded them from the Einsatzgruppen, not war crimes in general, whoops. My bad

[@roadgent7921]

Those "war crimes" are accounts as told by the Soviets.

[@dragonlord1225]

@@roadgent7921 And the soviet "war crimes" are accounts as told by the finns. So what does that change now? War crimes are war crimes and finish people also lied...

[@roadgent7921]

@@dragonlord1225 The point I was making is - do you believe what the Soviet Union said?

[@dragonlord1225]

@@roadgent7921 In terms of what? Allmost all my great grandfathers and grandmothers fought in ww2 in the red Army alongside millions of other brave soldiers to defend their families and their homes against the terrors of the Nazi regime. Of course I believe the accounts of the soviet soldiers, as I have no reason to assume they would be lying about their experience in the war. The Soviet or Russian government is not as trustworthy as the people, but neither are any other governments...

[@Raiden6277]

I like his mindset. "I don't care whose side you're on, as long as you'll let me fight and kill Soviets, I'll fight with you." That's what you call dedication. We need more people with that mindset. Being able to overlook their differences in order to work for a somewhat common goal.

[@W0DAN88]

Started out as a reserve Soon promoted when deserved And the legend has begun With a bounty on his head The red army wants him dead Soviet enemy number one Cross of Mannerheim Addicted to the war game Never-ending flame Victory reclaimed Oh, we remember, we remember, we remember Shout, Lauri Törni's name A soldier of three armies knows the game Keeps their echo from the past Rise from beyond your grave Son of Finland and the Green Beret May you rest in peace at last Lauri Allan Törni Across the water a new start War still beating in his heart A new legend has been born Started out as a reserve Soon promoted when deserved Changed his name to Larry Thorne Cross of Mannerheim Addicted to the war game Never-ending flame Victory reclaimed Oh, we remember, we remember, we remember Shout, Lauri Törni's name A soldier of three armies knows the game Keeps their echo from the past Rise from beyond your grave Son of Finland and the Green Beret May you rest in peace at last From the Finnish lakes Into Germany and USA All the wars he came across Cross of Mannerheim An iron cross, a bronze star, purple heart One distinguished flying cross Shout, Lauri Törni's name A soldier of three armies knows the game Keeps their echo from the past Rise from beyond your grave Son of Finland and the Green Beret May you rest in peace at last Lauri Allan Törni

[@rogerhack3750]

I can feel a knee suffering already..... If you know, you know.

[@ryf9265]

everyone gangsta till the snow starts speaking finnish

[@debrickashaw9387]

Finland didnt fight with nazis, they fought for their autonomy and Germany was an "enemy of my enemy" kind of deal.

[@Hellsong89]

​@Ярослав Л I like to get source for this claim since i could not find anything related to that with my research, but i dont say it could not had happened. For reason i can only hypotheses at this point, what would be given number of soviet sympathizers in Finland some drastic actions were needed to secure rear lines and even then there were traitors who joined soviet partisans killing raping and blundering Finnish civilians, where Finnish partisan troops far as i know went *almost always after military targets(Havent heard this happen but war is a mess so such events probably did happen). "Why did they agree to give the nazis a path into Russia?" Hey look these guys want to invade Russia and we want to take back land we lost to tyrant in shitty peace deal from war that was initiated by said tyrant... yeah let them help us, since its on their interest as well. "Why refuse a lucrative land deal and go to war if they wanted to stay neutral?" What LUCRATIVE land deal? Finland lost 11% of its land due soviet invasion even though they fought and won most of the battles against soviet. Finland went to continuation war cause it did want to stay free in future, so Fins join the war to capture their land back, while weakening Soviet union to prevent further invasions and that was it. What soviets and Germany did between them was not Finnish concern, Finland was neutral in that regard. "If they wanted the autonomy they already had why willingly become a nazi vassal?" Nazi vassal? No not in any point that was a case. As mentioned they helped Finland with equipment and some man power and it was case of "enemy of my enemy". "Genocide was always the intent." What genocide? Number of soviet troops mowed down during the war was sure utter slaughter, to point where Finnish troops were so mentally scarred and tired they just collapsed, but that was not genocide. Far as i know no Jews were extradited to Germany, so what are you even talking about?

[@Iartonki]

@Ярослав Л just saying that Finland's and Nazi germany's alliance started after the winter war

[@jouisimo5701]

@Ярослав Л russia attacked finnland, because they wanted a bigger empire. Finnland could not have handled two wars at the same time, so they had to Allie with the nazis, that was their only chance to survive. Pls dont lie.

[@kisakireekala]

@@jouisimo5701 thats true. We didnt want second war at the same time.

[@Nrde]

@Ярослав Л I think you have read one too many soviet history books. Why would Soviet stage the Mainila artillery shots and start the attack after if they were willing to let Finland be? Lucrative land deal? On whose side was that :D 300000 Karelians had to be relocated elsewhere in Finland as their land and possessions were left on the wrong side of the new border.

[@filipohman7277]

Awesome Work Man!!👍👍 Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸

[@shaecouture7480]

"He had no career to sacrifice." - This is so important. You don't want your CO second guessing decisions based on their personal ambition.

[@austingroce8020]

3 armies under his belt, went from enlist to officer like 3 times, all by 35.

[@heffaazul]

Russia got that ass beat in Finland. Fun fact, many German soldiers weren't Nazis. They knew it was us or them.

[@theblitz6838]

It ain't a fun fact, it's a fact. Tho the way the NSDAP led Germany thru it's darkest hours after the Versailles treaty inspired many, they finaly had a cause to fight for again.

[@FFFFFFF-FFFFFFFUUUUCCCC]

I bet most soldiers and civilians were enthusiastic supporters of the government when Germany was winning the war. Germans just conveniently claimed they were "victims that were just following orders" when Germany lost. I bet if Germany won most soldiers and civilians would worship Hitler like a God (like they were already doing before things got sour in Russia).

[@taaraaita3522]

@@FFFFFFF-FFFFFFFUUUUCCCC yeah because you would a completely different compared to every other civilian there right?? Also the German army and the German commanders were very unloyal to Hitler (some were commanders even thought they were not fit to be, they were just fanatically loyal)

[@FFFFFFF-FFFFFFFUUUUCCCC]

@John Doe When Germany was at the height of its victories (e.g. 1941 Summer), if I was a German I wouldn't mind if my country gained a massive Lebensraum and conquer most of Europe. Why the hell not? It's good for me and we were able to win and take whatever anyways. I don't get the argument that an average German just wanted to restore the lands they lost. Why would they just want that when they got humiliated at Versailles (so they want revenge and also prove the world we're the best) and they were crushing all their opponents (so they might as well take things in triumph anyways)?

[@FFFFFFF-FFFFFFFUUUUCCCC]

@@taaraaita3522 Commanders started fighting HItler only starting in late 1941 when their victories started slowing down. Why would the generals and the OKH dislike him if they were doing nothing but winning? Soldiers follow the leader's victories, not necessarily the leader. When Hitler was winning everyone loved Hitler and followed his orders to the T. Also, the "commanders/soldiers were very unloyal to Hitler" myth became a thing because most commanders and soldiers that wrote post-war memoirs wrote it that way to brush off their previous associations with Nazism.

[@MrBennyrick77]

What amazing story!!!!!!!!!!! I am really speechless.. I cant believe someone did all that. It really makes you feel small comparing today's struggles to back what this guy faced and did!. SALUTE to this bloody amazing LEGEND!

[@Ethan.YT.]

According to my mom you sweared I hate how people think bloody is a swear word

[@motorTranz]

"He was feared by the Soviets..." This guy was a total bad ass.

[@Jaggaraz218]

Calling him a nazi on the title is kinda wrong and insulting

[@GK_Imagimotion]

Waffen SS was a military branch of Nazi party thus he pretty much was a Nazi. Problem is this days people call others Nazi when in fact term should be use exclusively to call German political party from the past.

[@FFFFFFF-FFFFFFFUUUUCCCC]

@@GK_Imagimotion To be fair most, if not all, foreign volunteers were sent to the SS. Ideology/party membership is not a prerequisite. In other words, if you're a foreigner and wanted to volunteer you had to go to the SS as it was responsible for making the foreign volunteer regiments.

[@GK_Imagimotion]

@@FFFFFFF-FFFFFFFUUUUCCCC Fair enough the guy hated Soviets so much and he served for a moment under other equally fucked up regime. WW2 is very complicated subjects and there is a lot of remarkable stories about people who fought there, like my grandfather for example he joined Polish army when Germany and little bit later Russia both invaded Poland when Germans attacked Russians he fought alongside Russians against Germans but after war he hide and saved German civilians on his property because Soviets hunting them.

[@iota515]

@Blink Witzer opposite sides of the same coin

[@Sery8]

@throwaway account Why were the Nazis worse? Just because of holocaust? Soviets had a wayyy higher kill count.

[@knightofwind2929]

That's someone who would never settle, he's a real warrior. I don't think he would adapt to civilian life.

[@Blazerri]

Hes the real life John Rambo. Anywhere he goes combat and war follows

[@lukayaroslav9914]

I think Roy Benavidez is much more fitting as the real life John Rambo.

[@-__-4186]

"Friendly Shrapnel mine" - especially in early stage of WW2 all minefields were very good documented by german military and i guess that Finland did same as probably they were consulting in this matter ( not to mention that they were mining own land ) I remember that when after ww2 allies forced german POW to sweep mines od Denmark coastline they had good knowledge in which areas were deployed different kind mines placed. Fact that Laurie went over mine probably was caused by fact that he was passing quite long distances and just didn`t remember all mine fields. I could however doublecheck that with my buddy from Finland.

[@olli-pekkaosmala9295]

yeah Finns marked every minefield. Also how to clear them and which mines were boobytrapped.

[@maxschuitemaker1109]

I agree with you on why he isn’t considered an actual NAZI. There were/are a lot of people who only caught for the germans out of patriotism and protection of their families and way of life.

[@osbournecox8246]

@Jim Smithers He volunteered to the Waffen SS because there was no other branch to volunteer to. It all started when Germans asked Finns to send troops to honor the Jaeger movement of the 1st World War. Finns wanted those guys to go to Wehrmacht but it was declined and Germans wanted them to join the Waffen SS instead. The second time he went to Germany was to get training on how to fight an underground war incase Soviet union decides to occupy Finland after the peace treaty and it had nothing to do with the SS. It was impossible to get back at that point so he ended up on the front lines and surrendered to the Allies.

[@osbournecox8246]

@Jim Smithers Heroic deeds are heroic deeds imo and it's not like he had any political motivation to join the Waffen SS.

[@osbournecox8246]

@Jim Smithers You're wrong on a few points there. Finland was co-belligerent and they were never really part of Axis like Japan or Italy. They didn't share their antisemitism either. Finland also had jews fighting in their ranks and weren't interested in oppressing them. Also, Törni tried to get into the Lapland war but was denied because Lapland war was a conflict where his jaeger troops weren't needed. But he tried. Through some contacts it was still possible to get resistance training in Germany so he took the chance among a few other guys. Nothing happened to those others because they weren't high profile enough for the state police that was run by communists after the war.

[@osbournecox8246]

@Jim Smithers My point was that Finland was neither part of the Axis nor held their Nazi views. The state police and juridical system was filled with communists and communist sympathizers after the war and that's the reason he was convicted in the first place. There was also heavy pressure from the Soviet commission to go after pretty much everyone who was somebody during the war. He was eventually pardoned by the president because his "treason" was questionable to say the least. It's not a matter of opinion why all that happened but factual history.

[@Sebastian-cd1mo]

The same goes for Finland regarding their alliance with Germany - we did not share any of their lebensraum and other nazi, etc. ideologies (not that people even knew about the real nazi atrocities back then) but the only common denominator was the shared enemy - the Soviet Union. We simply needed the help from Germany in order to survive and not be occupied by the Soviet Union like our Baltic neighbours. Still today, the doctrine of the Finnish Military Forces is basically that the only military threat we have is our eastern neighbour although relations between our countries have been mutually respectful and decent for decades now.

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

No other country bothered to offer assistance. Hitler's Germany offered assistance, military education, and the Führer himself felt strongly in favour of the Fins. It would be inexcusable to not accept his aide.

[@timonsolus]

Actually, Britain, France and the USA did offer assistance to Finland in the Winter War, but too little, too late.

[@Sebastian-cd1mo]

@@timonsolus Indeed they did but the swedes and norwegians wouldn’t allow troops to pass through their countries and thereby Finland got only material assistance, and in fact that too is said to have been quite crusial to the outcome of the war.

[@kallekallenen4346]

@@timonsolus Actually they did not. Finlands top officials knew those men would never arrive but invade northern sweden. USA on the otherhand sent constantly supplies to Soviets during the fight as they were allies AND ALLIED POWERS. That is why they admitted that finland was fighting separate war and did not punish them

[@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681]

@@EnjoyCocaColaLight Note that during Winter War, Germany sent very little or no help. Greatest material help came from Sweden, Italy and Hungary, and Spain in fourth place, if I remember correctly. Germany sent next to nothing because Molotov-Ribbentrop pact had already ceded Finland to the Soviets.

[@Ober-Professor]

The Germans had a name for the main battle line: Die Hauptkampflinie (HKL). So why should the therm line be wrong?

[@frn512]

Lauri Törni, Simo Häyhä, true Finns, both born with a full dose of Finnish Sisu! (Look it up, Wikipedia, etc.)

[@fledthehunter5293]

Wait, you guys can't eat sisu? What the heck do you guys freeze at -20 celsius?

[@774Rob]

@@fledthehunter5293 Yes Fled, yes I do freeze at -20.

[@tornblommans]

FRN dont forget one of Finlands old presidents! A groupmate to ”Lasse”👍👍👍

[@fledthehunter5293]

@@tornblommans Mannerheim, finland's best field marshal

[@tornblommans]

@@fledthehunter5293 think i ment the firmer president of Finland. Urho Kekkonen. Think he fought in the same Group as Lauri Törni.

[@KariPiirainen]

The United States Army Special Forces named Törn an honorary member of the 1st Regiment in 2010. In December 2006, Törni was voted the bravest of the Mannerheim Cross knights in a readers' vote in the Finnish Soldier magazine.

[@north_warwolf1183]

Even in death, he's still at the bleeding edge.

[@vladislavovich100]

I deeply admire this guy, never knew about him, thanks for bringing the attention to his life. If I would be living that time, I would join him, or I would join my great uncle in German army to fight Soviets. I am a descendant of Terek cossaks and as all cossaks of Russian empire Terek cossaks suffered greatly from bolsheviks/soviets, got their own genocide- over 70000 people where kicked out of their lands, houses, children, women, elderly and they left to starve during cold time of the year, plus got occasionally killed by bolsheviks. That is why my great uncle joined German army in 1942 to pay back for his relatives, which were starved and were killed. It was whole cossak division in German army. He ended in British camp in Lienz, Austria and Brits had agreement with Stalin to give up all cossaks back to Soviets, which they gladly did (that is why that Finnish guy escaped British camp). My great uncle perished somewhere in Hungary, where soviets mowed cossaks with machine guns. There is nothing good about Russia/Soviet Union at all, if Russia will attack Ukraine seriously, I will go there to fight SovoRussians.

[@KaiHellmann]

Finish President Mauno Koivisto was in with Lauri Törni’s group many times. Finish President Mauno never speaks at about war.

[@hasdrubal121]

What an absolute warrior.....this goes beyond the stuff of legends.

[@joeguy5989]

The closest I ever came to meeting someone who was that resilient was meeting a master Gunnery SGT, who survived 7 helicopter crashes (as a crew chief) in Vietnam. It was so long ago, and I wish I could remember his name, but he told me that over the course of his time there he thought he had broken every bone in his body at one time or another.

[@RoyalMela]

Nordic countries were important to Germany so they could rule the North Atlantic and North Sea. That is why Germany occupied Denmark and Norway to shut out Soviet fleets from entering the Atlantic from Baltic Sea. Soviets wanted to take over Finland and continue to Sweden and Norway, to stop Swedish iron mining, which was a huge iron source for Germans. And Norway, so Soviets could safely use their northern ports to gain access to Atlantic. That is why Germans were so eager to help Finns to fight against Soviets. After Winter War, Soviets and Norway had a shared border in the north, since a strip of Finnish land lost to Soviets connected Finland to Arctic ocean. Germans needed to secure that part of land so Soviets could not enter Sweden and Norway, so that is why Finland allowed German troops to very northern part of Finland. Later when the continuation war was over, Germans refused to leave, and Finns had to force them out. That is the Lapland War between Finland and Germany. Germans finally left but burned down most of the cities on their way out.

[@dominicdevone2684]

Awesome video. At my last command before retiring from the Navy, we had a fantastic CO. Capt. Bob Barker. What a fantastic leader. A true leader, came up through the ranks, got his hands dirty, worked side by side with everyone in his command, he was very respected by all. I glady and proudly saluted that man.

[@peettims6569]

Anyone interested in SOG and the stories there , i highly recommend the jocko podcast eppisode 204 and from their check out some more eppisodes. Think theres a handful on SOG

[@JamesonsTravels]

agreed. his podcast on the topic is great .take a look at my effort to rep MAC-SOG - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHypdo19n7WBnpI

[@peettims6569]

@@JamesonsTravels Outstanding! After learning about SOG I became hugely interested in it and their ops. Definitely will recommend your video to my friends.

[@FY--my5gg]

There's a song about him...named "soldier of 3 armies" (big surprise i know)

[@Kittypower3422]

Sabaton

[@tonyg-2jz82]

Greatest sniper of all time, the white death aka Simo Haya. Probably slaughtered that spelling but not as bad as he did to the russians

[@JamesonsTravels]

you mean him -kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioTYooZjZ9OfqsU

[@veetirama3704]

🤣 Nice spelling it is Simo häyhä

[@veetirama3704]

Or Simo hayha

[@schwamieboy1]

Enemy lines is where your recon has determined where the enemy is presently positioned holding/defending/preparing to attack from. Thats pretty basic knowledge for a Marine to know.

[@JakeNukem3D]

Especially during trench warfare during WW2 where for example in Finland they had clear view of eachother. Yeah, that's the "line" in between the two trenches. Also the soviets infact were poorly equipped to deal with the weather because stalin used troops from southern parts of russia to invade Finland. Some of these things this guys says is just plain arrogant.

[@baconknightt]

There was a finish exchange student when I went to high school in 1986. He hated the Soviets and Russia.

[@rebouteguilliman]

Understandable

[@myhandlehasbeenmishandled]

I've met an Estonian just like that in high school, late '90s.

[@rebouteguilliman]

@@myhandlehasbeenmishandled My dad is from East Germany and he hates Russians with a pasion.

[@JG19709]

You should look into the "Weapons Case" in Finnish history, where the Finns hid literally tons of weapons after the war in case they needed to fight the Soviets or Finnish Communists guerilla style. They are still finding old caches to this day. Thorne established his own personal cache of weapons that was hidden and maintained up until the 90's by his former platoon sergeant until he revealed it after the fall of the USSR. You can even visit the cache location in Finland.

[@andrewludwig9251]

I know a man who is still alive today that served with Larry Thorne in Germany.

[@VikingFitness00]

did he tell you any stories?

[@andrewludwig9251]

VikingFitness He was a customer of mine… His name is James Brown and he was part of the occupation force in Germany in 1949. I was there to install a new water heater for him and I noticed all of the certificates and awards on his wall from the 10th special forces group from Bad Tölz Germany. I had to think quickly and put two and two together to realize that the years he was there was the same time Larry was there. I asked him what was he like and he told me that Larry kept to himself all the time, he would only speak when he needed to and did not make a lot of small talk. It looked to me like James Brown went through some nasty stuff too because he had a prosthetic arm and he had a lot of bad burns on the side of his face that never healed properly. Those guys must have went through some heavy combat in Vietnam.

[@coiledsteel8344]

Little Finland went against Giant Russia and was Bad Ass in 1939-40 Winter War, kicked USSR Stalinist invading Ass to a Peace Treaty.

[@boboman67]

some of the Danish volunters in The SS divisions Viking and Frikorps Danmark who where fighting the Russians at the eastern front also where fighting in Finland. its was a fight against Bolsjewism .

[@Aqueox]

@Manufactured Consent Not exclusively, more 80% or so, but the sentiment is entirely correct.

[@misko933]

Simo Hayha was called the "White Death" by the Russians for his amazing marksman skills, having over 500 confirmed kills by just using an iron sight so he doesnt reveal his position by the suns reflection of the scope, he also used to put snow in his mouth to not reveal his position when he breaths out.

[@kingpiccolo1nzl]

Gotta love the Finns!! They are proud Warriors!! 💗✌

[@SpyVigilant]

Fun fact: In detachment Törni was this soldier called Mauno Koivisto. He later became the President of Finland.

[@kauttaja88]

Finnish mine mapping is excellent and we did hit when it became (edit: I mean the mine treaty, not the NATO standart) NATO standard. It could have been mine from either side, but Finnish mines were marked to maps so that those could have been cleared safely.

[@rubenlopez3364]

Hey but you arent spec ops man you dont know what youre talking about this man just knows all

[@kauttaja88]

Yeah Ruben, you got me I don't know shit. I'm no spec ops man, the man knows everything. Even FDF modes of operation mining in WW2. By the way Lauri Tornis first military occupation specialty (sic) was a field kitchen corporal, but requested to patrolling duty as a volunteer.

[@armablign]

I can just imagine, him being engaged and entering an engagement, and by sheer muscle memory/instinct, him fire or surprising his foes, and yelling "PERKELE"! Would have been fairly difficult to explain or down play, if this did ever happen while serving under the 2 other non-Finnish Militaries 😂

[@moralauthority7124]

Simo Häyhä also known as "White Death", was an accomplished Finnish Marksman. At the time of the winter war he was offered a modernized rifle to use, and he refused. The reason being is because he was experienced with his M/28-30 rifle that he earned the right to keep from his previous service. A rifle that he also won several marksmanship and hunting competitions with. His knowledge of his weapon was unparalleled. Where most Finnish soldiers experienced weapon malfunctions, Simo's experience with his rifle meant that he was capable of maintaining his weapon more expertly. Experiencing little to no malfunctions at all. He employed several different techniques during the winter war, such as: He did not use a scope on his rifle; the reason being is the possibility of his scope reflecting sunlight giving away his position. He would pack down the snow around his position to keep the gasses released from the muzzle of his rifle from kicking up the snow. He would pack loose snow into his mouth to cool down his breath; as to not create a fog when he breathed. His position, also produced a specific resonance, so that when he fired his rifle his shot would echo further concealing his position. With nothing but iron sights. Simo Häyhä achieved 500 confirmed kills throughout the duration of the winter war.

[@edvinlaine]

Our late president Mauno Koivisto 1923-2017 in Office 1982-1994 was one of Törni's group in WWll. Both highly respected men in Finland 🇫🇮