Little-Known Facts About The Finnish Soldiers of World War II | AMERICAN REACTS

[@darthetraveler]

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[@historicrace]

my grandpa is 101y old, 1 of the last finnish veterans living.

[@stoner84x]

Sano kiitos ja seiso asennossa puolestani, Otto Kauppinen 2 pioneeri pataljoona ryhmänjohtaja Vekaranjärvi

[@Pataassa]

When a million people attack in a small country where lived at that time only about 3,5 million people, hole finnish nation had to took a part and fight back. And we did. And we kept our independence. Those finnish fighters is our Finn's parents and grandparents. And we are so proud of them and thankful. Otherwise we would be russians now.

[@j3mixa]

I don't know why he would say that the winter war lasted less than a year. I mean yes, it did. But it lasted only about three months, a lot less than a year. So Häyhä archived his record of over 500 kills in just three months which makes it even crazier.

[@stoner84x]

Refuse to lose is called Sisu In Finland

[@lintu25]

You say it better, Häyhä. Legend.

[@MrBanaanipommi]

Hehe, its funny how hard it is to say häyhä correct way, it was still not even close to the right 😌😂 now what you said was "Hauha" =)

[@mhh7544]

Unlike in many armies at the time, Finnish NCOs and platoon leaders were engouraged to take immidiate action individually as they see fit. Waffen SS had similar approach.

[@ANJING_SITUMORANG]

Before Winter War Finland had population of 3,7 million Finns. 170,5 million people in Soviet Union.

[@JPPVESA]

Little known facts revolving around that also include that the US military took notice of how we fought and hurried to create a similar outfit in their own airborne corps. The 10th Mountain Division was reborn and remade as an outfit capable of conducting warfare in a rugged wilderness setting. Today they are receiving the best training possible from us as a new military ally of Finland under NATO and the DCA agreement.

[@lintu25]

This tells a story, plz don't duck with Finland.

[@ingemarsjoo4542]

My father in law took part in the winter war. He was just 17 years old, and according to finnish standard at that time, he was regarded as "sensitive". A real finn was expected to be hard as steel in the 1930-ies. He participated in the terrible battle of Suomussalmi, the worst "extinction battle" in 2000 years, where the russians lost 15000 men and the finns just 850. The reason why the finns gave up in mars 1940 was that they started to loose about 1000 men a day, which was too much for a small country with (then) just 3.5 million inhabitans. There was negotiations, and Finland had to give away 11 % of their territory.

[@banditkfk1463]

Ä is pronounced like "a" in word cat

[@banditkfk1463]

Ps: If you are outgunned you gotta outsmart

[@finnishculturalchannel]

There are links from the Winter War and Finnish army to the US army. if that interests you, here are some videos about the subject with also some videos as background info. The subtitles on the Finnish interviews on the 'Marttisen miehet: asekätkijäveljet' video (The Marttinen's Men) aren't perfect, but they are okay for most parts-E.g. "castle" means 'prison' in the context addressed: "MANNERHEIM | History and his Line", "Mannerheim ja kunnian kulttuuri", "Talvisota- The Winter War ([Rare video] Friends of Finland)", "Fire And Ice the Winter War of Finland and Russia Original", "The 10th Mountain Division History", "10th Mountain Division veterans share history of Camp Hale", "Finnish Long Range Patrols Behind Soviet Lines (’41 - ’44)", "Maailmanmestari, marskin ritari, lieutenant-colonel Olavi Alakulppi", "Coffee and Conversation, 530: Liisa Hale - "WWII Finland to US 10th Mountain Division"", "Sweden in World War 2 - Operation Stella Polaris", "Marttisen miehet: asekätkijäveljet", "Friends of Larry Thorne", "Törni - Sotilaan tarina (A Soldier's Story) English Subtitles", "Phantom Fighters - The Big Picture". "Happy 248th Birthday U.S. Army from Finland" and "OBN U.S. Military Channel Häyha Sniper Competition, Finland".

[@thelahna-8747]

Häyhä's name still wrong pronounced by the commentator, but props for trying.

[@TheGuilty11]

The thing about pronunciation of finnish languages is that don't even try. Or try but don't worry about it :) I have never heard of any fin who doesn't like how someone foreigner pronounce our words. We have very different language compared to any other western languages so we understand that it is hard :D BUT if you want to know how to say that letter Ä like we do say it like you pronounce letter A in word "fat" or "fact". And don't worry about the pronunciation...we get it if you call sauna as sOona :D

[@michaeleklof1]

The history if the Winter War is becoming more and more distorted the more it's retold. I find it disturbing. My grandfather was wounded in the Winter War as a platoon leader in the "Ässä" (Ace) regiment on the 23.12.939. He was killed in the Continuation war in 1941. I would like the history to be told accurately to honour the memory of all the fallen and others who made huge sacrifices.

[@CultOfMU]

Drop häyhä into google translate, ensure language is Finnish/Suomi and press the speaker button.

[@MrBanaanipommi]

I wonder about the tanks, more accurate history documentaries tell, finns had only like 30 tanks but they either lacked guns or radios and they were already old renault tanks, we had only one battle ready tank when winter war started. Most our tanks were used as tractors while building defence lines

[@edvarkinnunen6906]

And that makes Mannerheim an absolute battle Tactician

[@nikoa97]

Finns also fought Hitler and the nazis and the war ended in Finland after the finns made them flee from the order of Stalin in 1945! 🇫🇮🇷🇺🇮🇱🇵🇸

[@masterrubyan2976]

Finland was an ally of Nazi Germany until 1944, learn history. They did take part in the siege of Leningrad during WW2, O sorry you don't know history, it's now know as Saint Petersburg. They never fought Nazi Germany, they just switched to the other side, just like Italy.... seriously, Finland had a swastika in his flag in 1939.....And yes the USSR did attack them in 1939, but that was after a lot of incursions from 1917 on, until 1939, by the way before 1917 Finland didn't exist as a independent country, it was part of the Russian Empire.

[@nikoa97]

@@masterrubyan2976 Still the war ended in 1945 when Hitler and nazi-germany fleed from Lapland shitting their pants, burning half of Finland after them. You gays can cry as much as you want but it wont change that my friend! I am from Finland by the way and my family houses were burnt in Impilahti, Karelia!

[@CraigTheaker-n8r]

The Finn's were allies with the Germans against the Soviets and they took part in operation Barbarossa.

[@masterrubyan2976]

@@nikoa97 Why Finland allied itself with Nazi Germany This article is more than 6 years old It was not to prevent Soviet conquest but to win back territories lost to the USSR, writes Geoffrey Roberts Letters Fri 23 Feb 2018 17.31 CET Share Zofia Nowinska (Letters, 16 February) writes that “the consequences of being conquered by Stalin were much worse (for Finns) than being an ally of Hitler, so they chose the lesser evil”. In fact, Finland allied itself with Nazi Germany during the second world war not to prevent Soviet conquest but to win back territories lost to the USSR as a result of the winter war of 1939-40. The peace treaty that ended the war in March 1940 left Finnish independence intact. It was the reckless act of joining the Nazi attack on the USSR that endangered Finland’s national existence and cost tens of thousands of lives. In 1944-45 the Red Army could have occupied Finland with impunity, but Stalin chose not to, mainly because Finnish leaders admitted their error and pledged neutrality and friendship with the Soviet Union. “Finlandisation”, as it was called, enabled Finland to remain free of Soviet domination and communist takeover. Geoffrey Roberts Emeritus professor of history, University College Cork, National University of Ireland If you cant react on a normal way: calling other people gay??? In my opinion you are just a sorry as LOSER, trying to rewrite history. The Finnish just changed sides because the knew the Germans had lost the War THEY started on the USSR. That changes nothing about the fact that the Fins where ally's of Nazi Germany. That the Germans then did destroy and burn Finland, that's nothing new, they did the same to Italy!! Anything else to ad LOSER!!! I'm first of all not gay idiot. And second no Russian or in Russia. So FY whit your nonsense, if you do not want to get harmed, do not engage or start WARS!!!

[@nikoa97]

@@CraigTheaker-n8r I repeat my last comment. You people are seriously deluded.

[@aatukorhonen17]

2:46 a fact finland is not in scandinavia

[@masterrubyan2976]

Finland was an ally of Nazi Germany until 1944, learn history. They did take part in the siege of Leningrad during WW2, O sorry you don't know history, it's now know as Saint Petersburg. They never fought Nazi Germany, they just switched to the other side, just like Italy.... seriously, Finland had a swastika in his flag in 1939.....And yes the USSR did attack them in 1939, but that was after a lot of incursions from 1917 on! Also pushed by the former Aristocrats and Zionists until 1939, by the way before 1917 Finland didn't exist as a independent country, it was part of the Russian Empire. Just like Ukraine didn't exist until 1989.