Retreat from Karelia 1944

Jag såg ett folk, som kunde allt,
Blott ej sin ära svika,
Jag såg en här, som frös och svalt
Och segrade tillika;
Mitt öga flög från blad till blad,
Jag velat kyssa varje rad.
I farans stund, i stridens brand
Vad mod hos denna skara!
Hur kunde, arma fosterland,
Du dock så älskat vara,
En kärlek få, så skön, så stark,
Av dem du närt med bröd av bark!
Näin kansan kaikki koittavan
edestä kunniansa;
näin sotajoukon voittavan
nälissään, viluissansa.
Jokaista sanaa, lukeissain,
suudella tahdoin innossain.
Vaarassa, tulen keskellä
tuon parven urhoutta!
Mill' ansaitsit, maa raukka, sä
noin suurta rakkautta,
noin kallis kuinka olla voit,
kun leiväks pettua vaan soit!

[@fallout1953]

My great grandfather, Ilmari, fought for 5 years in the wars. After that, he had had so enough of it, that he didn't even want to see a single firearm for the rest of his life: His son, and my grandfather, Tauno, would often clean his hunting shotgun at the house, but Ilmari would tell him to go elsewhere to do it, usually just outside of the woods. No-one comes back from war unscarred. My upmost respect goes to the veterans, who fought for our country and peoples, at the cost of their own minds, souls and bodies, against those Bolshevik marauders. "Everything is self-made, except your own wife" - Ilmari Lehtimäki Rest in peace and forever thank you for your service.

[@ДенисизМосквы]

I, Russian, I am proud of my ancestors who went to war for the freedom of OUR Karelia against the Finno-fascist bastards. Glory to the heroes! We will never forget your exploits!

[@fallout1953]

@@ДенисизМосквы The bolsheviks weren't Russians, they hated Russia and her people, they hated what Russia traditionally stood for and what all of Europe stood for. They declared war on European manifestation as a culture & peoples by their mere existence. Your patriotism contradicts communist ideology. Your use of "fascist" comes directly from intellectually lazy communists who use the term to mean everyone who doesn't buy into the sick marxist ideology. Karelia belongs to the Finnic peoples, not so to bolshies who destroyed its culture & ensIaved it to communism like every other area they took over, one day we will take it back and it will be officially our people's land again, the Russian opinion, less so the communist opinion, on Finno-Ugric freedom is irrelevant, it's either that or we are indeed enemies.

[@deeremies2266]

@@ДенисизМосквы "Fascist" your country is the fascist country, authoritarian country. you are a victim of propaganda

[@ДенисизМосквы]

@@fallout1953 Finland was really fascist. 1. She had a swastika on her coat of arms. 2. She was friends with Nazi Germany. 3. She attacked the Soviet Union together with Germany, and before that she did it 2 times.

[@fallout1953]

@@ДенисизМосквы 1.The hooked cross is an age-old European symbol that has been used way before fascism was even a thing 2. Now, i think fascism is good, but allying with Germany doesn't really make Finland fascist on its own, though i wish xD 3. Wow, basically the same as 2, but you actually think Finland attacked the Soviet Union in the Winter War? Literal commie propaganda. Maybe during the civil war, but that was justified because we wanted to liberate Karelia from communism, and reds had literally tried to overthrow Finland at that time and USSR supported it. People like you are the reason why i have a love-hate relationship with Russians. I hope Russia becomes monarchist again and gives you sovietphiles a good punch.

[@MaJe29]

My grandfather, now 84 years old, has lived without a father since he was 3 years old. In the same year when the continuation war had begun, his father died in the very same swamp crossing, which the famous movie Unknown Soldier tells. Still, my grandfather has raised his son and me well, and especially I've grown up to a good fatherland-loving Finnish man. I couldn't even imagine living life during the after-war depression and overall my whole life without intimacy of a loving father.

[@fallout1953]

Respect 🇫🇮

[@justushalonen9581]

Thank you for this. My grandfather's brother fought in war and never was seen again. His name sits in graveyard of heroes.

[@lillejuensen8084]

My grandmother had too flee

[@juhapahnila6568]

Teitte miehen työn. Kiitos teille.

[@keiferbell6968]

my grandpa had to evacuate every day he tells me someday he'll be back

[@junka22]

Amazing footage, thank you for uploading this

[@lllllllllllllllllllll2853]

Sad times

[@lillejuensen8084]

This is a very emotinal video for me personly, as it reminds me exactly How my grandma described it, she said they had too release the cows and sheeps the one day, and the next day they found them all frozen too death.

[@Mike_Honcho_8653]

Got Sisu? So the Finnish people didn’t just lazily migrate to the west and expect the west and welfare states to take care of them. Fins actually stood up and fought for their existence. Interesting concept.

[@Bruh-jr2ep]

I am against immigrants who abuse our welfare system but you can't compare Winter War and Continuation War to situation in Syria or Iraq.

[@Mike_Honcho_8653]

@@Bruh-jr2ep yes. Yes I can compare.

[@theodiscusgaming3909]

@@Bruh-jr2ep yes, because the Finns were fighting a superpower

[@Bruh-jr2ep]

@@Mike_Honcho_8653 No you can't. In Winter War there was united Finland against one enemy, Soviet Union. In Syria, for example, there is multiple different troops or organizations fighting each other. There is no unity in Syria or common enemy. There is no Fatherland (like we Finns call it) to defend. Syria and Iraq are made up countries so that is one reason for ongoing violence. After WW1 GB and France draw borders in the Middle East while having no consideration towards people who lived there or understanding of the political situation of the area.

[@moisuomi]

Well that is a bit false, I believe there are many war migrants from Karelia that came to Sweden.

[@Pataassa]

Thank you heroes! 🫡 🇫🇮 Broud to be Finn 🇫🇮 The parents, grandparents or great-grandparents of all of us Finns fought in the winter war. The whole nation together, there were so few of us that everyone had to participate. Eventually even the children. "Isoviha" of the 18th century was not to be repeated. At that "Isoviha" time, the Russians killed a large part of the Finns and kidnapped more than 30,000 children who were never found. So in the winter war the Finns knew what will happen if the soviet union gets through. There were no options. And still isn't.

[@onlinecommentator2616]

Oi surua. Mutta veljeni, me yritimme ja tulemme yrittämään vieläkin.

[@some15]

Mikä tuo profiilikuva

[@onlinecommentator2616]

@@some15 Kroatialainen kenraali Slobodan Praljak

[@finland6862]

Perkele

[@kalebthehistorian5928]

The music sounds like "Be still my soul".

[@iliilil5761]

because its a copy from Finlandia hymn

[@kalebthehistorian5928]

@@iliilil5761 oh, I didn't know that. Thank you.

[@juliushakala5148]

Tää kyllä pistää miettimään niitä uhrauksia mitä silloin joutui tekemään

[@sciencetechnology9167]

Karelia its a part of the territory of Finland, but temporary occupied by Moscow military.

[@YashkaZeleniy]

Finland is Russian territory.

[@aarfcrw-bx7n]

@@YashkaZeleniy come and try take it russian monkey

[@romaboo6218]

​@@YashkaZeleniycope

[@ukk768]

Suomen poika taisteli viisi vuotta sen tähden, että meillä olisi vapaa yhteiskunta. Älkäämme ikinä antako veteraanien ja sankarivainajien muiston hälvetä, sillä suurin ja konkreettisin muisto heistä on vapaa ja itsenäinen Suomi.

[@anthonyschueller1827]

😭😭😭

[@iliilil5761]

0:49 are those dead bodies?

[@rookield8077]

Most likely yes.

[@jeegupopli1871]

Look like bags for supplies

[@laski-salonen2573]

En itke, me itketään😭

[@adamenander9840]

My Great-uncle, a Viborg native Finland-swede fought, and was very much left depressed after losing his home.

[@maple494]

dang and now all that land is in russia not taken care of or actually let me rephrase it, its been taken care of but soviet union has definitely left their mark there...

[@maximilienfrancoismarieisi6875]

Sad

[@SgfGustafsson]

I wish Sweden officially helped

[@Jo-MM]

And they did help us a lot. With germany

[@comradedrift3987]

Ey Cyka you have luck that Motherland not destroyed you

[@SgfGustafsson]

@@comradedrift3987 The motherland had luck that Sweden didn't destroy them too

[@deeremies2266]

@@comradedrift3987 Get out of here slavaboo

[@kaijajakola1332]

Voimmeko koskaan kyllin kiittää teitä ????

[@sanuku535]

Ans The goverment Said no to buy back twice under yeltsyn. Yeah, procy repairs. But do What? Its Tours, takie that back!

[@ryssa2409]

my grand grandpa deblockaded St.Petersburg and then liberated baltics from nazis

[@jaroslawparzych4719]

Ciekawe

[@Kalleskaviarriddare]

F I would be a farmer, now im a corporate slave who dont know my own language

[@Bruh-jr2ep]

Are your grandparents from Karjala?

[@Khaotik_99]

What a fucking pointless war that was

[@romaboo6218]

"Pointless" it was for our very existance as a people and independent state...

[@Khaotik_99]

@@romaboo6218 The continuation war? No it fucking wasn't, we would have been better off just staying out, on guard against any potential attack from the Germans or the Soviets. 60,000 dead, and for what? What more was gained that we already didn't have during the interim peace?

[@convoyjack3310]

This is sad but it just the truth that finland dont have a big chance aginst russia its sad but the truth

[@herrakaarme]

I wouldn't know about that, depends on what you are looking at. In football, yeah, you are much, much safer betting on Russia. In ice hockey it could easily go either way. In motor sports, bet on Finns, unless you have specific info on the case. I guess numerically Russians would be stronger if you consider all sports. Not a huge surprise as Russia has a huge pool to draw talent from, compared to Finland. Thus you wouldn't typically even compare a large country and a small country in such a universal fashion.

[@moisuomi]

Yeah, but we still kicked their ass

[@convoyjack3310]

@@moisuomi we spanked russia

[@pulakmaz4734]

True facts on Karelia instead of propaganda::: A clean example of why certain wars are bound to happen. Sweden as a kingdom had in earlier centuries conquered all of Finland and one province of Russia kingdom::: the Russian kingdom of Karelia which starts on the suburban outskirts of Saint Petersburg. . When Sweden gave independence to Finland, Sweden gave conquered Karelia province to newly independent Finland. Actually on maps imperial Sweden had already started drawing the maps of Karelia into the maps of Finland even before Sweden gave independence to Finland. Why should Finland give Karelia to Russia unless there is a war. This meant war:: There was a war. Next a war is bound to happen, as Finland will say Karelia belongs to them.

[@herrakaarme]

Your history is kind of messed up. In the first place, Russia is a bit too young of a country to have much say in that. Finland (although it wasn't Finland back then) became a part of the Kingdom of Sweden back when Russia didn't even exist yet, and wouldn't exist for quite some time. Sweden's neighbour was Novgorod (or Kievan Rus if you want to call it that), then Moscow. It was also the Mongol Empire for a while since they conquered Novgorod and Moscow. Sweden and Novgorod/Moscow's, later Sweden and Russia's, border was up to much dispute. Not a great surprise considering there wasn't a single century of peace between those nations. Saint Petersburg itself was a town founded by Swedish colonists in a land occupied by a Finnic tribe. Also, Sweden never gave an independence to Finland. Finland was the East Sweden, an integral part of the kingdom. Under the Russian rule Finland because an entity of its own, with quite a large autonomy. Finland resembling anything like a nation was thus born in 1809.

[@ancalagon1144]

@@herrakaarme I've never thought about the fact that Sweden and Mongolia were neighbors once. That's crazy.

[@YashkaZeleniy]

@@herrakaarme Lmao, you are both hilariously wrong.

[@herrakaarme]

@@YashkaZeleniy You are free to write your version if you are capable of writing more than a single sentence.

[@suuli777]

Sweden never gave Finland independence!

[@noppawitonzehouse]

L+ commies.