The Winter War (1939) - Last Stand of the Finns (Part 2 of 2) DOCUMENTARY

[@InvictaHistory]

If you enjoy this era of history, definitely check out Last Train Home: thqn.net/48pkGIX which puts you in charge of a Czechoslovakian legion laoded aboard an armoured train as it attemots to make its way across civil war torn Russia back home.

[@ietsbram]

the mg fire animation was bad, sorry

[@thelastaustralian7583]

'They' use War to thin out a generations of Male Alphas . To better control social systems into 'modern corporatized Helotism'.

[@finnishintel3235]

As a Finn, I greatly appreciate your taking the time to research and publish this video as I am very interested in Finnish war history. My great-grandfather fought in the Winter War and Continuation War. Thanks to you I now have a better idea of the harsh conditions he had to endure and which he miraculously survived. He was a messenger in a rifle platoon and had close encounters with death multiple times when he served our beautiful country. Again big thanks to you for this video. Big respect from Finland!

[@Nathan-gn3ls]

The Finns allied themselves with the Nazis. Talk about the wrong side of history.

[@orionion]

My grandfather as well. Good to see the fourth generation also interested in our country's history. Lisää vöitä perkele!

[@georgecristiancripcia4819]

​@@Nathan-gn3ls The soviet were also allied with the nazis.They attacked Finland based on the pact they had with the nazis. Plus all the countries in Europe they conquered only bc they could,with no other morale justification.

[@annaniskanen2557]

@@orionion I think it was nearly everybody's grandpa fighting... one way or another. That is what you get being a small nation. Everybody have to pull their weight. In my case, half of my family is Ukrainian. So, in fact, I had relatives on both sides during winter war as there was an Ukrainian battalion in Suomussalmi and my great uncle died there. Sending Ukrainians to -40 C conditions... what a plan. :(

[@orionion]

@@annaniskanen2557 Yeah, women too. Grandmother from my father’s side operated a searchlight for the anti aircraft battery. Wish people could feel such a sense of unity and purpose in today’s world without the hurt that comes with it.

[@nuclearmedicineman6270]

Nice job on the tank numbers. I've seen sources incorrectly state Finland had 36 tanks; in reality 4 of those were officially non-operational status at the start of the war.

[@herptek]

Many of the rest were not exactly in good condition either. Some lacked guns, all were old fashioned at best. They were not very usefull in this war. The first Finnish use of tanks was so ineffective that it led the leaders to doubt the future of the entire arm. Only after the winter war did Finland acquire some kind of usefull armoured arm. Captured Soviet tanks were put to use and later assault guns were acquired from Germany.

[@TheRomanRuler]

@@herptekYeah, but though tanks were useless in winter war, those same tanks allowed Finnish armored branch to perform well in continuition war, so they were not entirely wasted. Training without tanks is hard after all, and establishing armored branch in middle of the war from scratch would be even harder.

[@laurancerobinson]

Well the official numbers of tanks all together at the outbreak of the Winter War was 34 Renaults, a Vickers-Carden-Loyd Mk.VI* (V.A.E. 115), a Vickers-Carden-Loyd Model 1933 (V.A.E. 503) and a Vickers-Armstrongs 6-Ton Tank Alternative B (V.A.E. 546), as well as 26 other Vickers 6 ton tanks. However, only the Renaults were in any operational condition. All the Vickers were in various states of conversion, and by the end of the war, only 16 were made operational, with 8 tanks being lost.

[@kalervolatoniittu2011]

​@@TheRomanRulertanks weren't useless in winter war. 🥸

[@ArchonShon]

Starks: Winter is coming. Finnish: We are Winter.

[@alaric_]

It's always winter, we just get few months of vacation from it each year.

[@zoolkhan]

@@alaric_ draamatar :)

[@InvaliDidea123]

Suomessa kesä on paras päivä vuodesta.

[@butterflies655]

​@@InvaliDidea123Nyt Suomessa oli kuumia päiviä putkeen liian kauan. Ihanaa, kun viileni.

[@kymensotaveteraanit]

Brilliant!

[@OldieBugger]

My grandfathers were (usually) non-combat troops, one was a builder, the other was a mechanic. As I heard there was just one occasion where one of them had to fight. He brought home a Russian rifle from that.

[@Viljami32]

An amazing video on the subject of winter war! What made the winter war and the finland´s ability to repel the soviets even more impressive, was the civil wat which was fought just over 20 years ago. The soviets tought that the former reds would abandond Finland and flock to soviets and view them liberators; but none of this would happen. Finland had made an astonishing feat, uniting the nation after a civil war, in just 20 years. This was all thanks to briliant leaders like Ståhlberg, who correctly saw uniting the nation as their primarily goal.

[@Vlad79500]

I have read many different "versions" of what the Soviets were thinking, but this is the first time I have encountered this, considering that the Finns shot all the communists, sympathizers and even women, keeping them in concentration camps. So who was supposed to meet them there?

[@davidhughes8357]

A very in depth and inspirational video. Thank you all!!

[@TemenosL]

:50 Oops. Animation issue there. That's not supposed to rotate! That's just a water container to keep the heavy machinegun cool while firing!

[@HighOnScience]

Love the new art, reminds me of the artwork on the boxes with wwII era plastic soldiers.

[@shepi9453]

My grandfather fought in the Winter war and the Continuation war mostly as a messenger and had many encounters with the russians got half of hes ear cut by a sword and suffered wounds from artillery and grenade sharpnel but survived. he was a good man and lived a long life.

[@taikajorma7276]

By a sword?

[@jounitaipale8572]

My grandfather was also in both wars. Shot 4 enemies.

[@ilari90]

Every Finn had to know how to ski because they went to school with skis on those days too in rural areas, kids used them to go to school until the sixties or so. I'm from rural areas (eastern finland) so I don't know if it's true, but with these conditions and tales from my relatives confirm it to some point. I hated skiing always and now want to learn it again for having a great sport for winters.

[@jaanakivalo7247]

You could also ski to school in the center of Helsinki before.

[@fincher42]

Thanks so much for creating the wonderful video on The Winter War! The Finns are a great example of courage

[@MrAdamArce]

"The Soviet army, though outnumbering their opponent several times over, are I'll prepared and disorganized." - It's like an ancient Russian tradition that's held true to modern day lol

[@JORMUNREKKR]

You don't know much about modern day things do you?

[@morecopemorerope4372]

@@JORMUNREKKR1939: so called superpower invades its much smaller and poorer neighbor thinking it will be a quick war. Only to show the world how incompetent and outdated its military is. 2022:​​⁠so called superpower invades its much smaller and poorer neighbor thinking it will be a quick war. Only to show the world how incompetent and outdated its military is.

[@iri1088]

In Russia the stupidity is limitless…

[@greekwarrior5373]

Oh really? That's why they're beating a fully equipped, supported and donated by 40+ Western countries Ukraine with only 15% of their entire army!

[@Hopeforstoicism]

Delusional Russian supporters are the funniest, truly live in their own universe.

[@b1laxson]

Last Train home was a lot of fun, challenging and emotional. I did a binge play for over a week and took over 50 hours for my first play through. I can still remember the skilled soldier that got typhus that we refused to let back onto the Last Train home.

[@Vandelberger]

The success of Finland is what convinced the Allies and Axis that Russia was basically defenseless.

[@dominicadrean2160]

You can blame someone on that one because of his military purges😅 I think if he didn't do that in our timeline the war probably would have ended a year or two quicker in the Germans would have not got so far into the Soviet Union

[@JORMUNREKKR]

Success of Finland? Would you also call the German invasion to USSR a success as well simply because USSR lost more people and tanks? Was Battle of Normandy or Battle of Bulge success for Germany too? It would've been success for Finland if it repelled the Soviets, when in reality Finland gave up giving out much more than the Soviets asked for (the tradeoff deal) losing ~100K soldiers (Winter & Continuation War) for nothing. But maybe it's just a bad word picking and the word you were looking for was "good performance". Indeed, Finland's good performance (aka Soviet's poor performance) somewhat inspired Hitler to initiate Barbarossa.

[@JORMUNREKKR]

​@@dominicadrean2160 you should just check whom Stalin purged - those were the same mindless generals of the civil war times that ruled the army during the Winter war. You can check Tukhachevsky's (main general that was purged) performance during the Soviet-Polish war (1918-1919) or during the Civil war in Russia to see how "good" he was.

[@suomiprkle]

@@JORMUNREKKR If you still think that soviet union wouldnt have attacked Finland anyway like they did to every baltic country, i have a bridge to sell to you

[@JORMUNREKKR]

@@suomiprkle by no means I think that - why would you even guess that?

[@neofulcrum5013]

When the snow goes Perkele

[@hulking_presence]

When your epic unpenetrable defense line goes suka blyat

[@JesusFriedChrist]

Suomi perrrrrrkele

[@richardkeilig4062]

I knew a Finnish soldier who served in this war. His family went to the US after this war. He loved his country and mentioned how they defended their nation. I wish I could remember his name. I think it was Tihonenin, or something like that. God bless him, the family, and Finland. Moreover, I am glad they are in NATO.

[@FZ500]

Tiihonen?

[@cynic3068]

Probably Tiihonen

[@vilijamkil5937]

its true i was nation he defended

[@orionion]

Posthumous shout-out to my grandfather, veteran of the Winter War & the Continuation War. Joined the SS after the treaty, with the understanding that he would only have to serve on the Eastern Front. Surrendered when Germany fell. Escaped a gulag. Died in Finland in his nineties.

[@hulking_presence]

No, he didn't eacape 😂

[@orionion]

@@hulking_presence The way my parents told me the story is that he was one of the some 200 prisoners of war forced to work in mines in Kolyma, who decided to go for the east, had help from indigenous people. Apparently there were very few guards because they were in the middle of nowhere. He didn’t talk about this with me personally, I sensed it was a painful story to him, and he was tired of talking about it.

[@zoolkhan]

similar, here, gramps was a pioneer, he did not escape gulag. But he returned from it.... died in pusula in his 80ies... i never had the chance to talk about the war with him, which i deeply regret. When i was a child, he did not talk about it .... he was a very humble man.

[@anne-marie2972]

​@@zoolkhan My grandfather never talked about the war. I remeber what my grandmother told me about that time but grandfather never wanted to talk about the war.

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

Which SS Division?

[@KristianKumpula]

15:41 Why is the Maxim gun's water jacket rotating in this animation?

[@FeyTheBin]

Ah yes, the Maxim gatling gun.

[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for the video

[@heikkisiitonen5061]

My mother told me long time ago. Her father was in winter war hard battles in Karelian Isthmus extremedely cold weather. They got a packet from US. Warm socs made by american indians. Thank you.

[@heikkisiitonen5061]

Real reason why Finland survive was pray. President Kallio speak in radio and ask people to pray, only God can help us. His wife was praying in radio. Old people remember that everyone who hear this fall on their knees shops or ewerywher. What happend. Next night temperature went down from zero to minus 40 degrees celsius for weeks after weeks. One of the coldest winter what has ever been. Catastroph for Soviet army, soldiers were mostly from Ukraine, no winterclothes, many just frozen to death. Old people also remember that all churces were full of people every sunday.

[@C63Bez]

Thoroughly enjoyed this, please do a more detailed view like mentioned

[@Olebull93]

Ivan: 'I don't like the Cold ' Finlandis: 'You can have our warmest welcome'

[@greekwarrior5373]

Ivan: Yet i still won.

[@lordski1981]

​@@greekwarrior5373barely, and only due to larger size and manpower reserves...

[@hungrymusicwolf]

@@greekwarrior5373 A pyrrhic victory maybe called a win, but not by anyone with more than 2 functioning brain cells.

[@greekwarrior5373]

@@lordski1981 Yes, barely. You said it yourself. The Russians still won.

[@save7597]

@@greekwarrior5373 the russian won land, the Finns retained their independence and kept their population following the Lapland war

[@eliech7112]

Great video as usual thank you

[@Mirabelliana]

Thank you for an interesting documentary! I particularly enjoyed the report of the political reasons behind the war in part 1. It would have been very interesting if you had included the casualties of the war in the end. Also, the man in civilian clothes at 10:05 has clothes that are not traditionally Finnish. Otherwise a very thorough documentary and the narrator was great!

[@penttitapper]

My great grandfather and his brothers fought in the wars against Soviet Russia.Their father and even my great grandmother and her sister was mobilized but did not activley fight.The russians underestimated our country and russians also know Finland was different from most european countries who surrendered.We lost a bit of territory but secured our freedom and showed Stalin. Respect our country 💪🇫🇮

[@Pikkabuu]

The situation of the Finnish miltiary forces at the end of the war is still being hotly debated among military historians with estimates of couple of weeks to couple of months being thrown around. But what is certain is that Viipuri wasn't in danger of falling at the end of the war.

Very good Video. Thank you very much

[@InvaliDidea123]

24:45 on, Tho Finland in imperial/modern/"civilised" terms is a young nation, the peoples/tribes have existed some 10.000yrs fighting eachother for the lack of better hobbies, but also the SWE and the Novgorod/Czar since 12th century. (opression 12-20th c.)

[@real2rek]

I just found your channel. Great animations :o

[@harriporo796]

The unit size indicators in the unit organisation segment are completely wrong. A platoon is supposed to be denoted by three circles, a company by one line, a battalion by two lines, and a regiment by three lines. You've missed the platoon markings and somehow marked the rest one too high. The charts of unit structure are also unclear and logically incoherent, as smaller units seem to be made up of larger ones. Such as a two line rifle regiment being made up of several four line organisations at 9:45. Also, a four line unit does not exist, the next bigger unit after a regiment is a brigade which is denoted by an x. Your unit symbol choices are also weird. A command/headquarters company is usually pictured as a single horizontal line at the top of the rectangle, not just by writing HQ. Mortars aren't artillery, and shouldn't therefore be characterised by the artillery circle. Mortar units are represented by a mars symbol. Supply troops have a horizontal line at the bottom of the rectangle, writing "other" seems like corner-cutting.

[@Unknown1355]

Indeed, feel like they got a basic idea and improvised the rest. But: WWII markers are different from modern NATO standard and I'm pretty sure either Brits or Americans just wrote "HQ". So that is somewhat correct. No idea what the contemporary Finnish markings were, modern ones are a mix of NATO and Soviet symbols. NATO mortar is not represented by any planetary symbol, and even then Uranus would be closest.

[@harriporo796]

​@@Unknown1355Yep, you're right about the mortar symbol. What I've understood is that the Finnish army of ww2 didn't much utilize unit symbols, and marked units on maps with their abbreviated names and numbers. So it might not be possible to achieve perfect historical accuracy with any kind of modern organisational chart.

[@Woogsie]

Equally as impressive is the fact that. Finland has spent every day since the end of The Winter War preparing for the day Russia eventually returns. The Finnish are no pushovers and Russia will be forced to learn that hard lesson once again if they are foolish enough to try them.

[@harriporo796]

It only took one and a half years after the winter war ended for the Finnish to go in for a second round.

[@danieltanev4270]

And get beaten again...@@harriporo796

[@МихаилКононов-и9г]

1. Finland was under Swedish rule from 1104 to 1809, which covered a long period in the history of the Finnish people. Throughout this period, and even in the first decades of Russian rule, Swedish continued to be the only official language. At the end of the Great Northern War, which began in 1700, in 1721, according to the terms of the Nishtadt Peace Treaty, Sweden recognized the annexation of Ingermanland, the Kexholm Lena and part of Karelia with the Vyborg Lena district to Russia. After the Russian-Swedish war of 1741-1743, the Treaty of Abos was concluded between Sweden and Russia on August 17, 1743, according to which Sweden ceded to Russia the southeastern Finnish province of Kymenegerd with the fortresses of Friedrichsgam and Wilmanstrand, as well as the city and fortress of Neishlot. On January 14 (25), 1744, Empress Elizabeth Petrovna approved the report of the Senate on the formation of the Vyborg province. The province included part of the St. Petersburg province (Vyborg and Kegsholm provinces) and the annexed lands of Finland (the southeastern part of the Lena Kymmnengord-Neishlot). That is, only a part of the territory of Finland entered the Vyborg province. During the Swedish-Russian war of 1741-1743, Empress Elizabeth issued a manifesto to the inhabitants of Finland, in which she promised to form an independent state from Finland under the condition of voluntary subordination to Russia. The manifesto was not successful; the war continued and ended in peace in Abo. The Russian-Finnish border has moved west to the Kumen River. After Russia's victory in the Russo-Swedish War of 1808-1809, the Swedish Kingdom ceded the lands of Finland, the Aland Islands and the eastern part of Ostrobothnia (Pohjamaa) to the Torneo and Muonio rivers to the "eternal" possession of the Russian Empire. The newly conquered region passed under the Friedrichsham Peace Treaty "into the ownership and sovereign possession of the Russian Empire" as the Grand Duchy of Finland. On December 11 [23], 1811, Emperor Alexander I issued a decree on the annexation of the Finnish province (the so-called Old Finland), which included Kegsgom County, to the Grand Duchy of Finland ("New Finland"). Due to this transformation, the territory of the Grand Duchy of Finland has significantly increased: from Kyumijoki to Rayajoki on the Karelian Isthmus and in the east to Lake Ladoga. The border of the Principality of Finland has been pushed back to the Sister River. The cities and fortresses of Vyborg, Friedrichsgam (Hamina), Wilmanstrand (Lappeenranta), Neishlot (Saavonlinna) and Kegsholm (Priozersk) also passed into Finnish administration. I write in detail in the comments so that it is clear to everyone that there was no Grand Duchy of Finland before joining the Russian Empire, and after joining the Russian Empire, not only the former Finnish territories were annexed to Finland (the southeastern part of the Lena Kymmnengord- Neishlot) but also almost all the territories transferred to Russia from Sweden under the terms of the Nishtadt, Abos and Friedrichsham peace treaties. Russia fulfilled the promise to form an independent state from Finland, set out in the Manifesto of Empress Elizabeth to the inhabitants of Finland, although after more than half a century. On March 16, 1809, Emperor Alexander I opened the first Finnish Diet in Finland, in the city of Borgo (Porvo), at which he granted Finland autonomy in the form of a grand duchy within the Russian Empire. In Finland, unlike the rest of the empire, the autocrat's power was limited by the constitution. The Grand Duchy of Finland had its own laws, police, court, monetary unit - the Finnish mark and the official language (Swedish). Officially, Finnish received the status of the state language in 1863, when Emperor Alexander II abolished the compulsory teaching of Russian in Finnish schools, and Finnish has already become the language of office work.

[@jounitaipale8572]

My grandfather was also in both wars. Shot 4 enemies.

[@KeijoTulomäki]

A good clip. Thanks for that. A small inaccuracy though: the war ended on March 13th - not 11th as stated on video

[@joeyjag7139]

0:54 was that a shopped animation of that maxim style mg rotating like a gatling gun

[@Arturino_Burachelini]

19:30 - did you intentionally quote the "frostbutt" meme? 😂

[@dansmith4077]

Comment for the algorithm excellent video thanks

For me, this war has tremendous parallels with what is happening now in Ukraine and I am almost sure that it will have a similar ending, with Russia annexing the territories they have, but accepting the total independence of the Ukrainian State (the only thing different is that the border would probably end up being a militarized zone in the best style of North and South Korea). Like Finland, Ukraine will become stronger in the decades to come as it will count on the help of the rest of Europe after the conflict and the loss of part of its territory will be seen in the end as a necessary sacrifice (at least they will not be under Russian government).

[@notthefbi7932]

When the snow starts shooting at you, you're in trouble 😬

[@inductivegrunt94]

It's all fun and games until the snow starts speaking Finnish and plays Sakkijarven Polkka on loop.

[@C63Bez]

Curious to know after the outbreak of war what the production of weapons was like in Finland? Surely it was all out war so turn everything to assist the war effort (more weapons?)

[@anabolicchicken5972]

Kind suggestion - dont title the video about "motti" when it was a 2 minute contribution saying they were used and what the name means. Bit misleading as thats the tactic I came here to learn more about in depth.

[@svenrio8521]

Love to see modern stuff

[@Espanyol_Espaghetti]

Bro, I am a fellow KZbinr. Pls tell me what app you use to change your voice in narration in KZbin.

[@nirvana3921]

Interestingly, most of the Soviet soldiers who fought in the Winter War were from Ukraine. It is ridiculous that many people like to equate the Soviet Union with Russia. The Soviet Union at that time consisted of 12 republics. Both Stalin and Beria were Georgians.😉😉

[@Vulcaani]

Can you make a video about finnish liberation war and the following kinship wars? Or maybe the estonian independence war.

[@ryansauchuk7290]

1:24 Inquisitor: Did someone say Chaos?!

[@AlexanderCirstina]

I would do a series on the Dacian history

[@MixolydianMode]

I love the fiinnish, sisu!

[@jouninurmi7648]

Iv'e watched this part 2 ofthe documentary to about half way thrue, so far it's repeated content fom first part!

[@CountSadistOIII]

Great vid. My Grandfather and his brother had to go war 17years old .my grandfather came back. brother dont.

[@darkranger116]

It looks like Finland has the same territory as it did after this war, which makes me assume no one has ever bothered to try again

[@riissanen93]

We lost more territory during the continuation war.

[@jussim.konttinen4981]

​@@riissanen93Hanko was captured in 1941.

[@butterflies655]

​@@riissanen93Yes, but Finland is still large enough for its inhabitants.

[@tanjoseph8922]

Small pointer. Referencing Wikipedia, the war ended on 13 March 1940 and not the 11th as indicated here. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the video.

[@Tedger]

Motti is also uses as measure of one cubic meter of firewood 🙂

[@Sutton-vp3bf]

When people ask why mustache man thought he could beat the USSR, looking purely at the polish soviet war, the winter war, and the purge it isn’t unreasonable to think a modernized, large force would have a chance to crush them

[@Lorvay]

I wonder if mustache man could have taken the Soviet Union if Russia hadn't been supplied by the Allies. I wonder if there was ever a chance.

[@kvici]

​@@Lorvayof course there was. Even with lend-lease the soviets barely stopped the mustache man soldiers. Then came the winter without winter gear for the invaders.

[@hulking_presence]

@@kvici hitler lost the war in the winter of 41-42. Barely stopped. 😂 You wish, mate, you wish.

[@hulking_presence]

@@Lorvay yes, of course we couldn't crush hitler without those jeeps 🤡

[@kvici]

@@hulking_presence and trucks. And planes. And trains, packed food, fuel, ammo, guns, you name it. Anything but men, until stalin kicked in siberian hinterland production.

[@williamkirk1156]

So basically the Finns pulled an Arminius on the Soviet Publius Quinctilius Varus? AWESOME!!!

[@werre2]

I go moose hunting at Suomussalmi region just forests and swamp. Little lakes and ponds

[@japace61]

Please do one on the continuation war

[@bsoul3177]

epic fins

[@BlaecHrim]

Do not underestimate the importance of the Finnish women. The Lottas.

[@aritakalo8011]

They are mentioned in the part 1 video.

[@More_Row]

Is that the same as comfort women?

[@Ramona_93]

Where is part 1?

[@InvictaHistory]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqKcaHeqm71ki6csi=E3HMIMonRdLq5knt

[@King_of_Railways]

From today's point of view, a shortage of communication devices and small arms seems unbelievable!

[@cr0sad3r70]

Yes

[@ReviveHF]

History has repeated itself again, Avdivka has fallen. The Ukrainians are facing the same issues as the Finnish people during 1930s, they lack resources, manpower and landmass to wage attrition warfare. In the end, Ukraine may need to cede Crimea and Donbass/Donesk region to Russia.

[@JesusFriedChrist]

Cede??? It’s long been past ceding. Russia already has them and there’s no way Ukraine can get them back. The war was over after Russia made their big push and almost took Kiev within a month of the war starting, because they were asked by Ukraine and NATO to pull back, and so they did, as an act of goodwill and good faith. The snivelling rats of the West took advantage of them, again. If Russia had told them to fuck off and kept their lines at their furthest extents, they would’ve long already taken Kiev by now. But that’s not their intent. Never was.

[@JPPVESA]

White Guard vs. Red Guard (no factions) and the Jaeger movement soldiers fought on both sides after returning home, as it wasn't solely about communism vs. democracy as often proposed. The White Guard was pro monarchy and were prepping a German nobleman as our future King, he even had a Crown awaiting. The Red Guard were mainly peasants and of the poor part of our then society, they weren't fighting for ideology's sake, they were fighting for their own homes and crop fields and the Tzarist era modus of being treated like shit by the bourgeois ladder of the society. Legislation was not taking their side in the newly formed Finland. The hostilities broke out after the Red Guard armed themselves against the White Guard which resulted in a bloody Civil War. The laws were changed after that to favor the working class better, even though they lost. Our forefathers were able to sort out a basis for a society which cares for everyone on equal grounds....

[@Unknown1355]

1) No Jägers fought on the Red side, logically both Germany and Whites didn't allow any Jägers to travel to the Red side. Germany only shipped those willing to fight for the Whites to Vaasa and the rest remained in Germany. 2) Finland became a monarchy and elected Karl von Hessen as a king in October 1918, 10 months after the start of Civil War. It was not about the monarchy, but a fight between conservatives and socialists. 3) Whites were mostly made from poor people. That is the peasants and other farm workers from Central Finland upwards and the countryside. Reds were mostly industrial workers from southern cities. There's a clear class, geographical and ideological divide there. Whites would have not had any chance without a large part of population siding with the Whites.

[@lc9072]

Loved the old title and thumbniak a lot better for every reaspn but whatever gets the clicks i guess 😭

[@SamiJuntunen1]

The Finns had been preparing but the ones in command (politics) were not. Not enough even basic stuff like helmets/weapons.

[@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf]

Is that a Aussie accent mate?

[@danielgranath2348]

Part 1 and part 2 is the same…

[@Juhani96]

it's not Suomossalmi but Suomussalmi, just to point out. :D

[@calebbearup4282]

It's unfortunate that Moscow seems intent to continue wars of conquest despite history like this

[@hulking_presence]

We're not conquering anything. You can't "conquer" your own territories. We'll talk when UK let's northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales go. When France let's occitania and Bretagne go. When USA reverts to the original american laws and decentralizes the country, as it was pre civil war. Until then you can f off.

[@ilari90]

It's "Suomussalmi" not "Suomos---" Suomu means a scale spec of a fish skin, but ofc it might be older word from Sapmi language which i don't know. And as eastern finlander, I think that saamelaiset/sapmis should have their own autonomy in north. Finns did them real dirty stuff, while "civilizing" them, those "barbarians". They were the real inhabitants of Finland before the agricultural "Finns", and I say "Finns" because there were none such group really. They were Estonians, Livians, people from south finland mostly, then there were Tavastians (Häme), Savonians and all kinds of Karelians. I'm from current North Karelia (Finland) and our roots are from Denmark from the building of Olavinlinna-casle in Savonlinna. My ancestors were builders of that castle who were given small titles around it.

[@anne-marie2972]

May I ask what titles ? And how do you know this that your ancestors were from Germany ? I ask because I want to study my ancestors.

[@heitorfontenele2041]

🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊 Mateus eu estou vasculhando todos os seus canais que tu me indicou Oi

[@King_of_Railways]

The frozen Russian rations didn't change much until today 😢😮

[@hayatofury8580]

Last stand? WE ARE STILL HERE 🤣🤣

[@kebman]

Finland's neighbour is called Sweden, not Swidin xD In their own toungue: Sverige, or the Kingdom of the Swedes.

[@jounilojander8821]

Thinking what we had in Winter War it is Wonder we defended so long! But 1940's we had negotiations with British and French! But also Germans Western countries promised weapons and mens! They demanded we must continue Winter war and help was coming too late for us! So we made peace with Soviet Union! Peace time in summer 1940 happened something where our goverment must lied to press! Routine flight from Tallinn to Helsinki (Malmi airport) was shoot down to sea after take Off! Kalevala name Ju-52 took Off normally to Helsinki Soviet Union was ordered two plane to drop that plane! Press was told it was technical problem, but one our fighter pilot saw that Soviet Union's submarine was pick up 270 kilos post from sea and taking evidence from fishers who was there! Luckily submarines crew didn't even tried shoot Finland's fighter down!

[@FreeFallingAir]

Woot woot

[@beepboop204]

[@ottofin3178]

I'm suprised with how inaccurate much of the period uniforms in this video are, it might give the viewer a false understanding. I'd suggest more closely recreating real life photographs next time.

[@galloe8933]

Never underestimate an enemy that hunts on skis, in well below freezing temperatures, and finds a way to remain cheerful all the while. I think that would have been something the Russians should have been aware of. What good are forzen Russian bears, agains angry gnomes on skies?

[@danieltanev4270]

Look at the map - vast parts of Russia, many times bigger than Finland, are even colder and more unforgiving. Finland is a sunny southern resort compared to places Yamal, Taimir, Yakutia. The locals have been using skis for millenia, also.

[@galloe8933]

Okay, I understand that, but that just means they lost in their element to cheerful gnomes with guns.

[@butterflies655]

Finns don't look like gnomes at all.

[@galloe8933]

@@butterflies655 Nor do Russians look like bears, I however, will admit that at that point, to the point I'm writing this have no idea if Gnomes are even a Finnish thing, and I'm sorry. Magical forest people on skis with guns, but I still like gnome better, and if the question is why I would call them anything but Finns, it was because Russia got to be Bears and it only seemed fair to give the Finns a mascot too. Simple as that.

[@robbabcock_]

I'm a sucker for any good content on the Winter War! 🎿❄⚔😎👏

[@laurimikkola5949]

Most inpoetant is that Hitler alkso begin to keep sovjetunion sefenceless.

[@ducomaritiem7160]

Those Soviet tactics sound all too familiar these days...

[@saturnv2419]

Russian really did not learn any lessons did they?

[@mrwhips3623]

They did. You just gobble up propaganda like theres no tomorrow

[@MrSamulai]

@@mrwhips3623 Thank you for your demonstration.

[@BeingFireRetardant]

​@@mrwhips3623 What did they learn, how to run towards machine guns bravely?

[@bloodrave9578]

The Red Army did learn that their weaknesses were a problem and sought to modernise, Barbarossa happens as this process is happening and the Soviets start applying lessons learnt the hard way and eventually became a battle hardened and victorious army.

[@georgecristiancripcia4819]

​@@bloodrave9578 Losing 5 men for every 1 of your enemy is not a victorious army.Plus all the supplies from the western allies.

[@vidcreatorlondon]

You will need to remake this video within next 2 years for Round 2, including f35s.

[@janbo8331]

Nuclear Winter War

[@georgecristiancripcia4819]

​@@janbo8331 Better then letting russian won

[@hulking_presence]

@@georgecristiancripcia4819 it's not like we're going to ask you 😁 Just sit tight and enjoy it, while we finish our business. 🇷🇺

[@georgecristiancripcia4819]

@@hulking_presence What business,destroying your country and economy? How it is,was the heating for those cities near moscow repaired? And how much of russia welfare fund remain,after the economy minister sold so much of it in december? And how many fires and planes accidents(nkt crashes but planes having various problems) happens in russia nowadays?

[@jonber9411]

@@georgecristiancripcia4819 Ignore them. No point being rational with them. Let them rot in the bowels of their beloved Csar.

[@titanuranus3095]

"Last Stand"? Seems a bit overdramatic

[@Xerdoz]

00:50 Why on Earth is the shroud on the Maxim rotating? 17:30 There's no such place as Suomossalmi. This whole video is absolute nonsense.

[@tomeyboo]

Suomussalmi...

[@VainerCactus0]

TALVISOTA!

[@WarmouC]

Too many Finns commenting "as Finn" or "my gran"..

[@anne-marie2972]

Looks like you're a Finn too 😅.

[@user-ed6ch1zv1e]

Reasonable presentation of the winter war. However you downplayed the political strife and war effort on the Swedish side. As far as I remember from history big parts of the population was eager to help but the government wanted to keep neutrality and said no. This resulted in an extensive under the table help that amounted to quite a substantial effort. Some 135,402 rifles, 347 machine guns, 450 light machine guns with 50,013,300 rounds of small arms ammunition; 144 field guns, 100 anti-aircraft guns and 92 anti-armour guns with 301,846 shells; 300 sea mines and 500 depth charges. The finns fought like heroes as always, the Russians fought like idiots and the dreaming swedes had almost perfectly disarmed as they tend to do both now and then.

[@danieltanev4270]

The Russians beat the Finns badly in both this and the Continuation wars, and no amount of "secret" Swedish materiel support would have changed the inevitable outcome. I don't know if the Russians are idiots, but they are the best soldiers on the planet.

[@norwegiangaming]

You fail to mention Norwegian and Swedish people also went to Finland to help out ther brother nation

[@monegal1]

don't forget to backstab Kolchak if you want to get home 😂

[@iainclark8695]

Sorry but that AI animation is craptacular get that outta here

[@SXsoft99]

1 milion troops.... Mother russia was very busy maing kids

[@johnqpublic2718]

F

[@f.gabella]

100 years later nothing changes in this ruzzian evil empire🤷‍♂️

[@desuetudedanye6613]

Lost the war then joined the nazis 😬😬

[@butterflies655]

Finland won. It retained its independence and freedom. Watch what happened to the Baltic countries.

[@DD-qw4fz]

The Finns ah yes , orc removal before it was cool