When Finland & Germany Invaded Soviet Russia | Countryball Winter War & Continuation War

[@CallMeEzekiel]

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[@NoComentary5318]

@CallMeEzekiel Why is The Third Reich Not With The Swastika Anymore In Your Videos

[@ducasx3094]

what's the music used in this video?

[@crusader2112]

Hey, love your channel. Can you do a video on Peter Kemp’s other two books? Peace ✌🏻

[@akumaking1]

Will Simo Haya get his own dedicated episode?

[@c00lkitty]

i bought arms against tyranny :D

[@r.b.ratieta6111]

Axis and Allies: "Whose side are you on, Finland?" Finland: "My own..."

[@kraatarin8226]

Finland: "Side? I am on nobody's side, because nobody is on my side"

[@alexp7579]

​@@kraatarin8226 This is how it actually was

[@maltebjorendahl5822]

Well Sweden sent 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; 17 fighter aircraft, 5 light bombers, 1 DC-2 transport aircraft turned into bomber, and 3 and 15 000 Swedes volunteers fought with Finnish troops against the ussr

[@alexp7579]

@@maltebjorendahl5822 Yes, but also Sweden's goverment had to resign in the beginning of the Winter War because some of the ministers had supported joining the war on Finland's side. The new government was elected based on the principle that there are no ministers who would want to join Finland in the war. Sweden also refused to allowed British/French forces to travel to Finland through Sweden - which meant the Allied help could not get to Finland at all. But of course it was complicated as Sweden wanted to avoid getting involved in the war but it must be understood that in Finland it didn't really look like Sweden is truly on Finland's side, more like they just didn't want the USSR to come to their border and hoped that the Finns would fight for them if they give them weapons. Many Swedish people were truly on Finland's side like the volunteers (combat and non-combat), but Sweden as a country not as much as some of its people.

[@RazzeBlomma]

​@@maltebjorendahl5822I don't really get how u can think Sweden was always on our side. Just like Russians u occupied our land and nation freedom. It was Russian occupying us when we got our independence. Don't act like ur country didn't rape this land and people even though Russian were worst.

[@ahuman9100]

I’m just gonna call Mannerheim the “Boomerang of Finland” because he just keeps coming back

[@PerryKobalt]

Hehe "Boomer of Finland"

[@lemonboy9208]

I am gonna come in you mouth

[@ahuman9100]

@@PerryKobalt 😐

[@mannerheimgaming69]

what did u just call me?@@PerryKobalt

[@Flaggerz]

​@@mannerheimgaming69omg Mannerheim 😮

[@nbewarwe]

Spoiler: The invasion went every well. Then less well. Then very badly.

[@sarpyasar5893]

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[@sealboi9666]

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[@Silver-sonic231]

@@sealboi9666Kelly moneymaker

[@MohabWali08]

History Matters Reference

[@AMilitant]

Don't forget Boogely Woogely

[@RoyalMela]

British declaration of war on Finland was merely an apology. Brits knew the situation Finland was forced into and a letter sent to Finland by Churchill was more like a letter to a friend. "Sorry but we have to declare war on you. We won't attack you. Sincerely, your friend Winston."

[@hullutsuhna]

technically there was a token attack by the Royal Navy on the Finnish port in Petsamo (which to my knowledge was defended by the Germans anyway)

[@notapuma]

The British have a habit of attacking former Allies. Especially Churchhill.

[@sakukullberg2697]

I think it said in the letter that UK would declare war and also take commensorate actions.

[@anamericangrizzlybear8315]

KZbin: *doesn't allow Swastika* History KZbinrs: "welp, looks like we'll just make the KZbin logo Is the new Swastika" KZbin: "Hol up"

[@katanabluejay]

what's the difference?

[@rhyusbrand8311]

@@katanabluejayTrue.

[@Finlandia207]

They allow sickle and hammer tough...

[@ItalianCountryball11]

@@Finlandia207true

[@mauriciodanielmartinezreye5130]

@@Finlandia207I mean it is better than accepting no no Germans symbols

[@britishempire6672]

🪦 "They are so many, and we are so small, wherever shall we find room to bury them all?"

[@Jaeger958]

Reminds me of joke about a british general demanding to know from General Ehrnrooth how many soviet troops are stationed in Finland. General Ehrnrooth responded quietly: "A few hundred thousand." The british general asks were are they located? Ehrnrooth replies: "Six feet under along the length of the border."

[@lyrigageforge3259]

Well to be honest. The Russians never buried them all. Those forests were really stinky after the wars. And yea, on Finnish side - Finns did - but what was left on Soviet-Russian side, you could still dig out bones from under the moss.

[@Jasperthefloof427]

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[@39Kill39]

in hell🪦🪦🪦

[@nervy5676]

🪦

[@memelordofficial7641]

26:10 That Mannerheim speech gave me chills. 🇫🇮

[@crusader2112]

Me too.

[@8is]

11:55 does anyone know the song?

[@8is]

oh wait, its "Piotr Musial - This War Of Mine"

[@whateverthisis389]

The "Such a nation has earned the right to live." Line hit hard.

[@mannerheimgaming69]

am just too good at speaches

[@AngryDuck79]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the fact that Zeke had to replace the Nazi Swastika with the KZbin emblem and I feel like that's remarkably appropriate. And yet, the Hammer and Sickle is still allowed.... I guess you can commit untold atrocities if you have a good enough PR team.

[@MrEdioss]

you forgot the Fascho is also in video. and youtube allows swastikas, but demonitazes instead

[@matthewkottler5553]

KZbin does this to make sure everyone knows that it proudly supports Stalinism, ISIS, suicide bombing, rape, murder, arson and catburglary as all of these subjects would be censored if not directly endorsed according to KZbin's own rules just like nazism is. KZbin is a degenerate company.

[@ВладиславВладислав-и4ю]

You right.

[@krainex]

Its thank to active kgb propaganda thruout the west durning the cold war

[@ВладиславВладислав-и4ю]

@@krainex We'll, KGB propaganda still works in 1991-2021 years.

[@nathanseper8738]

Even though Finland lost, they still gave the Soviets enough of a black eye to guarantee independence. That is an accomplishment in of itself.

[@butterflies655]

Finland retained its independence and freedom. That's a victory.

[@viljaminieminen6925]

Whole concept of winning and defeat in the war really should be up to debate. Soviets failed to annex Finland which was agreed with with Molotov - Ribbentrop pact. the goal of Finland was to preserve independence and they achieve that.

[@Finlandia207]

​@@viljaminieminen6925winter war was Finnish victory as we successfully defended ourself which was our goal but in continuation war we originally wanted our lands back which failed and we ended up losing more land and had to pay war reparations also ended up in a situation where Soviet union was very influential to Finland although independent.

[@ascendedbro1828]

So much copium in the comments lol

[@gae_wead_dad_6914]

@@ascendedbro1828 Found the vatnik Ah yes, i remember when the Soviet Union told us Balts they had "no plans" to annex us Then they annexed us.

[@Caldera01]

The image at 19:22 is particularily amusing to me. - It's mispelled as it should read "Hakkaa Päälle!" - There is a common theory that this is essentially where the name for the Finnish cavalry unit the Hakkapeliitta essentially came from. Some background: The term "Hakkaa päälle" is a historical war cry for Finns since time immemorial, which roughly translates to "beat them down", or "cut them down", or "cut them to pieces", there really is no clear translation for this into English. The Finnish cavalry unit that served in the Swedish army back when Finland was still a part of Sweden were called "Hakkapeliitta", which is a word that means absolutely nothing. It is believed that this name is a Finnish translation from some foreign source which thought tha the war cry "Hakkaa päälle!" was the name of the unit, but didn't know how to properly pronounce, or write it would write it bit wrong and then Finns would later adopt that interpretation as the official name as that cavalry unit had no official Finnish name before. So while the spelling "Hakka päälle!" here is incorrect, there is a certain historical poetic accuracy to it still. Afterall it is said that history does not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme.

[@Jaeger958]

There are some interesting accounts from the Thirty Year War. Some accounts say that the finnish cavalry were unsually quiet and didnt use their battlecry until almost in contact with the enemy. I remember in some accounts they were said to be like ghosts or inhuman monsters from old tales as they quietly charged enemy lines. The tales got even wilder as they sent even the famed Imperial Curassiers retreating in terror.

[@hullutsuhna]

the Finnish cavalry of the 30 years war DID have official name(s); the names of the two (or three, apparently there were three, though I have previously only heard of two participating in the war-) cavalry regiments raised in Finland that fought in Germany during the war: Nylands och Tavastehus läns kavalleriregemente, Åbo och Björneborgs läns kavalleriregemente and Viborgs och Nyslotts läns kavalleriregemente (and the three regiments naturally had Finnish names as well, even if the estates from which the cavalrymen were drafted were Swedish-speaking, by 1600s a significant number of the cavalrymen were already peasants hired by the masters of said estates to go fight in the masters' stead, meaning Finnish was definitely spoken among the men of the regiments even if the orders and commands were all in Swedish), it is my understanding that these regiments fought as a massed formation.

[@Caldera01]

@@hullutsuhna Those are names of the individual units.

[@hullutsuhna]

@@Caldera01 so essentially when you say "that cavalry unit had no official Finnish name" you are saying "these three individual units with official names had no single official name as a single entity"? Might as well complain that the infantry regiments raised in Finland didn't have an official name as a single entity...

[@Caldera01]

@@hullutsuhna Essentially yes although you're being intentionally obtuse. That's what the name "Hakkapeliitta" is. A singular official name for the entity of such type of cavalry as a whole. Same thing with the Winged Hussars of Poland. I'm sure every singular unit of Winged Hussars also had a unit name, but they also have the collective name of "Winged Hussars". Hakkapeliitta's on the other hand had no such name back when they were active. The name Hakkapeliitta was coined after the fact. Unless you're arguing that Hakkapeliitta is not the collective name for that specific type of cavalry?

[@inductivegrunt94]

God I love reading about Finnish history, they are just so badass! They survived against the freaking Soviets, only losing around 11% of their total land. Suomi Perkele! Sisu! Finland stronk! Time to listen to Sakkijarven Polkka!

[@jooseppi4728]

Have you read earlier history than ww2? it has been a 1000 year battle against them that hopefully ended in ww2. Late medieval Castles like Olavinlinna had sole purpose, to keep Russians out of Finland which was at the time part of Swedish kingdom and its not true in the video that the Nobility was only swedes or just Swedish speaking, but surely many of them were and then again some of them were originally Germans who came as mercenaries ect ect.. Medieval and Renaissance history is so messed up.

[@DerPanzerToast]

I truly love Finnish culture, and history I'm glad you cover it

[@raggum1052]

Love to you from Finland as well, toverii.

[@jenniferkorf4767]

You are an incredible people, if everyone has the strength and resolve of a Finn our world would be much brighter

[@LordValorum]

We know what Czechoslovakia and Poland felt. At one point, Britain and France promised sn expeditionary force of 150K men. That went well

[@clover1475]

I still can't believe Finland survived against soviets that's f*** badasses 🪦

[@def3ndr887]

And had pretty good k/d ratio too

[@sampohonkala4195]

Mannerheim and Ryti were extremely skillful at the end of the war with their exit plan. Without that, it would have been just brave fighting and still losing the independence. They really new when to jump off the train before it was crashing, but not before crossing the bridge to their own side.

[@osku8181]

Hei

[@unknownentity8256]

@@def3ndr887 Häyhä was at the top of the leaderboards about 500:0 KD until he died in 2002 at the age of 97. Average KD was about 1:5 so yea that's pretty good guess.

[@Cheeszybawls]

Why is mannerheims countryball swedish he was a swedish speaking finn theres a huge difference

[@nathanlanham7993]

Just realized some of the soundtrack for the video is from "This War of Mine" awesome game

[@8is]

11:55 do you know the song?

[@8is]

oh wait, it was the first one "Piotr Musial" from This War Of Mine

[@jokie1246]

the winter war by William Durbin is one of my favorite historical fictions Ive ever read about a boy with polio who chooses to join the Finnish ski scouts

[@Caldera01]

22:11 Why is Mannerheim in Swedish colours? He was born near Turku, Finland. He spoke Swedish natively as Swedish is FInland's second national language, but that's the only connection to Sweden he has. So why is Mannerheim presented as Swedish here???? A non-native resident of Finland cannot become the President of Finland. If Mannerheim was Swedish, he would be legally incapable of becoming the president.

[@Bobbys11850]

Watch the other video for context (He's of a German-Swedish family, so his only connection to Finland before him leading it would be being born there.)

[@Caldera01]

@@Bobbys11850 This is incredibly incorrect and inaccurate. Repeating the same mistake twice in a separate video doesn't magically make it not incorrect. Again, he was born in Finland, specifically in Askainen just north-west of Turku. His family moved to Finland in the 18th century, so his family has lived in Finland for a couple solid generations by the time he was born. By your logic, the grandson of George Washington (If he had gotten any children) should be represented by a British Union Jack because that's where his family is from and he'd speak English. Better yet, why not represent Queen Elisabeth II, or King Charles III with a German flag? Afterall their family heritage is in Germany.

[@Deuzen_FIN]

The first video tackles that, as Mannerheim was born into ethnically Swedish nobility in Finland, and never learned to speak Finnish fluently.

[@Caldera01]

@@Deuzen_FIN He wasn't. Mannerheim was a Finnic-Swede, who are not "ethnically Swedish", that is not a thing. As a Finn yourself you should know better, unless you're one of those Persu people who think that Finnic-Swedes are Swedes. The only thing being a Finnic-Swede means is that your native language is Swedish, but you're born in Finland. That's all.

[@Deuzen_FIN]

No need to resort name-calling, one of us is just looking at it in historical context and the other in modern context. And I was only repeating what was said in the first episode. His family was Swedish nobility since 1693, and since there had never even been an independent Finland when he was born in 1867, if anything he would technically be Russian as Finland was then still a Grand Duchy of the Empire. I doubt there would've even been a definition of Fenno-Swede back in those days, especially considering Swedish was the one official language for the longest time, and Finnish didn't gain equal status until 1902 (when Russification was in effect, so it technically still wasn't THE language of the nation). It would be rather interesting to be able to hear the Marshal's own thoughts on the matter - did he consider himself Swedish, Russian, or Finnish, or if that even mattered to him. Family roots in Sweden, service to the Empire of Russia, and then leading the fledling nation of Finland makes for one heck of a smörgåsbord of heritage.

[@SwagMessiahOfficial]

Hmmmm, heavy Russian casualties, inferior tactics… large columns? Significantly smaller defender, de facto victorious, shelled out of aggressors desperation? Shuffling of command? I think I’ve seen this one recently…

[@Space_and_history]

I have seen this one it's the classic one

[@BIGDADDUI]

Nope not even close to ukraine, russian forces were outnumbered I ukraine , only very recently did they up the numbers, and since we have no numbers on ukrainian casualties we cannot assume they're roasting russians like the Finns did, actually their heavy conscription laws show that ukraine must be suffering heavy losses

[@ShinigamiInuyasha777]

Propagandaland. All anglos go holyday on that place

[@SwagMessiahOfficial]

How can each bot be funnier than the last one? This is great.

[@ShinigamiInuyasha777]

@@SwagMessiahOfficial You should as the small porcupine living in your keyboard

[@verttiviljaminiemi7574]

The war repayment wasn't only raw materials, but industrial, and economic, that actually made Finnish economy modernize fairly quick thanks to these war reparations, and in some sense, Finnish trade with Soviets were better than today's in EU, even if we have more trade partnets. Still, good videos about my homeland History, but some fixing, we did not fight only Russians, but Ukrainians, Mongolians, Tannu-Tuvans who were also Mongolians, and Japanese Prisoners to Chinese Prisoners, but that can be debated by people. I look forward to see videos of post-war Finland.

[@L3htokurppa]

And to this day Finland is the only country in the world that has payed the WW2 war reparations in full. Fact check it.

[@verttiviljaminiemi7574]

@@L3htokurppa Yes, it has, and it helped to flourish Finnish economy.

[@anderskorsback4104]

@@L3htokurppa wrong. At the time of the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, the Soviet Union waived the remaining one third of the reparations. The Soviet Union wanted to improve relations with Finland at the time, and it was a good PR move at a time when the world's eyes were on Finland.

[@MrLolx2u]

What was impressive about the Finns to me isn't the way they fight but the actual ability to take everything from everyone and made it work. Like if you look into the armory of the whole Finnish military structure at that point, youl'd be surprised that none of the items they used were uniformed at all. Their rifle is a copy of the Russian Mosin-Nagant but with a better quality, their SMG was a solid Suomi KP/31 which the Soviets would copy as the PPD then the iconic PpsH later on but the Finns also had an influx of MP-40s from the Germans, planes from various nations like the US, Germany and Italy and tanks from captured Russians, Americans, Germans and British. All this just screams inefficiency and logistical nightmare which would certainly bog down any war but the Finns being Finns, these never fazed them and in fact, they made it work. Like everyone knows that the Brewster Buffalo fighter that the Americans had wasn't great by the time of 1938 and yet Finland, out of desperation, took in tons of them from undelivered orders that the US had. It was supposedly no match for the weak LaGg-3 of that time even but without much, the Finns just said screw it, sent the fat boy into the air by just stripping out armour and stuff and made it work, with it being one of the highest KD ratio of all planes in the conflict where other nation just said the Buffalo was shit. Finns are just madlads when it comes to extreme warfare.

[@Woahwhathappenedhuh]

Italy has to have a thing for aiding anti communists huh

[@Spiderfisch]

Thats what happens when the government is anti communist

[@notapuma]

Spaghetti is inherently Anti Communist, based

[@jjnolastname8386]

Ironic considering they nearly dodged becoming communist post wwII

[@RedLogicYT]

Great video. So sad how KZbin is becoming worse for history creators every year. You and the rest of the history creators deserve better.

[@clover1475]

Yes

[@mhsmmahmod936]

Wdym?

[@dr.wahnsinn9913]

@@mhsmmahmod936 Have you seen the german symbol in the video? No the KZbin-playbutton was not on nazigermanys flag. This is one of the examples of the needed selfsensoring if you want to stay monetized or to get your videos recomended. Others are euphemisms like nonogermany, for nazigermany ect.

[@shcdemolisher]

Yeah it sucks because it waters down history and importance of real events. Which shows that people at the top only care about money and not history/culture.

[@mlynxoriginal]

As a Finn, I can confirm that we lives inside your walls.

[@r.b.ratieta6111]

*Checks walls.* "What! Why are there Finns in my wall?!"

[@rembrandt972ify]

@@r.b.ratieta6111 Because they're hiding from your cat.

[@Appelsiini708]

​@@rembrandt972ifyare you disrecpecting us do you want me to your walls i can come

[@rembrandt972ify]

@@Appelsiini708 I have no cat for you to hide from.

[@draganpetkovich1989]

Finish sniper in training: Like hinting deer. Right? Trained finish sniper:Yes,but two legged and dummer

[@starkiller5857]

Jesus I was thinking maybe 50-60 thousand Soviet casualties but 270,000! Lord 🪦

[@japekki666]

And that not include those that went missing..

[@japekki666]

Check out what happened at Raatteentie=Raateroad...you will be stunned by the casulties russians had on that one road...number is staggering..the whole convoy was detroyed to pieces. There is even a Russia video about it and only handfull Russians survived and they tell it was bloodbath and they say Finns killed even more what estimated count is. Even we here in Finland don't know exact number how many casulties are buried beside of the road..but we are seaching to know how many mass graves there is but a lot.

[@hullutsuhna]

@@japekki666 the fate of the 44th Guard's Rifle Division is a tragedy really, especially in the light of the war in Ukraine (the 44th was famously a Ukrainian division)

[@japekki666]

@@hullutsuhna True it was mostly Ukrainians, but they were "Russians" at the time that it happen under Soviet rule so its a sad thing that it was like that, but we just defend ourselfs. Ukraine President said that was unvoidable situation...they dont blame us for that by any means.

[@StekTM1]

All of that was compensaded after the continuation war, since ter finns had to give more land to the soviets and pay a generous amount of money

[@ryanelliott71698]

War makes for strange bedfellows

[@gae_wead_dad_6914]

Not really The Russians were far worse than the Germans. Finns are lucky they kept their independence, unlike us Balts.

[@timester3030]

The West: "Finland! Just admit you're in danger!" Finland: "Who are you talking to right now? Who is it, you think you see? No, you clearly, don't know who you're talking to, so let me clue you in. I am not in danger, West, I AM the danger."

[@karigrandi7]

thank u very much ezekiel this series was really good and it really didnt leave out anything which i appreciate alot

[@dantetre]

12:07 Nice touch to use the music of This War of Mine.

[@kiri4936]

Hearing about this history is always so interesting since it is apart of my family history, with us being karelians from around Salla, and my great grandfather who fought in all the wars of Finland in ww2 as a machine gunner in Lappi. Very good video series as always, Hyvää Suomi !!

[@will2003michael2003]

So glad you finished this!

[@ChristopherJonathan-of4re]

Now I got it finished more like Finnish

[@heh9392]

I'm a major pro-karelia supporter and my only true dream of my life would be that if Finland could somehow still obtain perhaps Viipuri back or other Karelian areas too, rather diplomatically than militarily in the future. (This is just alternative history dreaming of mine, but I'd do anything for this to come true if there was a chance)

[@GoofusPlays]

Those regions are totally Russian speaking now lol

[@heh9392]

@@GoofusPlays sadly

[@ВладиславВладислав-и4ю]

​@@GoofusPlaysSo, time to remove blin

[@pointcrowscreepyuncle]

​@@GoofusPlaysi mean the Russians removed the germans from Konigsberg why cant we do the same

[@lordedmundblackadder9321]

The Finns are probably the most heroic people on earth.

[@tritonewt3344]

Protagonists of history

[@yadisdis4207]

......for siding with the Nazi regime?

[@Jomare-j3b]

Meh, I recommend looking into the Warsaw uprising.

[@justusP9101]

@@Jomare-j3bstupidity doesn’t equal heroicality

[@apyllyon]

@@justusP9101 Excuse me:D Could you give little more context bc don´t know if i should be making angry finnish or polish noises....

[@tepesobrejac4360]

History is the greatest story of all time and you are truly excellent at making it be just like that. My impression from this series, and from others, is that few if any nations have won more glory than the Finns have during WW2 and none managed to keep their independence while having a superpower as Soviet Russia at their borders as they did. Would you be interested in making a similar series about Romania during the interwar period and WW2? It is a story with less glory, more political shenanigans and with a sadder end than that of Finland, but which still deserves to be told. If you ask me, it's more of a tragedy. Full of infighting, corruption, radicalism, cowardice, hypocrisy, crimes and conspiracies and leaders and regimes changing year after year having to deal with the consequences of the mistakes of their predecessors, some done out of malice and others out of stupidity, and at the end we get a bitter end with the only comfort being that things could have gotten even worse. A good anti-thesis to the one of Finland.

[@guavaguy4397]

Who cares about Pericles’ funeral oration, mannerheim made me tear up.

[@mayo9325]

Finnish people underrated

[@osku8181]

Voin vahvistaa.

[@mccheemser2443]

Damn i love these videos keep it up!

[@Warrior-Of-Virtue]

Säkkijärven Polkka intensifies.

[@jiyuhong5853]

nyet molotov

[@Joshua-uw7wm]

I love how the USA ball has his hand gun

[@GeorgeSemel]

America Ball always has his Ray-Bans and a Colt 1911!

[@AsperaZeit]

interesting to hear "Den blomstertid nu kommer" around 19:00. it's a swedish song written 1693 and we sing it in schools on the last day before summer vacation

[@sucloxsucloxsson]

Where did you get the 270 000 dead Russians number from? Can’t find it anywhere most sources are ~125 000?

[@phosphorus2204]

Finnish Ministry of Truth

[@Xeirn]

@@phosphorus2204 That sounds something a dirty subhuman from our eastern border would cry.

[@milowannebo-sorensen1776]

“The war has come to an end” sees that there’s still 17 minutes left “peace?” Comes right after.

[@dislikebutton6811]

Plz make one about the defense of Poland

[@sircoloniser5454]

In before anyone can watch the whole video As I’m early let me make a joke: The Soviet officer core after the great purge

[@HazardReaper]

and this is why as a swede i highly respect our finnish neighbors as they are a formidable force and if they caused that damage back then with what they had i fear what they can do now

[@Barrystue]

Modern/postmodern age russia: getting (fraction):1 KDRs when fighting smaller nations since it’s inception.

[@tempest8882]

Take a shot everytime there is a hoi4 reference in this video

[@cgt3704]

I wish you could make a series about Romania in ww2 as its a sadder story with political instability, ethnic cleansing and a more tragic ending with a communist dictatorship.

[@titanschannel585]

Let's go finland! 🪦

[@paulsoldner9500]

On the one hand: poor Finland. On the other hand: Wow, things may have been much better if they hadn't kept reneging on their various allies.

[@Mirabelliana]

What do you mena? Did the Finns betray someone other than the Germans?

[@PakBallandSami]

German: hey finland want to invade the ussr we will help you get your land back Finland: ok lol Ussr: 🗿 Finland: bro its time to change sides

[@michaelbuchler4380]

🪦, you know you always hear about how crazy the casualties were during the winter war, but hearing the proper tactics that caused it makes it seem less confusing

[@jooseppi4728]

when you read about it or watch war movies about its even less so. Even though in continuation war In the movie "the Unknown soldier" which plays every impendence day 6.12 there is scene, sure the story is fictional, but the event that happened really did happen as filmed though strategically their unit was in different situation the event was real. If I remember correctly Two men were ordered to cover a flank during winter in dire situation during a night. They encounter more than 80 Russian men walking in open field who wont see them. They have Finnish Submachinegun and 1 rifle. The other says to rifleman, you just load them rounds up and ill shoot ok? They let them close, 20m or so, start shooting and kill almost every single one in the snow. In the movie his name is Rokka, but the real man was named Viljami Pylkkä. 83 down one shooter and that guy didn't even use a machinegun like in the videos CallMeEzekiel some lost mental health as russians wasted so many people against MGs

[@daltonroller2998]

He finally broke the nativist thumbnail meme trend lol. Good video regardless!

[@antoniomoreira5921]

Not sure it's the right niche but if anyone's interested in Finnish history and warfare I warmly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos series

[@communistcuphead2901]

I ser you everywhere always talking about Schwerzpunkt and his videos lol I swear he does videos from warfare during the Bronze age to modern conflicts lol

[@eretna2480]

What a great fucking video absolutely loved it man

[@finnbikelover1]

Stalin: i have Tanks what are you gonna use? Fins: Your tanks

[@Oboar]

Finlands position sucked squished between two great evils

[@osku8181]

Who would win? One Finnish farmer or 500 troops of the Red Army (the farmer)

[@AbjectOyster38]

amazing vid, hope you get to 100k soon

[@janisoininen3229]

dude. awesome video. i like how you told the story. thumbs up my man!

[@freebusycat]

I love how you portrait Mustache man germany with the YT logo 😂😂😂 it's totally relatable

[@aFINNISHguy]

Only -35*C? I have experienced much MUCH MORE

[@giacomoromano8842]

We italians really loved to give people fighting soviets weapons and vehicles that WE NEEDED AS WELL!

[@wolf2912]

During the war children from Finland were evacuated to my home country Sweden

[@shcdemolisher]

11:58 Whoa, jumpscare by This War Of Mine main menu track. Good choice.

[@poisonousbadge126]

22:06 man you gave me a heart attack! I thought i accidently went afk in a discord voice channel XD!

[@PKM-1916]

Excellent work 👏🏻👏🏻🫡

[@chadhuman982]

Italian reunification PLEASE

[@theprinceofawesomeness]

as a swede, i'm absolutely frustrated about my country's passiveness thru the entire conflict

[@billmalone5050]

During the Cold War there were people who escaped from the USSR into Finland. At some point in this period Finland was pressured by the USSR into capturing these people trying to escape from it and forcibly return them back to the USSR. I also remember a term that I heard in tbe late 1970s and early 1980s called "Finlandnization". I never found out what it meant.I truly admire the courage, bravery tenacity and determination of Finland and her people.

[@honk813]

Finland oh yes

[@accountthatillusetocomment3041]

You didn't need to do the soviets like that. 🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦

[@viljanov]

USSR lost 450,000 soldiers on the Finnish front, that's five times the Finnish dead. They also lost more than one million civilians in Leningrad. Yet Finland was never occupied, they stayed independent and are today a very succesful country, while the USSR collapsed long ago and Russia is a sclerotic, festering ruin. All in all, not a bad result for the Finns.

[@viljanov]

During WW2 Finland was anomalous: It was the only European country bordering the Soviet Union in 1939 which was still unoccupied by 1945. It was a country which sided with Germany, but in which native Jews and almost all refugees were safe from persecution. It was the only country that fought alongside Nazi Germany which maintained democracy throughout the war. It was in fact the only democracy in mainland Europe that remained so despite being an involved party in the war.

[@RockerFinland]

Battles of the Winter War (not in order): Battle of the Raate Road: Finnish victory Battle of Kelja: Finnish victory Battle of Kollaa: Finnish victory Battle of Salla: Finnish victory Battle of Suomussalmi: Finnish victory Battle of Summa: both won once Battle of Kuhmo: Stalemate (no winners) Battle of Honkaniemi: Soviet victory Battle of Taipale: Finnish victory Battle of Tolvajärvi: Finnish victory Battle of Varolampi Pond: Finnish victory It was definitely a moral victory for the Finns - Even though Stalin wanted to be the winner on a paper because he was so humiliated. It would have been super long war if Finland didn't agreed the armistice. Finland kept the Independence and Stalin kept his face.

[@ChristopherJonathan-of4re]

That means Finland wins

[@pieeater108]

27:28 he says this about defending western civilisation, but didn’t do that push onto Stalingrad to beat communism from enslaving half of Europe.

[@vladtheinhaler5601]

Forgot about burning of lapland while when the germans were retreating.

[@JacksonStorm173]

Yooo 2 minutes after this was made I saw this, first time it happened to me.

[@kkarhiiv95]

Actually good sponsor.

[@Lokie-os9ht]

I'm beating back the Soviets in hoi4 as Finland as we speak

[@sakukullberg2697]

This is one of the best coverings of Finland in the war.

[@bruhtusmomentum744]

love the Destroy Lonely refrence at 15:17

[@SpazzyMcGee1337]

I'm sorry Finland and Ukraine for contracting Neighbor of the Muscovites Disease. I hope you get better soon.

[@NoppaYT]

good recap of my countrys military actions eläköön suomi!!!

[@ChonkyLivya]

Excellent video. Great job

[@tombertplays9688]

Nice use of the "This War of mine" soundtrack ;P

[@Stormgamer-xb7gv]

Love your vids ❤

[@s1ubbe]

There actually wasnt a lot of men and materiel coming to help, mostly swedes and estonians

[@jjj8317]

Dude, thats speech at the end was amazing. The Swedes could have saved Finland soobmuch suffering. I wonder how they feel about themselves after seen people whom they often share a family being butchered while they sat there idly

[@thelastnumenoren5900]

So Finland just got screwed damn

[@kate2create738]

It feels like Finland cheated saying they fought the Nazi, it was a relatively short period mainly because the German troops were not quick enough to evacuate due to the new direction Finland went. If anything, the most they ever fought against the Nazi was trying to back out if their treaty and alliance lol. Here they fought against the Soviets for years, yet their veteran holiday is when they drove out the Germans with the help of the Soviets. 🤨

[@l3viar575]

finland didnt get help from the soviets

[@robotkade9107]

Finland is so cool

[@DoubleVanimation]

Lol imagine sending your men into a cold fortress of a country🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦

[@danglyboi474]

BRO THE DISCORD CALL JOIN RIGHT BEFORE THE FINNISH EXIT CHAPTER MADE ME CHECK IF I WAS IN A CALL

[@Durahan82]

The Finns got Betrayed by the Allies twice .

[@tenanaciouz]

almost like the allies aren't the golden heroes they retroactively portrayed themselves as

[@Durahan82]

@@tenanaciouz both World Wars were about Hegemony

[@ComfortsSpecter]

Most Incredible Vibe Actually Understand’s how WW2 Work’s Beautiful Work Amazing Oration Very Funni Thank You Great Comfort and DisComfort Godbless My Man Mannerheim I Think

[@BlitzBlackwoods]

Yay new vid

[@BLACKOUTER-zk4uv]

As a proud Finn i am glad we are still a independent nation

[@pepiertje]

what song is used at 12:00? is somewhere on youtube?

[@tsardean7438]

This war of mine menu theme I think