Finnish vs Soviet Squads Who was Superior? | Animated History

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[austinreed]

The Winter War is a very underrated war because of WW2. The brutality of being in constant hypothermic conditions while trying not to get sniped by a soldier who you can’t see is nothing to scoff at.

[DyslecticAnarchist]

A, now dead, relative of mine served as some sort of machine gunner in the Mannerhiem line but almost never talked abut it. The only thing I've ever heard him say abut it was: “They came and they came, it was disgusting.” as he was tearing up. I never brought up the subject after that.

[vadimbutsyk]

comissar: charge
sgt: fine

*comissar dies*
sgt: alright boys lets head out

[thepopulationofliechtenste]

Soviet soldier: "I'm scared Artyom."
The snow: "Sinun pitäisi olla."
The pine trees: "Tosiaan."

[polygonalfortress]

Soviet squad leader: we should be safe now, can't get any worse
Frozen lake: allow me to introduce myself

[citruscenturion]

Who would win
An army of trained soldiers
or
Less trained soldiers that are good at hide and go seek

[wetlettuce]

There's a reason Finland never became a member of the Soviet Union/Warsaw pact.

[ahtikai]

Of the name of Molotov's coctkail: When asked the Soviet foreign minister Molotov explained they were not 'bombing' Helsinki, but dropping bread baskets to the hungry Finnish civilians. This lead to Finnish soldiers nicknaming the burning bottle as 'Molotov's Cocktail' in mockery

[LandsR]

An interesting match up would be West Germany vs East Germany, with 1989 technology and weapons. Or perhaps 1979 as one other viewer suggested in the answers.

[jukkazaa]

Nice video! Just a couple of things that need clarification:

1. The Finns did not finally lose Viipuri due to bad urban warfare tactics, as this video indicates. The Finns were just heavily outnumbered because the Soviet had just begun their massive offensive in Summer 1944, at the same time with Operation Overlord. The superior number of Soviet forces crushed the main Finnish defence line just before Finns lost Viipuri. In some places, the concentration of Soviet artillery pieces exceeded 200 guns for every kilometre of front.

2. Viipuri was lost in june 1944, not 1943

By the way, Finns conquered Viipuri pretty fast in 1941.

[emuriddle]

Fun Fact:
Finland was actually pretty lenient to their Jewish people.

They treated them like equal citizens. Took refugees from Axis-controlled areas.

And some of them served as medics in the Finnish Army.

German diplomats insisted they follow what they do. But the Finns flat-out told them "There is no Question here."

And successful protesting of deportations. Thanks to the Finnish Social Democrat Party.

The only reason the Finns took Germany's side was because of Finland's border rivalry with the Soviets.

And that was it.

[kirillslavitonov]

As a soviet reenactor, who does dedicated winter war immersion tactical events, with strict adherence to soviet doctrine. I can tell you 100% that the Finns have the better squad and tactics by far

[MisterOcclusion]

The Finnish rifles weren't copies of the Mosin: they all each and every one began life as Russian rifles and were rebuilt and improved upon until the M39 model. They prefered to use older "hex" receivers, dating from before the early 1930s, believing these to be superior. Finn Mosins can be seen retaining their original Russian arsenal, and even sometimes imperial markings on many parts. Stocks and barrels are the major components to be reworked or replaced, along with improved sights and bayonets. Any firearms edgelord of today who calls the Mosin Nagant a "garbage rod" either has never owned or fired a Finnish model, or is plain ignorant.

[vldo]

Great video, but it consists one major historical flaw: finnish forces that defended Viipuri (now it's called Vyborg) was never issued with german uniforms. Nordic SS battalions did not took part in the operation either. The finns in the video shoud been dressed in their national uniform and equipment.

[.moy]

Finns don’t need squads, all they need is one farmer with a gun.

[SpaceMonkeyBoi]

Soviets: **move into Finnish territory**
The snow: **teleports behind them**
"ei mitään henkilökohtaista poikaa..."

[andydean]

These animations bring me back to the “endless war” flash game series

[kunmppari]

"The Union of Soviet Republics won, but racing to the line for a strong second place came feisty little Finland."
-Private Vanhala, Unknown Soldier.

[omarmatouq]

A Iraqi squad vs a Iranian squad video would be pretty interesting, because both sides have almost the same weaponry.

Edit: So apparently in the comments the Iranian army had the a different loadout than the Iraqi army, and I might have mistaken the Iranian army for the millitas and Revolutionary guard, so I apologise if I might have been wrong. :)

[Militariadude]

Didn’t expect this at all, I thought the next one would be British vs Italian squads but this is a very welcome surprise