Winter War: Soviet Invasion of Finland in WWII

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[RoyalMela]

Finns had more ammunition, guns, artillery, tanks and even planes AFTER the war than before it. Finns were able to capture so much of Soviet equipment during Winter War.

[jeffersonott]

I have no Finnish heritage, but I have so much respect for Finns. Humble, weirdly funny, amazing drivers.

[augustvonmackensen]

The Winter War has to be one of the most impressive David vs Goliath performances in history from the Finns. What they did with minimal resources is so impressive.

[marcofava]

Finland pulled off something amazing, truly a david vs goliath struggle and one where david got wounded, but goliath got absolutely fucked, the story behind it and Mannerheim as a person is amazing


Three cardinals rules of war:

-Don't Start a land war in asia
-Don't invade Russia in the winter
-Don't mess with the Finns

[bluegold]

Kudos to Simo Hahya for being an absolute (silent) beast out there in the field of war. Total badass.

[azzthund]

Simo is an inspiration. His quote was so touching and the fact he was just a man on his land living a peaceful life after the war is even better. The Finns from my experience are exceptional people, few of words and love their nature and peace. Maybe why I am now engaged to one. Never get tired of hiss story.

[jorluo]

The official Soviet and Russian history + school books always talk about the great patriotic war, etc. etc. and forget how cowardly they made a deal with Hitler in 1939 and then attacked to Eastern Poland, the Baltic countries and Finland. The League of Nations (the predecessor of the UN) even expelled the Soviet Union after they invaded Finland. It seems that nothing has changed in Russia to this day. Still occupying and threatening small neighboring countries.

[franklinclinton]

"Only Finland-superb, nay, sublime-in the jaws of peril-Finland shows what free men can do."
-Winston Churchill, January 1940

[gentleken]

Watch the Finnish made film 'The Winter War'. It's four and a half hours long, but what a film. Doesn't skip around like most war films and shows you what life was like for the Finnish soldiers in the trenches. Amazing film.

[-R-o-k]

During Winter War Germany blocked weapon shipments from other European countries to Finland. Luckily Finland had nice neighbours like Sweden and Soviet Union, which both provided lots of weapons and equipment.

[TheJediCaptain]

The Finnish sniper needs his own Biographics video.

[oscarstaaf]

You should do one about the continuation war, where another absolute legend fought against the russians: Lauri Törni. You've already made a video about him, one of my favorites. But also you should definitely do a video about Carl Gustaf Mannerheim. The man who truly saved Finland, a man who had to choose the lesser evil between Hitler and Stalin, eventually he met Hitler privately, and Mannerheim was told by one of the nazi Officers that he couldn't smoke during the meeting, because Hitler didn't like it very much. Well Mr Mannerheim was not taking any of that bs, and so when he met with Hitler: Carl just casually lit up a cigarrtte/cigar while keeping eye contact with Hitler. Who was visibly uncomfortable. Just to prove a point: shaking hands with the devil was a necessary gamble, an attemp to scare off russians. Hitler had no intrest in Finland.

[ignitionfrn]

2:50 - Chapter 1 - Diplomacy
5:25 - Chapter 2 - The invasion
9:35 - Chapter 3 - White death
14:25 - Chapter 4 - Soviet reinforcements
17:10 - Chapter 5 - The aftermath
- Chapter 6 -

[jwp]

Sabaton certainly chose well when they wrote about the White Death. Even though I've heard the story before on their history channel, it's still astounding to hear some of those numbers again and what he did to make himself so effective.

[Tarquin]

It's amazing how the Soviet Union is repeating past mistakes today.

[imadeafunny]

Would love to see a warographics about Finland in the Continuation War!

[JokelNiina]

Thanks for making the video! Even though we lost the war, we Finns always talk of it as if we won. We get to keep our independence and that was a very big win when it came to Soviet Russia.

[phoenixsixxrising]

You know your invasion is going to be hell when the Finnish line is your starting point!

[nicwilson]

When the trees start speaking Finnish, you're about to have a bad day. Especially when Simo is around

[ilarious]

Well perkele, how did I only now hear about this channel? Great video, greetings from Finland. ✌🏼