Why Finland Joining NATO is a GAMECHANGER?

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Finland has 1340 kilometers of border with Russia, hence the length of Russia's shared borders with NATO member states has doubled. Until now, due to the extremely harsh climatic nature of the area, good control of these borders has posed quite a problem for the Finns for decades. Historically, the war between Finland and Russia-then the Soviet Union-began in November 1939, when the USSR demanded the handover of the territories you see on the map from Finland to also use Finnish ports in the Baltic. The Russians had a significant advantage in numbers of troops and equipment, but the Finnish army nevertheless successfully defended its territory through effective war tactics. The war ended in March 1940 with the signing of peace in Moscow. Finland was forced to cede areas of Karelia to the USSR, as well as give way on the use of ports on the Gulf of Finland-but the country retained its independence, and the Russians lost the conflict with about 200,000 casualties, while Finland lost about 25,000 people-obviously with a population of several million, this is a huge loss, but with the capabilities of the Soviet army, it really isn't much. It was a setback that directly later contributed to the Third Reich's attack on the USSR, as well as Hitler's cooperation with the Helsinki government. This is what the Russians have feared the most in recent years - a renewed environment similar to that of World War II. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned that Russia would be "closely watching" what happens in Finland, describing NATO enlargement as "a violation of our security and our national interests."

Timeline:
0:00 Finland joins NATO
3:12 Historical pasts of Finland and Russia
4:28 Russian reaction to Finland joining NATO
5:57 The question of the Baltic States
6:42 Finland's military strength
8:29 The Baltic Sea a NATO sea?
9:12 The base in Murmansk
10:17 Finland is getting more and more armed
11:06 War for the Arctic

#finland #nato #russia

[stefan]

Literally no one in Finland wants the lost areas back. The costs of equalizing the difference in infrastructure and societal KPIs is enormous. Not to speak of a non-existent Finnish population in those areas.

The claim "it could gain the areas back" is just uneducated and drags down the videos overall credibility.

[janko]

Putin made big mistake by stating that we should not join Nato. That is not the way to handle us Finns :)

[brianlensky]

You're doing a really good job. Thanks❤

[Bryan-fbdh]

Finland may have limited personal but equipment is near unlimited with the U.S. and Germany backing them up.

[ReceptionArora]

Finland's move to join NATO carries no weight towards regaining the territories lost last century . Is not a priority for the finnish government

[riverward]

This is a good video. However, although NATO has made a smart strategic move with bring Finland into the Alliance, I think we should also be watchful with how BRICS plays their cards. The recent OPEC and BRICS news is concerning and it seems like Russia, China, Iran and India are making new plans to compete both economically and militarily with NATO. Which honestly makes sense. All these countries (including NK) dislike NATO. So it makes sense that they are planning major power moves to change the world order. You could say, equalizing the playing field as best they can. Starting with a currency change between their countries and not using the dollar. Again, very concerning, very smart and it will be interesting to see the next moves from both sides.

[amadeuz]

Seems no one gets the numbers right, trained population is ~75% of males(50% of the population) between the age 18-60(plus X females). Thats ~20% of the population so ~1.1m trained between 18-60, so its wartime army ~300k plus ~900k reserve.(yes thats 1.2m but we have women trained too and theres other factors that aint constant so then if its 1m or 1.4m I cant say without checking every number between 1980-2022). Then every age group doesnt have the same amount of males 50% of the males doing civil service did it after joining the army so they have some basics so it gets complicated, but easy just to use 300k+900k.

[RockysWorlddd]

So is Finland and NATO helping Ukraine?

[guyanacreations]

Yet you show the beauty of this country/city and it's people here.But not for Rwanda👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾

Biased👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾

[TheChironexxxx]

russia is used all its forces in ukraine it took least 5 year gain that power back thats why it was smart move to join nato its called nato option !

[mikaseppanen]

Well Whole Man Loosing it.. We May Ask Back Viburg.??..:) With out. Pang.:)

[marvinjimieiseb]

Do not forget 🇨🇺 en Russia 🇷🇺 Mexico 🇲🇽 en Russia

[mazhaq]

All you said nato is a country and other parts of the world is enemy. NATO is causing war all over world just for the protection of NATO.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[ultradimensions]

It's gonna be just like in 1940...

[tomektomaszewski]

In case of a war would Finland be able to take Sankt Petersburg? Yes but only theoretically because before they got there, Poles would already be there

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