How Finland Defeated Soviet Russia (Almost) | Countryball Finnish Civil War, Winter War & Mannerheim

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💬Learn about The Finnish Civil War, Winter War, Mannerheim, Finland, Russia, the Soviet Union, the Mannereim Line, Russian Invasions, and the humanities at large with CallMeEzekiel in this fun and informative video presented in the Polandball/Countryball style.

[CallMeEzekiel]

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[hellenicboi]

"Some Finnish machine gunners even had to be removed from the front due to the psychological stress of killing so many men so easily."
*DAMN*

[capiscrazy]

Went from making tutorials of games to history to now showing the history of the game itself.

[erpiji]

"Where will we find the room to burry all of them? " THAT SENT CHILLS ON MY SPINE, I DIDN'T KNOW THE FINNISH ARMY WERE THAT MENACING!

[Glitchedanimator]

Okay if your enemies are getting PTSD for Killing you too easily there is definitely a problem

[nyhyzll]

Finally people often forget about Finland, but they are a fighter country

[clover]

It's still surprises me how the hell's Finland survived against the soviets 💨

[nathanseper]

When the bushes speak Creole, the French shriek.
When the jungles speak Vietnamese, the Americans shriek.
When the snow speaks Finnish, the Russians shriek.

[Your_local_history.nerd.]

Fun fact: Communism is still very VERY un popular in Finland. A communist party (S.K.P.) still exist but it's nearly just a joke

[nicolausg]

In Poland we see Gustav Mannerheim as Finnish version of Pilsudzki.
Both were national heroes of thier homeland, commanded the army in ww1, great army commanders, both beaten bolsheviks up and managed to lead thier home countries to liberty and independence.

Trully Mannerheim was a real hero, and this is good that he will be always rememberd.

Altough I wish you made similar personal look at the Piłsudzki as a national hero. You did both Attaturk and now Mannerheim. All those 3 people were the same - a grat leader in time of need. All of them deserve respect, despite the controversies that they might cause.

[PeterNygard]

Mannerheim wasn’t actually a Swede, he was born in Finland into a Swedish-speaking noble house.

[maxpont]

Although Mannerheim did not speak flawless Finnish, he spoke good German with some mistakes... The only recording we have of Austrian painter in his normal voice is from a visit he made to Mannerheim in Finland in 1942

[Azraeltheangelofdeath]

24:28 I swear I don't know how many times I've heard the line, "It's a densely packed Forrest, there's no way they'll invade through it", like how many times have the Germans gone straight through the Ardennes into France at this point

[TimMatterSnorri]

I love Finnland soooo much!!! The people ( we in europe says that the Finns are the happiest People in Europe), the History and the Nature. Fun fact: In russia the winter war isnt a war that is at good speak. But for the Finns the winter war is a heroic war. In that war the Finns kick the ass of the Soviets. Long live FINNNLANDIA! Love from Switzerland 🇨🇭

[aamo]

As a Finn it‘s amazing to see this high quality videos made about our history.
Especially the civil war portion is something not many people outside of Finland know about, but which still has some lasting impacts to this day.

[Jaybird_]

Bro taught a Tibetan monk how to shoot a gun, fucking brilliant XD

[adamenander]

Hey Ezekiel! Fun fact: there is actually a flag for finland-swedes - which is Mannerheim was - which would be better suited for him!

[UnwiseWords]

18:31

The mount and blade reference caught me off guard

[MrSpritzmeister]

Mannerheim and other Swedish speaking Finns were and are 100% Finnish.

[vult]

9:45 One aspect seldom remembered about the civil war is how high the casualties were for such a small nation. Finland today has just about 6 million people, but back then it was way closer to 2 million.

The civil war itself is still a sad memory, as many families were split and forced against eachother due to their ideologies, and finland back then had a very close-knit communities. "Täällä pohjantähden alla" is a classic finnish book and play about this very thing. Some historical buildings in helsinki still have bulletholes left from the civil war, as a reminder of our past.