What should we react to next? Buymeacoffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/maxsujyreact You can request with your donation, the amount is up to you, but please be mindful that videos with music are sometimes hard to monetize so perhaps a little more with your donation to offset the lack of ads revenue would be appreciated. Also, please suggest something that make sense for our channel (Sweden, or any other Nordic country). We don't want to frustrate our subscribers. If a video is blocked or we simply don't want to do it for wtv reason we will ask you for another video link. Channel Membership: ruclips.net/channel/UCQsmCKwNbJS-GmCfFZ9i7Pgjoin We have 12 rescue dogs at home, including 1 with diabetes who is fully blind. All Channel Membership and Donations go toward her home treatment (insulin, diet, etc). Thank you so much!
Sweden played a double game during ww2. When both Norway and Denmark were occupied by Germany, Sweden's "neutrality" was important for Norwegian and Danish resistance movements. Germany had plans to also occupy Sweden, so to keep Sweden "neutral" the Swedish government was forced to balance on a thin line - secretly work for the Western Alliance but at the same time officially keep the Germans happy to avoid occupation which would be disastrous for all three countries Sweden , Norway and Denmark. Regarding the Swedish knowledge of the horrible Jewish persecutors in Germany, signals were received quite early on, but since this was so unbelievable, most people believed that it was made-up fantasies. Not until around 1941 did people in Sweden become aware that what was happening in Germany was actually real. Then Sweden's opinion definitively turned from Germany to the West. Known are e.g. Folke Bernadotte's "white buses" that saved the lives of around 15,500 Jews by evacuating them to Sweden.
It is a decent video, but seems a bit one-sided in a judgmental kind of way. Sweden really had to walk a tight-rope and played pretty much all the bad cards it got, perfectly. There is a similar video to this one that goes into more detail. Some things they forgot to mention here: Sweden took in a lot of Finnish children when the Soviet union attacked them. It was a way for the Finns to make sure their kids were safe from the Red army, in case of further invasion. Sweden intercepted German communications on a regular basis and forwarded the information to the British, thereby helping the Allies with intelligence against Germany. One example would be the departure of Germany's powerful battleship "Bismarck", information about this lead to the Allies sinking it on its maiden voyage.
I agree its a decent video, but sometimes its extremly onesided missing importent parts. In other parts its plain wrong. I would not use this when I was working as a history teacher. Or maybe I would to show what happens when you leave out important parts.
Its perhaps not that surprising that a major share of the steel going into the German war machine came from Sweden, Sweden is(and was) one of the largest sources of iron ore in Europe, with approximately 90% of Europe's iron and 5% of the world's iron reserves.
During the winter war of 1939-1940, he signed up 12,000 Swedes and 700 Norwegians volunteered to fight for Finland in the Swedish Volunteer Corps at the Salla front in Finnish Lapland. During the Continuation War, nearly 1,000 Swedes served in the Swedish Volunteer Battalion in front of Hangö in 1941 and just over 400 in the Swedish Volunteer Company in 1942-1944 on the eastern front at Jandeba and on the Karelian Isthmus in the summer of 1944. Swedish volunteers also served in various Finnish units during both wars. 122 Swedish volunteers died and many hundreds were wounded, many with lifelong disability as a result, in the fight for Finland's freedom.
This is the sort of stuff that needs to be put forth when some Finnish nationalists go all "Sweden bad, no help", which happens quite frequently on the internet.
May I add 16,000 signed up , Finland only accepted 12,000 of which only 8,300 reached the line before the war stopped. Compared to the 289 idiots who joined the axis, unlike the thousands from both Denmark and Norway. One thing he didnt mention was the fear of "Quisling's" , traitors. Having seen how they fucked up Norway in its defence Sweden were not keen at all in 1940 to provoke Germany , they also had a pact/alliance with Russia so this is why Sweden didnt join Finland in the winter war. But to be clear Sweden was only neutral for the first 3 months of the second world war, as soon as Soviet invaded Finland it was changed to Non-belligerent. 1,500 swedes joined the american army to fight the nazis a few thousands joined the brittish merchant fleets, ontop of that Sweden shared intelligence with the brittish already in 1940 and never with the Germans. Sweden even warned Soviet Union about Operation Barbarosa but Stalin being paranoid thought Sweden was just trying to destroy their pact. Since Sweden have never help Russia before, its hard to blame him.
Sweden was simply mostly concerned with the well-being of fellow Nordics. The most dangerous enemy to that wasn't clear at the time. It was just another European war to try to stay out of. In general it wasn't obvious from a Swedish perspective who the good guys and who the bad guys really were anyway. Historically Europe has gone to war with itself quite often. It's one of the hypotheses as to why Europe managed to suddenly subjugate much of the world. So bits of Europe fighting other bits was considered common. Antisemitism was also very common everywhere and especially so in the Soviet Union. The USSR especially wasn't considered to be obviously better than the 3rd Reich. The UK actually invaded Iceland although there's not too much resentment over it. It's mostly considered an international form of "rude" at this point. Also our military wasn't great at the time. The belief was that everyone had learned from WW1 and wouldn't do that stupid again.
Would really love to see you react to some Swedish criminal series such as Johan Falk, Wallander, Beck 🙏 i really like them all but Johan Falk is my favourite ❤️ Snabba Cash is also one to check out but it's more like a movie (trilogy)
we always look out for our fellow neighbours we might be neutral but if the shi..hits the fan so to speak we will always defend and protect scandinavia..norway denmark and finland. if we go together into war u better watch out we can do much more damage than any country could dream off!! hopefully we wont need to go into war cuz we are a peaceful people but dont mess with us!!
This video does not mention one very important aspect of this. That is Herman Göring's deep relationship with the Swedish nobility. His first wife Karin was one of them, after her death he even named his mansion Karinhall after her. I don't know if it mattered, but it could have mattered a lot in the fact that Germany never invaded Sweden, her home country. Also Sweden thretened to blow up the iron ore mine if Germany invaded.
What should we react to next?
Buymeacoffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/maxsujyreact
You can request with your donation, the amount is up to you, but please be mindful that videos with music are sometimes hard to monetize so perhaps a little more with your donation to offset the lack of ads revenue would be appreciated. Also, please suggest something that make sense for our channel (Sweden, or any other Nordic country). We don't want to frustrate our subscribers. If a video is blocked or we simply don't want to do it for wtv reason we will ask you for another video link.
Channel Membership: ruclips.net/channel/UCQsmCKwNbJS-GmCfFZ9i7Pgjoin
We have 12 rescue dogs at home, including 1 with diabetes who is fully blind. All Channel Membership and Donations go toward her home treatment (insulin, diet, etc).
Thank you so much!
Sweden played a double game during ww2. When both Norway and Denmark were occupied by Germany, Sweden's "neutrality" was important for Norwegian and Danish resistance movements. Germany had plans to also occupy Sweden, so to keep Sweden "neutral" the Swedish government was forced to balance on a thin line - secretly work for the Western Alliance but at the same time officially keep the Germans happy to avoid occupation which would be disastrous for all three countries Sweden , Norway and Denmark.
Regarding the Swedish knowledge of the horrible Jewish persecutors in Germany, signals were received quite early on, but since this was so unbelievable, most people believed that it was made-up fantasies. Not until around 1941 did people in Sweden become aware that what was happening in Germany was actually real. Then Sweden's opinion definitively turned from Germany to the West. Known are e.g. Folke Bernadotte's "white buses" that saved the lives of around 15,500 Jews by evacuating them to Sweden.
The Jews and others that survived the concentration camps when Germany was defeated, yes.
It is a decent video, but seems a bit one-sided in a judgmental kind of way. Sweden really had to walk a tight-rope and played pretty much all the bad cards it got, perfectly. There is a similar video to this one that goes into more detail. Some things they forgot to mention here:
Sweden took in a lot of Finnish children when the Soviet union attacked them. It was a way for the Finns to make sure their kids were safe from the Red army, in case of further invasion.
Sweden intercepted German communications on a regular basis and forwarded the information to the British, thereby helping the Allies with intelligence against Germany. One example would be the departure of Germany's powerful battleship "Bismarck", information about this lead to the Allies sinking it on its maiden voyage.
I agree its a decent video, but sometimes its extremly onesided missing importent parts. In other parts its plain wrong. I would not use this when I was working as a history teacher. Or maybe I would to show what happens when you leave out important parts.
Its perhaps not that surprising that a major share of the steel going into the German war machine came from Sweden, Sweden is(and was) one of the largest sources of iron ore in Europe, with approximately 90% of Europe's iron and 5% of the world's iron reserves.
During the winter war of 1939-1940, he signed up
12,000 Swedes and 700 Norwegians volunteered to fight for Finland in the Swedish Volunteer Corps at the Salla front in Finnish Lapland. During the Continuation War, nearly 1,000 Swedes served in the Swedish Volunteer Battalion in front of Hangö in 1941 and just over 400 in the Swedish Volunteer Company in 1942-1944 on the eastern front at Jandeba and on the Karelian Isthmus in the summer of 1944. Swedish volunteers also served in various Finnish units during both wars.
122 Swedish volunteers died and many hundreds were wounded, many with lifelong disability as a result, in the fight for Finland's freedom.
This is the sort of stuff that needs to be put forth when some Finnish nationalists go all "Sweden bad, no help", which happens quite frequently on the internet.
May I add 16,000 signed up , Finland only accepted 12,000 of which only 8,300 reached the line before the war stopped.
Compared to the 289 idiots who joined the axis, unlike the thousands from both Denmark and Norway.
One thing he didnt mention was the fear of "Quisling's" , traitors. Having seen how they fucked up Norway in its defence Sweden were not keen at all in 1940 to provoke Germany , they also had a pact/alliance with Russia so this is why Sweden didnt join Finland in the winter war.
But to be clear Sweden was only neutral for the first 3 months of the second world war, as soon as Soviet invaded Finland it was changed to Non-belligerent.
1,500 swedes joined the american army to fight the nazis a few thousands joined the brittish merchant fleets, ontop of that Sweden shared intelligence with the brittish already in 1940 and never with the Germans.
Sweden even warned Soviet Union about Operation Barbarosa but Stalin being paranoid thought Sweden was just trying to destroy their pact.
Since Sweden have never help Russia before, its hard to blame him.
@@vicolin6126 Finnish always talk crap on Swedish people they are little broder land and have komplex
@@Michels_SupercarsYou are the one talking crap about Finland now lol
@@mixlllllll why is the truth crap
"If you are outnumberd and outgunned, avoid to pack a fight at all cost."
Sweden was simply mostly concerned with the well-being of fellow Nordics. The most dangerous enemy to that wasn't clear at the time. It was just another European war to try to stay out of.
In general it wasn't obvious from a Swedish perspective who the good guys and who the bad guys really were anyway. Historically Europe has gone to war with itself quite often. It's one of the hypotheses as to why Europe managed to suddenly subjugate much of the world. So bits of Europe fighting other bits was considered common. Antisemitism was also very common everywhere and especially so in the Soviet Union. The USSR especially wasn't considered to be obviously better than the 3rd Reich. The UK actually invaded Iceland although there's not too much resentment over it. It's mostly considered an international form of "rude" at this point.
Also our military wasn't great at the time. The belief was that everyone had learned from WW1 and wouldn't do that stupid again.
One of my theories is that it was the Wallenberg clan (family) that made sure Sweden was left alone.
we do what we need to do to defend the north
Nice video
Would really love to see you react to some Swedish criminal series such as Johan Falk, Wallander, Beck 🙏 i really like them all but Johan Falk is my favourite ❤️ Snabba Cash is also one to check out but it's more like a movie (trilogy)
we always look out for our fellow neighbours we might be neutral but if the shi..hits the fan so to speak we will always defend and protect scandinavia..norway denmark and finland. if we go together into war u better watch out we can do much more damage than any country could dream off!! hopefully we wont need to go into war cuz we are a peaceful people but dont mess with us!!
Was It only me that saw the gecko 7:27
There are a lot of gecko in the house.
Where the hell? 😁
@@MaxSujyNorden scary
This video does not mention one very important aspect of this. That is Herman Göring's deep relationship with the Swedish nobility. His first wife Karin was one of them, after her death he even named his mansion Karinhall after her. I don't know if it mattered, but it could have mattered a lot in the fact that Germany never invaded Sweden, her home country. Also Sweden thretened to blow up the iron ore mine if Germany invaded.