A large group of Russian soldiers in the border area in 1939 are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a small hill: "One Finnish soldier is better than ten Russian". The Russian commander quickly orders 10 of his best men over the hill where Upon a gun-battle breaks out and continues for a few minutes, then silence. The voice once again calls out: "One Finn is better than one hundred Russian." Furious, the Russian commander sends his next best 100 troops over the hill and instantly a huge gun fight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again Silence. The calm Finnish voice calls out again: "One Finn is better than one thousand Russians!" The enraged Russian commander musters 1000 fighters and sends them to the other side of the hill. Rifle fire, machine guns, grenades, rockets and cannon fire ring out as a terrible battle is fought... Then silence. Eventually one badly wounded Russian fighter crawls back over the hill and with his dying words tells his commander, "Don't send any more men...it's a trap. There's two of them."
One thing about the Russian soldiers was that they were forbidden to retreat. Behind the lines there were politruks who shot everybody who retreated. Very often the Russian soldiers were more afraid of their own politruks than the actual enemy.
You have been watching some Finnish patriotic songs and videos about winter/continuation war. National anthem and Finlandia hymn are awesome and beautiful. But if you want to hear a song that will make even the hardest and strongest man weep like a little girl...listen to this winter war story song: ruclips.net/video/h2bhFriHXYA/видео.html Happy 107th independence day to Finland :)
Related to winter war, this true story based animation of finnish special forces meth usage (in english): ruclips.net/video/PfoMvgDY8hk/видео.htmlsi=zGOw4N9xZoACD2T7
The reasons for the outbreak of the Winter War were rather oversimplified. Stalin had reasonable reasons for his suspicions. The Germans helped the White victorious side in the Finnish Civil War and there was clear hatred in Finland towards the Soviet Union. The Finns had also attacked Soviet territory in the 1920s and Mannerheim's dream was to restore Tsarist rule and liberate Leningrad. Churchill and Mannerheim had clear plans for a military campaign, but it did not materialize. Hitler and Stalin agreed that Finland (and the Baltic countries and part of Poland) would be part of the Soviet sphere of influence in a secret appendix to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, so Stalin was free to attack Finland. The Finns' ability to repel the Soviet attack proved fatal for Hitler, he thought the Red Army was just as weak as he believed the Slavic people were. Stalin's attack was of course wrong, but the Finns were not entirely innocent either.
Any talk of Churchill and Mannerheim planning a military campaign together is complete nonsense. Finland neither had the means nor the intention to invade anyone. The Finnish military was in rough shape because most politicians didn’t believe the Soviets would ever attack. The real cause of the Winter War was simple: the USSR was a totalitarian empire, and empires invade their neighbors whenever they see an opportunity-just like Russia is doing today.
@@esakoivuniemi There are very good historical sources about Mannerheim and Churchill's joint plans to capture St. Petersburg/Leningrad after the civil war. The situation after the war was quite confusing, for example, the British took into their service the Red Guards who had fled to Russia from Finland after the civil war, which has left many scratching their heads as to how the brave workers of the Red Guard are in the service of His Majesty. Mannerheim was a loyal supporter of the Tsar and the monarchy until the end. This does not mean that I do not respect Mannerheim as a person and a soldier, but on the other hand I do not consider him a demigod either.
@@esakoivuniemi ps. niistä suomalaisten valloitusaikeista, Aunuksen sotareissut olivat selkeästi valloitusyrityksiä, joskin melko surkeita. Suur-Suomea puuhattiin ennen Talvi- ja Jatkosotaa oikein tosissaan, niin että samanlaisia me suomalaiset olemme kuin muutkin.
@@Beorninki The point I was making is that the reasons you mentioned weren’t the real, underlying cause of the Winter War. What happened in the 1920s is completely irrelevant. Russians will always come up with excuses, but a rational person should not take those at face value. Russia invades other countries because they believe they have some bloody God-given right to do so-plain and simple. For the Soviets, being atheists, that 'God' was their ideology, which they used to justify every effin' atrocity they made.
@@Beorninki The point I was making is that the reasons you mentioned weren’t the real, underlying cause of the Winter War. What happened in the 1920s is completely irrelevant. Russians will always come up with excuses, but no rational person takes those at face value. Russia invades other countries because they believe they have some supposed God-given right to do so-plain and simple. For the Soviets, that 'God' was their ideology, which they used to justify everything.
Snow outside, waking up late with a big mug of hot coffee and a new Mert video, this is great.
A large group of Russian soldiers in the border area in 1939 are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a small hill: "One Finnish soldier is better than ten Russian".
The Russian commander quickly orders 10 of his best men over the hill where Upon a gun-battle breaks out and continues for a few minutes, then silence. The voice once again calls out: "One Finn is better than one hundred Russian."
Furious, the Russian commander sends his next best 100 troops over the hill and instantly a huge gun fight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again Silence. The calm Finnish voice calls out again: "One Finn is better than one thousand Russians!"
The enraged Russian commander musters 1000 fighters and sends them to the other side of the hill. Rifle fire, machine guns, grenades, rockets and cannon fire ring out as a terrible battle is fought...
Then silence.
Eventually one badly wounded Russian fighter crawls back over the hill and with his dying words tells his commander, "Don't send any more men...it's a trap. There's two of them."
You should check the The Soldier who fought in 3 Armies video another great video about Finnish soldier
And Simo Häyhä / white death
The problem was that many countries especially UK promised to help but they didn't. I hope this won't happen again.
Soviet union did not win. Finland retained its independence and freedom. That's a victory.
I love your videos :3
05:38 finnish movie director Toni Kurkimäki is making movie of Häyhä atm.
Def check out the "combat camera showreels" by the Finnish defence forces from the few coule of years, if you haven't already - they are epic!
Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää!!
06:21 Finland lost viipuri to Soviets which was Finlands 2nd biggest city atm.
It was like ”Birmingham of Finland” so do speak.
Continuation War or Second Soviet-Finnish War was mainly to get these lost terretories (like Viipuri) back.
One good consequence of the Winter War was that Markku's father had to move out of Carelia, meet Markku's mother, and so on... 😕 by Tinja
When russian soldier sneezes and snow answers "bless you"
Russians are still same🤔😪.
And the Brits are too, if they are human. We just need to come up with a better deal for them to come help us next time.
Hello. Tomorrow is our independence day so u rly should do video about "Tuntematon sotilas" "Unknown soldier".😊
Raatteentie battle was a big thing and might interest you.
One thing about the Russian soldiers was that they were forbidden to retreat. Behind the lines there were politruks who shot everybody who retreated. Very often the Russian soldiers were more afraid of their own politruks than the actual enemy.
You have been watching some Finnish patriotic songs and videos about winter/continuation war. National anthem and Finlandia hymn are awesome and beautiful. But if you want to hear a song that will make even the hardest and strongest man weep like a little girl...listen to this winter war story song: ruclips.net/video/h2bhFriHXYA/видео.html
Happy 107th independence day to Finland :)
Related to winter war, this true story based animation of finnish special forces meth usage (in english): ruclips.net/video/PfoMvgDY8hk/видео.htmlsi=zGOw4N9xZoACD2T7
you should check out finnish civil war
Yes, a Sovjet failure. But it never wasn't a Russian failure. Two whole different dances to dance.
Samaa sontaa eri nimi
The reasons for the outbreak of the Winter War were rather oversimplified. Stalin had reasonable reasons for his suspicions. The Germans helped the White victorious side in the Finnish Civil War and there was clear hatred in Finland towards the Soviet Union. The Finns had also attacked Soviet territory in the 1920s and Mannerheim's dream was to restore Tsarist rule and liberate Leningrad. Churchill and Mannerheim had clear plans for a military campaign, but it did not materialize. Hitler and Stalin agreed that Finland (and the Baltic countries and part of Poland) would be part of the Soviet sphere of influence in a secret appendix to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, so Stalin was free to attack Finland. The Finns' ability to repel the Soviet attack proved fatal for Hitler, he thought the Red Army was just as weak as he believed the Slavic people were. Stalin's attack was of course wrong, but the Finns were not entirely innocent either.
Any talk of Churchill and Mannerheim planning a military campaign together is complete nonsense. Finland neither had the means nor the intention to invade anyone. The Finnish military was in rough shape because most politicians didn’t believe the Soviets would ever attack. The real cause of the Winter War was simple: the USSR was a totalitarian empire, and empires invade their neighbors whenever they see an opportunity-just like Russia is doing today.
@@esakoivuniemi There are very good historical sources about Mannerheim and Churchill's joint plans to capture St. Petersburg/Leningrad after the civil war. The situation after the war was quite confusing, for example, the British took into their service the Red Guards who had fled to Russia from Finland after the civil war, which has left many scratching their heads as to how the brave workers of the Red Guard are in the service of His Majesty. Mannerheim was a loyal supporter of the Tsar and the monarchy until the end. This does not mean that I do not respect Mannerheim as a person and a soldier, but on the other hand I do not consider him a demigod either.
@@esakoivuniemi ps. niistä suomalaisten valloitusaikeista, Aunuksen sotareissut olivat selkeästi valloitusyrityksiä, joskin melko surkeita. Suur-Suomea puuhattiin ennen Talvi- ja Jatkosotaa oikein tosissaan, niin että samanlaisia me suomalaiset olemme kuin muutkin.
@@Beorninki The point I was making is that the reasons you mentioned weren’t the real, underlying cause of the Winter War. What happened in the 1920s is completely irrelevant. Russians will always come up with excuses, but a rational person should not take those at face value. Russia invades other countries because they believe they have some bloody God-given right to do so-plain and simple. For the Soviets, being atheists, that 'God' was their ideology, which they used to justify every effin' atrocity they made.
@@Beorninki The point I was making is that the reasons you mentioned weren’t the real, underlying cause of the Winter War. What happened in the 1920s is completely irrelevant. Russians will always come up with excuses, but no rational person takes those at face value. Russia invades other countries because they believe they have some supposed God-given right to do so-plain and simple. For the Soviets, that 'God' was their ideology, which they used to justify everything.