Air War Over Finland 1/7

[a1stooge]

Sometimes the pawn fights back.

[Finland1965]

Norge.Danmrk o Sverige är losers under kriget..

[Finland1965]

Norden...ska hjälpa varandra...kul...Finland klarar sig själv...

[LivetysWiretys]

If any 1 wonders why the swatiska are on the planes, is that the air force of finland had that swatiska logo even before nazis.

[greengonchies]

@LivetysWiretys It is old symbol from Persia, long long ago. I think it is originally, even before that, from Indus

[LivetysWiretys]

@greengonchies yea i know was used there in east, india and those countrys but just sayd that finland had it before the nazis so no 1 think that finland stole it from the nazis.

[greengonchies]

@LivetysWiretys Well, if you hadn't told The Dummies that, I would have. Way to go. There are a lot of ill-educated who are looking at youtube.

Suomi-Fins are an awesome little people. Stoic, long suffering, hard working, well educated and tough as nails.

[greengonchies]

@greengonchies And there are a lot of dummies about.

[LivetysWiretys]

@greengonchies you are right, yea fins are.

[eevalko]

Corrections for mr. TheChristianRight09!!! Finland didn´t collabrate from 1939 to 1945 - it did so between 1941-1944. Finland has never collabrate with Soviet Union it this sence never. Start from this to study more carefully of history

[Myanleader]

I love Finland!

[AkuraIchiban]

Swastikas are used by Hindus, it's also a Buddhist symbol, the Ancient Greeks used it even on their helmets. Now Hitler was into symbolism and symbols. The must've thought it was a simple and a bold symbol that people would remember easily. But Hitler was just one guy who used the reverse swastika as a symbol of his party, of his sick "religion". But the swastika as a symbol had existed thousands of years before Hitler was even born.

[mirtioo]

CORRECTION: German and Russia atak Poland 1939 ,Poland had two front west and east.

Finland collabrate with German from 1939 to 1945

after 1946 finland start collabrate with soviet .

[TheChristianRight09]

Anyone know ,why Finish aircraft have the Nazi markings..

[quicklist98]

@TheChristianRight09 i am from finland and i can tell you,those aint nazi marks,they are finlands own marks,but we dont use them anymore.BTW the markings are blue. =)

[TheChristianRight09]

@quicklist98 if it looks like a duck,quacks like duck... Its a duck....

So, it a swastika

[iIRaazrIi]

@TheChristianRight09 @quicklist98 They had swastikas because the first "combat" airplanes given to Finland were from a Swedish nobel named Eric von Rosen, who used a blue swastika over a white background as his coat of arms (whit out political connections)

[sniffman1]

@TheChristianRight09 It's not a nazi marking....

[greengonchies]

@TheChristianRight09 moron

[TheChristianRight09]

@greengonchies don't be bitter........

Your Youtube page is so plain,why is this....You do understand YOUTUBE = Self made video's.... ;)

[natonorway]

the Soviet Union did not manage to get far in Finland. but they destroyed Germany

[ThugCologne]

Saksa?! come on!

[bananasqueek]

lol thought it was gonna be airsoft or something xD

[1975spc]

the forgotten war...

[mossmusic]

awesome! thanks for the upload!

[Zubrus555]

TACK VERIGE 

[CapKorzeniowski]

- What happend in Finland those years was a main reason for many Danes and other Scandinavians to join the Nazis (Frikorps Danmark, SS Div Wiking, SS Div Nordland) in the fight against Stalin

[rbilleaud]

The Finns are tough people. I guess you have to be to live in a country where it's winter 10 months out of the year.

[madverkus]

People dont know anything about war between Finland and Soviet Union in 1939-45, its like the forgotten front! And dont understand that Hitler underestimate Soviets because finns had fought well against totally overwhelming occupier! That is why Hitler stardet operation Barbadossa and if finns had participate in that, German and Nazis would of won 2WW for sure!!!

[gooddarkjedi]

@madverkus meaby the most important front. if finland whuld have fallen then soviet union might have stayed as allied with germany.

[JollyRodders]

@CJ7with285andt18 Have you seen the films "Talvisota"...Get the longer version if you can...and "Tali-Ihantala 1944"...??

[Lasstpak]

I'm very greatfull to you, for uploading this video.

[NoobSnoopy]

they are talking about russia and they show us cromwell and american soldiers

whatta shit xD

[Lasstpak]

@NoobSnoopy

They also talking about great powers ;)

But yes, this is little bit anachronismic

[ss90ss444]

They lasted very well. German weapons in the hands of Wind, Juutilainen and Luukkanen was very DEADLY to the soviets.

[mrmakemakkara]

suomalaiset sotilaat ja lotat tekivät arvokasta työtä sodan aikana joka on hatun arvoinen suoritus

[PatriaFinlandia]

@mrmakemakkara

Oikeassa olet! Isoäiti oli lotta ja selvisi kertomaan tarinaa jälkipolville!

Lotat olivat Suomen murtumaton selkäranka!

[astrocat75]

what a much needed documentary, thank you. Great to see Blenheim, Buffalo and Fokker XXI footage. The Fins can fight with anything... Goes to show what love of country can do for a person taking up arms...

[mrmakemakkara]

suomalaiset lotat tekivät arvokasta työtä sodan aikana

[wellerocks]

My grandfather was one amongst the swedish 19 air regiment flying the gloster Gladiator. Finland's business is our business.

[Luuraja]

Finnish will to resist this threat was and was extraordinary!

[pepperdineu1]

I was unaware of the Swedish volunteer squadron...Very interesting--and encouraging.

To read about the brilliant career of Finnish ace Col. Eino Lukkanen, Google Fighter Over Finland. This site won't accept URLs:

Many of his victories came in Buffalos

[koivis87]

I think the Swedes only donated Bristol Bulldogs, which vere completely outdated by Winter War. There was also a small Swedish volunteer unit on the front.

[pepperdineu1]

@koivis87 I am glad to learn that Sweden helped the Finns. No one else seemed willing or able to do anything when the Russians attacjked in both the Winter and Continuation wars. I hate it that my country tried to make heroes out of the Stalinist Russians considering what they did in Poland and Finland!

[DaBoomz13]

British and Americans said that the brewster was a "flying coffin" but Finnish said that it was very good plane. Finnish had Fokker D.XXI:s in winter war.

[pepperdineu1]

In lower alltitude fighting, such as was the case in Finland, where the opposition was not first-line (no Zeros or ME-109s--just Spanish Civil War era Moscas and such) the Buffalo was adequate and the Finnish pilots were superb!

[TheDepotCat]

I think the Finns liked using the Brewster Buffalo..{Not called the Buffalo in Finland, but referred to as THe Brewster}..fighter plane. But the British, Dutch and Americans didn't like it at all.

[YEP321S]

I don't know if it was necessarily liking it- it had a faster top speed than the Fokkers, the MS.406, the Curtiss Hawk, the Fiat G.50, and the Gladiator, and had heavier armament than most of those planes.

Much of it had to do, I think with the Buffalo being flown by second-team allied pilots versus the top-end Japanese early war pilots.

US Naval aviators say that a good pilot in a clunker can beat Gomer Pyle in a hot-rod...;)

[JazZzi88]

well brewster was a good plane against russian (early contination war) figter, chaika,rata and even mig-3! after year 1942 they were replace by the bf-109 g2 ,g6 and g8 modern figters from german

but brewster was used in city air defending to end of year 1945. sry my english

[pepperdineu1]

@JazZzi88

Your English is fine--much better than my Finnish! LOL

[SCHRUBBE1966]

Sweden gave Finland their top line modern fighters to use.

[jlaukkanen]

Exactly what modern fighter types you mean?

[JazZzi88]

oh realy?like what, buldogs and gladiators?

[pepperdineu1]

I am unaware of a single Swedish fighter donated to Finland. None are mentioned in any accounts written by Finnish pilots..

What were the types and how many were given?

[ReneMalmstrom]

It was a single Morane-Saulnier Parasol and it was donated 6th March 1918.

[pepperdineu1]

@ReneMalmstrom

I think the biggest advantage the Finns had were superb pilots. While some USSR pilots were top-notch many more were poorly trained. But the Finns racked up an incredible kill ratio flying planes Americans and Brits considered second-class.

[JapaninArmeija]

@pepperdineu1

They gave some outdated planes, Jaktfalken and Bulldogs, because they had no better. The participating Swedish squadron however flew Gladiators.

[FINhenu]

mul on tää vhs kasetilla. siinä selostaja puhuu suomea.

[Airsoftrisupetteri]

He speaks English and texts are Finnish it's confusing ;P

[pahapoika7]

(¤_¤)

[Kemusika]

Finland <3

[marjis3]

mave.foorumi.eu

[umpisuoli87]

hmmm, i haven't seen this before, interesting..