1940 Heroic Finland

British Newsreel. February 5, 1940. At the beginning of the war, only those Finnish soldiers who were in active service at the time had uniforms and weapons. The rest had to make do with their own clothing, which was their normal winter clothing in many instances, with a semblance of an insignia added. These mismatched "uniforms" were nicknamed "Model Cajander" after the Prime Minister Aimo Cajander. The Finns alleviated their shortages by making extensive use of equipment, weapons and ammunition captured from the enemy. The army had not changed the calibre of its weapons after independence and was able to use Soviet ammunition. The deployment of poorly trained and badly led Soviet troops gave the advantage to the Finns, allowing the latter ample opportunities to capture war booty. Though the Finns had few anti-tank weapons, they had the Molotov cocktail, an improvised petrol bomb adapted from the Spanish Civil War, which was used with great success in destroying or disabling around 2,000 Soviet tanks. One Finnish soldier is quoted as saying: "I never knew a tank could burn for so long."

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[obuBBubo]

@TheYellowbellyfins "Of approximately 500 Jewish refugees, eight were handed over to the Germans, a fact for which Finnish prime minister Paavo Lipponen issued an official apology in 2000."

Firstly, the eight in question were REFUGEES, and not those rounded up in Finland for transportation.

Secondly, the Finns have apologized Jews for their deaths.

WHY DID THE SOVIETS MURDER 100 000 FINEST OF THE NATION AND HUNDREDS OF CIVILIANS IN 1939-44.

WHY DON'T THEY APOLOGIZE FOR THEIR CRIME!!

[TheYellowbellyfins]

Why did Finnish State Police hand over Jews to the Gestapo to be murdered 06/11/1942 ? Why did Finland hand over 3000 Soviet Prisoners of War to the Germans ? At least Seventy were Jewish Soviets who where Extradited to the Gestapo Why is Finland so frightened of the truth ? Why does Finland fear the TRUTH COMMISSION Answer DIRTY PAST 

[theoutremerlibrary]

Good on you Finns ! Who stood up to thezionistcontroledSoviet . Too bad more countries aren't awake to what is happening STILL .

[ownedzaros]

@TheYellowbellyfins oh fuck off and go join a tea party you fat british shit

[Kizor]

If there is wisdom in the written world, it is not found in YouTube comments.

[TheYellowbellyfins]

Finland LAND OF YELLOW BELLY COWARDS

[UbuntuLIVES20]

UBUNTU loves Finland. Long live FINLAND! Suomi SUOMI UBER ALLES! UBER ALLES IN DER WELT! SIEG HEIL!

[JohQx3]

@TheYellowbellyfins Yea, would love to see you saying that next to Finns. Remember to mark somewhere the place where you said that, because that's where you can collect your teeth after waking up in the bottom of some sort of ditch.

Or are you some sort of 12 year old keyboard warrior, who just enjoys trolling (<- my guess)

[obuBBubo]

@TheYellowbellyfins is a LIE and a LIAR by default; and going from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

[TheYellowbellyfins]

Finland LAND OF COWARDLY DOGS

[NeutralExistence]

@obuBBubo

Common bond? You fought a bloody war against each-other, and their King drove your ancestors into the ground with usury. The only common bond is the slaves serving in the imperial British army like always, sure they throw up the common enemy picture to get us all riled up, but then you see whose pockets are being lined, and it quickly becomes apparent that this war wasn't about West vs East. It was about something much more, consolidating power on a grand scale.