Talvisota- The Winter War ([Rare video] Friends of Finland)

In 1939 American sympathy for Finland.

In spite of the great publicity, Finland received little effective military help. The Swedish unit with Norwegians thrown in was the only significant foreign unit to see action. The volunteer movement made greater impact on psychological front: the Finnish people felt that they had not been totally abandoned although the sympathy without action generated some sombre comments among Finns. The fact that little effective military help managed to reach Finland was in turn proof that the Western democracies could not give any guarantees for Finland's freedom. This was even more evident when soon after the Winter War Germany occupied Denmark and Norway thus effectively cutting any routes from Finland to the West. This in turn was one factor in forcing Finland to accept German help against the Soviet threat.

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The WAR between small Christian Finland and Godless Soviet Union!

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[Teleoceras]

I'm from the USA, son of a 92 year old WW2 veteran. I truly wish we could have done more than the few volunteers that were able to help. I salute the brave men of the Finnish Army and Civil Guard who defended Finland in the Winter War and the Continuation War. I never considered the USSR an ally. Stalin was as bad and worse than Hitler. I know Finland is a true democracy that was put in a horrible situation that dealt with a bad situation with resolution and courage! SALUTE!

[finnfellow]

@dvcincybengals "elite ski troops" not really! in those days we just used to being hunting and working in the forests and moving with skis to another places, so it was just like walking to us lol!

[SuperPeptoBismol]

@finnfellow

True, but consider the Norwegians, whose royalty fled the country, allowed their capital to be occupied in 8 hours by a handful of paratroopers and the whole country ( a country ideal for guerrilla warfare ) occupied in 3 months! Embarrassing !

[SuperPeptoBismol]

@Teleoceras

Thank you. I had an American Mother and Finnish Father. The Finns should feel nothing but pride. What a great people!

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LONG LIVE HELLAS

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