Talk about the coldest hot war...

@trilojag101

3 жыл бұрын

Yessir

@lukedanielbarlis5988

3 жыл бұрын

Coldest + hot = warm + war = warm war

@JOJO-ig2jw

3 жыл бұрын

How is this 12 hours ago ??

@mdmiloy5897

3 жыл бұрын

A Ottoman and Napolionik and Early muslim expantion vidio please

@rmz9309

3 жыл бұрын

Can you do the Turkish War of Independence series

350 men vs 14000... Russians trying to light a fire: "Comrade, did you hear something coming from the forest?" Forest: "PERKELE"

@mikeshogunlee

3 жыл бұрын

Everybody gangsta till the snow starts speaking Finish.

@toaderspanache8571

3 жыл бұрын

@@rj5848 because youtube is evil, it really is lying to us

@joeah3479

3 жыл бұрын

@@rj5848 I guess people sponsoring the channel may have early access to the video before its offcial release, thus the discrepancy between the moment of some comments and the moment of public release of a video without mentioning the moment of early access release. I once saw a video that had more likes than public views and asked myself the same question

@gbendicion7052

3 жыл бұрын

This comment was sabotaged by the Finns it seems...

@altaccount80

3 жыл бұрын

@@rj5848 patreons

350 vs 14000? A textbook example of inefficient use of manpower. Those 50 could have been sent to another war theater

@rokano

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@roland7069

3 жыл бұрын

well yeah they are so cool,and now let's recall their involvement in the subsequent war...this did not go well

@Saqux

3 жыл бұрын

id say those 300 could have been sent to another war theater

@lemonman1066

Жыл бұрын

Man you wrong at least 400 could have been sent to another war theater

Russians: Ha! Look at those Germans freeze Finns: look who's talking...

@VersusARCH

3 жыл бұрын

In reality the Germans first mocked the Soviets in Finland and then froze in the USSR. Neither USSR in 1939. nor Germany in 1941. had sufficient experience to organize a large scale offensive in such freezing conditions with poor infrastructure and it was a learning curve for both, except the Soviets contented themselves with minimal victory just as they began to work things out because they were worried the Germans might attack them, while later the Germans bled dry before the experience they gathered might help them win the war...

@jakkeledin4645

3 жыл бұрын

Different is that Germans didn t got winter equipments and as a Central europeans don t understand world winter. Russians know those but as usual they didn t care mens life or suffering.

@shiakou5262

3 жыл бұрын

@@jakkeledin4645 Yes, because Nazis are absolutely known for caring about mens' lives or suffering. Lets not make any excuses, shall we? The Russians screwed up in the Winter War but won anyway, the Germans screwed up even more afterwards, but lost.

@bangscutter

3 жыл бұрын

It was because the Soviets struggled against Finland, that Nazi Germany underestimated their opponent when they invaded the USSR. The Red Army on the other hand, learnt from their mistake in the winter war campaign.

@Kealen69

3 жыл бұрын

@@VersusARCH I'm sure if the German logistics in Russia was better then winter clothes might've helped, not a lot of winter clothing in Stalingrad photos

In Suomussalmi, there is a sign saying: *Pysähdy Suomussalmelle. Tänne venäläisetkin pysäytettiin!* (Translation: Stop at Suomussalmi. The Russians were stopped here as well!)

@KateeAngel

3 жыл бұрын

😆😆😆 I am Russian, and I promise to stop there one day

@tomi9562

3 жыл бұрын

@@KateeAngel if not getting encircled first ;)

@tomi9562

3 жыл бұрын

@Axios .king wtf u talkig about???

@sanher20

3 жыл бұрын

I visited Suomussalmi and didn't find such a sign. It's a beautiful place though and visiting the trench at Purasjoki was amazing.

@Dookie9669

3 жыл бұрын

@Axios .king yeah, its a shame how we venerate our ancestors and veterans greatest sacrifice by allowing our nation to be invaded now with no one at the border

Finns : We are outnumbered 4 to 1. Let's advance!

@TheGetFreshFlow

3 жыл бұрын

@Konstantin Vesselovskii If you watched the videos as opposed to just randomly busting out your best douche-canoe impersonation, you would know.

@vinnieandhispizza6299

3 жыл бұрын

"I like those odds."

@cianakril

3 жыл бұрын

@Konstantin Vesselovskii they lost the Continuation War and became USSR puppet till 1991.

@scorpionWhite

3 жыл бұрын

@@cianakril Finland has never tried to win a war, just to stay independent. Finns have managed to gain that main goal twice. Of course during the Continuation War they had some aims concerning the borders but it was totally depending on the success of the Germany forces. Finland was totally as a commercial goods between Germany and Russia.

@backhandok

3 жыл бұрын

@@cianakril We were never a puppet. To anyone. Period.

Ah yes... The biggest instance of "What could *POSSIBLY* go wrong?" that Stalin ever had.

@andrewwalter7991

3 жыл бұрын

What about when he ignored countless warnings about Barbarossa?

@adarheim1013

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewwalter7991 he had a suspicion but cast it off a bit

@thabomuso6254

3 жыл бұрын

Alexander Sturnn, before the invasion Stalin questioned the necessity of bringing such huge invasion forces to Finland, since the campaign was expected to be over within weeks. The Red Army had even given detailed instructions to their forces to not advance into Sweden by mistake. like you said, what could possibly go wrong.

@yunleung2631

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly if I was him I’d be confident as hell too.

@thabomuso6254

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewwalter7991 Stalin knew that an invasion was most likely coming in 1941, but not exactly when and how. And there were many false calls while Staling kept convincing himself that the British were somehow provoking him into a war with Germany. Stalin knew that the Red Army was not ready for a war with Germany in 1941, which is why he tried to deny the writings on the wall. When it came to the Winter War, it was different. If one only compares the available forces of either combatant, the Soviets had a huge advantage, and Stalin knew as little about fighting in winter among thick forests and marshes as most other Soviet officers up to the high command. Any surviving good officer commanding troops in Siberia could have told him what was to come, but they likely didn't dare to lest they be executed.

Finland: Ah, you think winter is your ally? I was born in the Winter. Molded by it. I didn't see the sun until I was already a man. The snowbanks betray you because they belong to me.

@Thaumazo83

3 жыл бұрын

Bane

@cristianvillanueva8782

3 жыл бұрын

BASE

@nunodossantos3362

3 жыл бұрын

Bane!

@MBuliveivari

3 жыл бұрын

I was :D As I look at the weather reports from my birth, here was only 20cm of snow and -20 C. November.

@TheShrewdMonarch

3 жыл бұрын

If I’m not mistaken, the Siberian Russian military forces that specialize in winter skirmishes were planted to the East of Russia. These western dudes really couldn’t stand a chance to the finns

Apparently, the Soviet General staff were so overconfident in their ability to steamroll Finland, that they warned their troops not to cross the swedish border by mistake

@Mestari1Gaming

3 жыл бұрын

LoL! That did not go well for the Soviets!

@tomi9562

3 жыл бұрын

Spoiler: they never even reached to the finnish- swediah border

@madsbuhris

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomi9562 they didnt even reach the Old Finnish-Russian border from the peace treaty from 1809.

@tomi9562

3 жыл бұрын

@@madsbuhris F

What an outstanding performance from the finns, they have the right to be proud

@loveofmangos6112

3 жыл бұрын

@Konstantin Vesselovskii No one cares what Stalin did or thought. Fighting this well, you deserve to be spared.

@Teippaaja

3 жыл бұрын

@Konstantin Vesselovskii Reading your first comments Pjotr led me to believe that you are actually smart troll but this is too much :DDD Can you show more how butthurt you are?

@Teippaaja

3 жыл бұрын

@Konstantin Vesselovskii Pjotr, I can't see any of yours other comments. Maybe that is better consider even your first writings were very inaccurate prorussian narrative what only ruski bots use but no )))))))) and xaxaxaxaxxaaxxa so I give you 4/5 :D

@n00blamer

3 жыл бұрын

@Konstantin Vesselovskii 14,000 vs 350 men... that's 40:1 and these guys won the battle but of course lost the war in the end, but instead of occupying Finland USSR signed a peace treaty which was another miracle in itself. I'd say Finland got the best possible deal out of impossible situation.. 100 times larger country let them remain independent is pretty cool.. what's your problem with this video presentation is there something imprecise or wrong information in it?

@n00blamer

3 жыл бұрын

@Konstantin Vesselovskii You should become science-fiction author.

Seems the Soviets failed to get to the Finnish line I will see myself out

@LazyLifeIFreak

3 жыл бұрын

*Pine tree's whisper in angry Finnish*

@punishedvenomsnake716

3 жыл бұрын

*badum tsssssssssss*

@andrewstockwell66

3 жыл бұрын

Daaaaaaaaad, stop it!

@whiskeyactual.

3 жыл бұрын

I thought that was pretty good chuckle

@aam0044

3 жыл бұрын

God dammit, take the like from me

Besides the obvious military prowess of the finnish soldiers, it's clear they had superb commanding officers. They juiced their knowledge of the battlefield to the last drop. You can't ask anything more for a people attacked by an overwhelming foe.

Red Army : we have thousands more men, hundreds of tanks, and ample supplies. What could possibly go wrong? Simo Häyhä : Allow me to introduce myself

@l_h_d_35

3 жыл бұрын

*Häyhä

@mr.c.3760

3 жыл бұрын

which front did Simo seen action in? I'm surprised they didn't mention him here

@even8847

3 жыл бұрын

And superb Finnish artillery gunners, and those sweet Finnish 20mm anti-tank guns fired from the shoulders... The Finnish geography and terrain made it like shooting fish in a barrel... And just the fact they were Finnish...

@amfogus2705

3 жыл бұрын

@@mr.c.3760 I Think Its Near Karelia In Leningrad-Karelia Border

@engvallfam

3 жыл бұрын

@@mr.c.3760 he fought mainly in Kollaa

The Swedish General Staff estimated that the Finns would be able to hold out for about 100 days as the war started; they held out for 105 days (if I'm not mistaken), so the Swedes were well-informed of the capabilities of the Finns and the harsh snowy terrain for an invading army, which they held.

@bige1106

3 жыл бұрын

The Swedes knew their capabilities, and decided to sit it out, Thanks Sweden!

@VioletMilks

3 жыл бұрын

Rafael Resende Goldschmidt Nah, they would’ve conquered Russia guys this is a joke no need to get pissed

@sormiliha

3 жыл бұрын

Hold out for 105 days of GLORY. The Swedes and The Finns were trying to form an alliance (or sort of an federation) in the 1920's and 30's (again after hundred or so years) which both Nazi Germany and Stalin strongly objected to (wonder why). If the plan would have succeeded I am positive we would have hold.

@maybesami4270

3 жыл бұрын

@Rafael Resende Goldschmidt spirit maybe. Not the swedish army though.

@heikkisallinen9012

3 жыл бұрын

@@sormiliha Finns actually tried forming a military alliance with Sweden again during the interim peace after Winter war. Both Soviets and Germans opposed to it.

“On second thought, let’s not go to Finland. It is a silly place.”

@bretthess6376

3 жыл бұрын

"It's only a model."

@slacksviii9824

3 жыл бұрын

Scary place*

@tahhah3449

3 жыл бұрын

You can go to Russia!

Russians: “We can endure the Winter” Finns: “We ARE the Winter”.

@mongolballempire8664

3 жыл бұрын

Dear Finland say that to the Russian Empire

@tomi9562

3 жыл бұрын

@@mongolballempire8664 laughs in perfect autonomy as well tsar being very unpopular in russia.

@mongolballempire8664

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomi9562 depends wich Tsar and Finland wasnt the only one with autonomy and it didn t even fight for its independance got it from the Soviets and Brest pact

@tomi9562

3 жыл бұрын

@@mongolballempire8664 so we gonna ignore finnish civil war?? You know if reds have won it we would have been parr of soviet union...

@mongolballempire8664

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomi9562 not necessarly Mongolia was a Communist nation but wasnt part of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia , Romania and Albania werent a puppet state

Soviets: We have you outnumbered 5 to 1! Fins : So you want to surrender?

@0neChecker

3 жыл бұрын

@Konstantin Vesselovskii In away yes, but don´t forget year 1809 when Tsar had to buy the peace from Finns. Russians had a control over coast line, because Swedish (mostly Finns) were fighting else where and those left in Finland were ordered to retreat to Sweden. And yet no army standing against Russian army they couldn´t take the whole country. Not even with the help from Finnish Sprengporten former Governor - General of Finland and those other Finns who had offered the country to Catherine the Great. The ordenary Finns kept fighting the Russian army. Conclusion: If the red army had taken over Finland it would have been only start of querrilla war, but in this time againts whole nation. You just don´t get it, we had already sent kids to other northen countries so that we could fight to the last man. If you know Finnish history you know that in Finland "to the last man" really means that. So we both should thank the god that red army couldn´t take Finland.

@0neChecker

3 жыл бұрын

@Konstantin Vesselovskii No Offence but I give yo usome names of the officers that turned into Russian side. Finns were quite fed up with Sweden. Carl Magnus Gripenberg, Carl Gustaf Armfelt , Johan Anders Jägerhorn, Georg Magnus Sprengtporten, Carl Olof Cronstedtia, Johan Henrik Hästesko, Sebastian von Otter, Per af Enehjelm, Otto Klingspor,i Karl Henrik Klick, Gustaf von Kothen combined 113 officers were willing to change from Sweden to Russia all of them very high ranking officers in Finland in key positions, they didnt even bothered to ask lower ranking officers. All of them wanted to get rid of the Sweden. One or two of the them died before the war (executed ). Only the common people did not except the idea. And they fought against Russian army. We know for sure because the Officers of "Anjalan liitto" signed the petition to Russians. And some officers surrendered with out fighting when Russian troups game. Don´t let the names fool you they were Finns.

@rootstone9883

3 жыл бұрын

@Konstantin Vesselovskii well Finland got to keep it's independence so that' a big win in my books.

@Schdcdd

3 жыл бұрын

@Konstantin Vesselovskii Yeah, won a victory so pathethic it's celebrated by the losers lol. That's why this war is such a meme.

@Schdcdd

3 жыл бұрын

@Konstantin Vesselovskii tl;dr

Several relatives to me, amongst them my grandfather’s uncle was amongst those who voluntered in the defence of Finland. Nordic Brothers Unite! 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸

@Dookie9669

3 жыл бұрын

Skal and kippis!

@VikingFitness00

3 жыл бұрын

He was a legend! Bless him to Valhalla!

@formatique_arschloch

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and kippis! (Skål).

@11:12 “The forest spoke Finnish.” Now where have we heard this before?... Romans vs. Germanic tribes maybe?

@Taistelukalkkuna

3 жыл бұрын

Which is hilarious, since Germans complained that Finns were quiet, and not talkative.

@michaelwiesinger2643

3 жыл бұрын

Germans were similar until their culture changed a bit. Once I got to know a finnish dude & after 15 minutes he started talking. He told me "there is a region in finland where they talk more than the rest, which is around Helsinki. And there is a region where they talk even less than the average fin." So I replied jokingly "you must be from there then, right?" & he answered "no, I m from Helsinki". End of the conversation.

@yetlin8386

3 жыл бұрын

USA vs Vietnam

@bige1106

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelwiesinger2643 then awkward silence, not for the Finn though, he enjoyed every silent awkward moment. The real talkative Finns came from Karelia, I are one and indeed very talkative that is until I am not.

@heikkisallinen9012

3 жыл бұрын

@@bige1106 Indeed. People in city of Lappeenranta in Finnish South Karelia seem quite chatty actually, atleast on Finnish standards. Probably due to very long metropolitan history of the region, having been ruled by different people and with a lot of merchants and immigrants from many countries.

The Finns are about quality rather than quantity, 350 against 14000 is incredible.

@visakiviniemi2923

3 жыл бұрын

I did The math and in numbers it was 40 to 1

@heikkisallinen9012

3 жыл бұрын

You have to consider the Soviets were completely reliant on the one narrow dirt road to make progress with virtually impassable terrain all over

@fsul8536

3 жыл бұрын

@@heikkisallinen9012 I actually feel sorry for Soviets they had poor equipment in -40 degrees they probably didn't want to fight the Finns but they would have been shot if they refused for cowardice.

@lasselippert3892

3 жыл бұрын

“Quantity has a quality all its own” - Joseph Stalin

@heikkisallinen9012

3 жыл бұрын

@@fsul8536 Yes. Soviets soldiers, of which great deal were Ukrainians, hardly knew where they were, in an alien and very hostile environment with no cause to fight the Finns, lead by mostly incompetent party ideologs. A dreadful situation for them.

Props for actually putting in the "the snow was speaking Finnish" meme in there.

@user-iq8or7rj2k

3 жыл бұрын

U mean grass is talking "Scottish"

Everytime I see one of these videos I'm amazed at the intelligence and tenacity of the Finns and how long they managed to blunt the red army

"Sissi" how ironic. I was told by my father "Finns lie and wait in the snow until an elk walks over them. They then jump out and tear the animals throat out with their teeth.... and this is just the walk home from the bar". 😂

@Finer_Details

3 жыл бұрын

As funny as it may sound for english speakers "sissi" directly translates to guerilla, or ranger.

Russia: "who are you?" Finland: "I'm you, but colder"

11:13 I’m the Finnish Lorax, and I speak for the trees... they all said, *PEKELE!*

@erikrungemadsen2081

3 жыл бұрын

A reasonabale response to being torpedoed by a drunk skiier.

@KappaDaKappa

2 жыл бұрын

+R

"...and the forests spoke Finnish as the enemy fell on them" what a line!

The forests are speaking Finnish, a nice yet dark joke.

God. I've been waiting long for this one! Long live the Finns 💙

In Brazil, whatsoever people know about times the Second War is the clashes between Japan, Germany, and Italy against the allies. Rarely the brave and courageous Finland is remembered for the fights against Russia to defend its independence and freedom. When I taught History in my country, Brazil, I always emphasized the fearsome war that Finland choose to defend its territory, which army was very little in comparison with the Soviet Army. Although was a disparate confront, Finish soldiers had halted the Russian offensive and placed the Soviet army in a fix, severing its logistic chain and dislodging the Russian Army in several areas, by several times. Finland, which by then nobody believed to be a doable adversary of Russia, showed to all world that was able to solve a bunch of military challenges, expel and halted the Russian intruders, and transforms their country into an impassable fortress. Finland is an example of courage and determination. I love the Finnish people and I taught my pupils to respect and love this commendable nation. Long live to Finnish people!!!!!

the way Finns fought was elegant and impressive

Soviet Union: We have hundred thousands of soldiers, total air control, hundreds of tanks and artillery guns... Finnland: We have about two roads! Have fun getting all that stuff through there and don't mind our bullets!

@rsjaatinen9306

3 жыл бұрын

@Konstantin Vesselovskii what

@rsjaatinen9306

3 жыл бұрын

@Konstantin Vesselovskii please explain your comment

Western General: (gets removed because of incompetence) Soviet General: You are actually "still lucky..." 😁

@Thaumazo83

3 жыл бұрын

Stalin did not joke, he removed his losing officers from the face of the planet. Brutal.

Good but a map showing all of Finland and the main army groupings at the start would have been useful.

7:22 Task Force Wolf (susi meaning wolf) sound's so badass

Another great upload! I love anything involving Finland. Also, anyone interested in the Continuation War might find Tuntematon Sotilas a good read. My father in law (who is Finnish) said the English translation does a good job at staying true to the feel of the writing. I can't speak Finnish (except for some basic phrases and swear words lol) so I wouldn't know. But the book was very interesting, it gave an interesting perspective on the war. Especially the struggle of the Karelians who were in the thick of it fighting for their homes. The 2017 film of the same name was fairly true to the source as well, and I think the lead actor did a great job at portraying that Finnish breed of tenacity called sisu. I highly recommend them both 🇫🇮💙

@CramoJJEEDC

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah for some reason I love the war in Finland during ww2. Something draws me to it

"The snow starts speaking Finnish"

@srash8854

3 жыл бұрын

The trees start speaking Vietnamese

@aleksk4151

3 жыл бұрын

the sea starts speaking Greek

The artic spartans !!!

" Don't worry, we can create bottlenecks at the passes because of the lakes" "sir, I don't mean to interrupt you but THEY'RE WALKING ACROSS THE FUCKING WATER"

"Vinogradov, give me back my divisions!" - Stalin, probably.

I served in military 92-93 and took part in collecting funds to the WWII veterans. Many veterans from my home area took part in the battle of suomussalmi and I met one of them. He showed an old bullet wound in his wrist, and told he got it when his squad was chasing a Russian company which had broken out from their encirclement. His squad of 8 guys chasing a company of 100+ guys. I asked about it, he shrugged and said "well those were the odds".

What a fantastic video and incredible heroic defence. Respect to Finland.

The Soviets fearing the forest reminds me of Teutoburg Forest xD

9:23 That's Field Marshal Mannerheim.

Fabulous feed, F'ing loved it. I've only been to Helsinki, love to see more of this country and her people.

Finnish soldier: The enemy outnumber us 40 to 1 sir. Silasvuo: Then is it an even fight.

Soviets : Let's go attack the Fins! Also the Soviets : why am I hearing boss music?

@OmarSlloum

3 жыл бұрын

*Säkkijärven Polkka looped endlessly*

@bige1106

3 жыл бұрын

@@OmarSlloum soviet mines and minds exploding everywhere!

@heckleypanes4988

3 жыл бұрын

RISE NATIONS PRIDE HOLD WHATS YOURS

Damn it's like watching Hannibal conquer Rome all over again. This just proves it quality over quantity.

Oh how the turns have tabled.

My granfather was a libyan living in libya doing nothing that time 😌

@jrm3319

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@formatique_arschloch

3 жыл бұрын

One of the best comments i've read in a loooong time.

"The road may be harsh; let it be! The land may be miserly; so we compete! Let our homes stand where they are in the reaches of our grim birthland! The flames of war, be silent! Rapists, pillagers, be gone! You need no sword, only guts for your life, tribe and land!" -Nälkämaan laulu (Song of Hungerland)

You guys make graphically the most informational content of this topic! Thank you!

Imagine your high command and Generals being so incompetent that you get utterly humiliated by an army that is no doubt stretched extremely thin due to all the fronts that they have to fight on.

Good old Finns, even with overwhelming odds, they still woudln't give up

@TheNismo777

3 жыл бұрын

There is no way to give up, that mindset doesn't exist here :)

@jonbaxter2254

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheNismo777 Are you a Finn? I think it is a great mentality. Just go on with what's happening and move forward.

@TheNismo777

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonbaxter2254 Yes I am :) Thank u, I'm suprised that u like the mindset

@formatique_arschloch

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheNismo777 Exactly. What is the point of giving up on anything? Once a decision is made and the goal is good, it can and will be achieved. When talking about my home Finland, I have my boots polished in the closet all the time.

@jounik8980

3 жыл бұрын

Hakkapeliitta

"One Finn beats two Soviets", shouted the forest. Five soviets were sent to silence this boaster, none came back. "One Finn beats five Soviets", shouted the forest. Ten angry soviets were sent to finish him, none came back. "PERKELE! One Finn beats ten Soviets!!" shouted the forest. A hundred furious Soviets were sent to settle the embarrassment. When the dust settled, one soldier was seen limping back from the forest - "Goddamn stop sending more troops to this trap, there's two of them!" he cried.

Excellent episode guys!

Great stuff guys . Thank you

"But one Finnish soldier equals to 10 Russian soldiers." "Well.. I guess so. But what about when the 11th one comes?" A line from a Finnish classic called Unknown soldier, that I think describes both Winter War and Continuation War pretty well..

@doctorpc1531

3 жыл бұрын

​@1 1 I think this depends. Folks with family ties there certainly speak of it - Viipuri in particular - with a powerful sense of longing. It was the second largest city in the country with an identity all its own. But economically? Realpolitik-wise? Not too sure another big batch of poverty ridden land with dilapidated infrastructure is what we need. As new generations arise, the memories of the lost city grow ever dimmer. I recall shortly after USSR fell Russia tried, in fact, to sell some of the land back - without success.

@doctorpc1531

3 жыл бұрын

@1 1 Indeed, that would be the Swedish name. I think much of it is just a bit of "football hooliganism" aroused by the particular fight in this video - it's got the status of something of a legend within Finnish culture, and I suppose quire rightfully so. Most people do, upon even a bit of reflection, admit that it is rarely the winning party in a war that gives up a significant chunk of their territory :D

You should really zoom in from the world map at the beginning of these. I realized a few minutes in that I didn't know where exactly we were and had to try to figure it out. Not a big deal just made me pause for a few to look at maps.

Great Videos, I really like the "Close Combat" diagrams with the detailed explanations of what happened to whom etc. If I could make a suggestion; I think including real footage of battles would make it even better. (That is there is any footage or even possible with this type of video) Looking forward to the next one!

Super nice historic video with clear explaining of events thanks for sending 👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏

Russia enters chat Winter enters chat Russia: Winter want to form alliance? Finland enters chat Winter: nope

wow I thought you abandoned this series, good to see it coming back :D

Been looking forward to this! Great series on the winter war

Just became a member today. Feels good man!

The Spartans of the north.

I've never even heard of the winter war. Finns are badass

The animation is insane🔥🔥(insanely awesome)

It's finally here! Yay! Thanks a lot, Kings and Generals!

11:12 "... and the forest spoke Finnish..." Ha! They did it! They did it!

Hey Kings and Generals. Have you thought about doing contemporary warfare, wars currently taking place in our time? I think a Syrian Civil War series would be great for you guys, there's a lot of battles you could cover.

@general2109

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure getting reliable information and analysis of the battles is difficult. I could be wrong though.

@michaelwiesinger2643

3 жыл бұрын

Well no, the Syrian War actually might be the best documented war ever since. Problem lies at a political level, since it already starts with the name of the war: Imho it is less of a "civil war", as it is a proxy war. The question if it started as part of the Arab Spring is too hot, since the Arab Spring was more of a coordinated secret intelligence mission of western countries than a real uprising of the people aka "civil wars". The topic is dangerous ground for any KZread channel if you ask me.

@greatwolf5372

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, usually 20 years after the fact is considered history. So maybe in the 2030s they can make the video

THIS is why I subscribed to your channel!!! 😁😁😁

That was amazing!

"The trees spoke Finnish." Get memed on, Red bois

Finland, Vietnam and Afghanistan graveyard of superpowers

@LuisBrito-ly1ko

3 жыл бұрын

The USSR wasn’t a superpower yet here, Vietnam got conquered several times, and Afghanistan too. The latter however earned that title after partially bankrupting the USSR ( and thus being one of the reasons of this fall ) with Pakistani and American help.

Sir u are the best these clear all doubts related to history making subject interesting but if u start making videos on Indian history like battle of tarain (1191 1192) and ancient India like chola chera satvanhas and chulakya mahajanpadas and historical battle of hydapes between Alexander the great and Indian king Porus.. Kindly make videos on sikh history as many of the world know nothing about this world new religion.... Thank you sir wishing u good health and keep up awesome work Dr. Maninder Singh

Thank you for covering this lesser know front. Hits me close to home since my greatgrandfather sadly perished in the fighting at Petsamo

Russia suffering from invading a country in winter? I'll go grab my popcorn.

@itshunni8346

3 жыл бұрын

@Вхламинго This is very true, Frostbite and illness make up 60k of the 320k casualties.

@frankseward7017

3 жыл бұрын

Russia is good at defending itself, but sucks at invasion.

"The forest spoke Finnish". I see what you did there.

Thank you , K&G .

Very high end vid, I love this :)

Super happy hearing this! when I grew up I had a finnish friend I always applauded his country man’s efforts to fight communist/fascists in ww2 It’s cause of Brave folks/nations like them that Europe can rest on their laurels

The Brilliant animation makes the Battlefield more realistic

A long awaited video about soviet wars Glad to subscribed to K&G

I really like these videos, please keep it up

The troops on the ground needs to be autonomous, people at head quarters shouldn’t be making decisions thousands of miles away!

Finnic/Uralic peoples were in modern day Russia long before the arrival of the modern Slavs. They're the original Russians.

@trumpjongun8831

3 жыл бұрын

True. The whole Karelia for example has been finno ugric lands 6000-8000 years. First slavs (novgorodians) reached the lake Ladoga and Karelia just about 1000 years ago.

@heikkisallinen9012

3 жыл бұрын

@Вхламинго Swedish and West coast Finns / Finns proper ( Suomalaiset or the *сумь* as they were referred to by the slavic Novgorodians ) had a mixed settlement and culture since the Iron age, beginning around 500 AD. They were Swedish allies long before being incorporated to Swedish kingdom from 12th century onwards. Today's Staraya Ladoga on the southern shore of lake Ladoga started off as a trading post with mixed Swedish/Finnic ( most likely Karelian or Vepsian ) settlement. The Eastern traderoutes to the Byzantine and the Abbasid Caliphate were controlled by the Swedes and Finnics before the emergence of Kievan Rus in 900s. There's a lot of Archeological evidence to support that. EDIT As the Kievan Rus seized the Eastern trade from the Finns, Russian language in trade came to replace Finnish, and the Finnish tribes via the river systems of Northern Russia would start adopting Russian. Finnic tribes would still be quite instrumental in the early stages of Novgorodian Republic.

@0neChecker

3 жыл бұрын

@@heikkisallinen9012 Novgorod was Vatja or Vod city to 15th century, it was not a Slavic nor Swedish area.

@janbo8331

3 жыл бұрын

@@0neChecker It's a city yes, but it also used to be a republic, known as "Novgorod Republic" "Novgorodian Rus", and it indeed included southern and eastern Karelia, among other lands. Might want to read up on it.

@0neChecker

3 жыл бұрын

@@janbo8331 I have a book of Novgorods cronical writen by them self. Yes Its originaly writen in Russia but so was Finnish thing written in latin. And I happened to know that some where around the year 800 there was made a deal with Constantinople that Novgorod allowed Christian missionary work And were given the right to trade in Constantinople. And only some of the signatories to the treaty had a Slavic name. But that doesn´t mean that they were Slavs there´s a lot of Karelians and Ingrians with russian surname in Finland and Finns with Swedish names . ( Michael Agricola was a finn but had latin name. He had also Fnnish name Mikael Olavinpoika.) But back to cronical in Novgorod was a famine in some point of 15th century and they quite clearly pointed out that they were Vods or should I say Vatjans. After that the slavs took over.

The winter war is Very interesting :) Please make more videos about this

Great information

Finns, Swedes and Norwegians vs Siberians, battle of the frostbois

Phyrric victory if ever there was one

@primuspilusfellatus6501

3 жыл бұрын

Its even worse, it was a preemptive war in the eyes of the soviets to neutralize finland before a future war would ignite, but the winter war only made fin's more inclined to join the germans in the winter war in order to reclaim lost territory.

@primuspilusfellatus6501

3 жыл бұрын

@Konstantin Vesselovskii Perhaps, but it would've taken hitler more than a few trips to helsiniki to convince finland

@Schdcdd

3 жыл бұрын

@Konstantin Vesselovskii Why do you talk like anyone gives a shit about Russians' opinions with their historical understanding being based on Soviet apologetics and revisionism.

@Leperzco

3 жыл бұрын

​@Konstantin Vesselovskii That promise was echos of 1921 rebellion in Eastern Karelia area in USSR where local Karelians started uprising against Soviet forces to create independent Karelia. Some Finnish volunteers participated to it also on side of Karelian rebels. Rebellion was crushed by Soviet forces and that led to thousands of refugees from Eastern Karelia to flee to Finland to escape retribution of Soviet forces. Mannerheim sympathized lot with refugees and Karelian insurgents and that led him to promise to help Eastern Karelians. There was not much begging done by Hitler towards Finland as it was firmly agreed between Finnish and German politicians that Finland and Germany will be co-operating in war only if Soviet Union starts war against Finland and that happened on 25th of June 1941 when Soviet air force bombed multiple cities in Finland. On that same evening Finnish parliament acknowledged that Finland was in state of war with Soviet Union. Mannerheim gave his Sword Scabbard Declaration only on 11th of July 1941 when war had already been going on almost a month.

Thank you!

This was a nice and informative video. I liked it. When are you going to bring out another video on the Imjin War. Been waiting a very longtime for the next one. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

@KingsandGenerals

3 жыл бұрын

Soon. The last script took longer than expected

@brokenbridge6316

3 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals---Okay

Here before all snow starts speaking Finnish comments

when a pile of snow shout *PERKELE*

Love your content keep it up

Amazing video with the animations. So much details. 👍 I got frostbites running in the snow. Ewe. 🥶

"GG Serral. GG."--Stalin 1940

@MrBlueSleeves

3 жыл бұрын

Actually got zergling runby'd IRL

@samevans847

3 жыл бұрын

Soviets A-moving

Russians: Winter is always with us we will win! Winter: *Speaks Finnish Russians: What?! Fins: What?

@bossschmutzfink9865

3 жыл бұрын

*wins anyway.

It will be great if u do a playlist for all ww2 battles from battle for poland to berlin

Really good visual aids of troop movement in this video