TheZoid
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Just a reminder that this exists. This is exactly why no one screws with Finland anymore. Also this is similarly how the current roommate wars are shaping up.
Mar 6, 2014 5:05 PM
TheZoid
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Just a reminder that this exists. This is exactly why no one screws with Finland anymore. Also this is similarly how the current roommate wars are shaping up.
DennisTheConstitutionalPeasant
Everyone forgets that Finland's defeat was imminent and Russia then fought the majority of German forces with no issue. Yeah, real bad ass.
S01ar
Simo! pew pew x1,000,000
DennisTheConstitutionalPeasant
By this logic, the United States won WW2 single-handedly. Fuck reading a book, am I right?
NoVoiVittu
Note to self: Never screw around with Finland.
Thatguy09
This is when the name Simo Hayha began striking fear into the hearts of Soviets
crumbhustler
Fin.
Mersenaire
Land.
donmcc
Never attack a cold weather country in the Winter. Napoleon learned it, the Russians learned it. USA should beware: Canadian.
TheZoid
I like this. Personally I see no reason why we would go to war from either side. At least for the next 100 years.
Nightowljrm
One name: Simo Häyhä.
lista
I hate campers.
Thatguy09
Not sure if people know who that is
Nightowljrm
They have Google. ;)
Thatguy09
Well they need to get their asses on there! Simo Hayha was the baddest fucking sniper to walk the earth
Nightowljrm
Just overall baddest person ever. Period.
Textuality
He still holds the all-time kill record for a sniper from any nation I think, too, doesn't he? Like 500+, and all within 3 months or so...
Thatguy09
505 in 100 days in well below zero temps using iron sights
someLittleFrog
Sigh, reason why people dont fuck with finland anymore is cause we don't have anything that interests other countries. Also we lost the wars
TheZoid
Also didn't this particular "victory" help secure later down the road that while Finland would be downsized you remained a country.
SpaceBlock
Lost sure, but it could have been much worse. Take a look at the former soviet states. Finland could've been one.
someLittleFrog
might be, but it wasn't cause of how well we fought against them but cause what happened in europe. That had nothing to do with the fin army
someLittleFrog
but thanks to hitler that didn't happen and russia lost his interest towards us and wanted it to be over quickly so he can race to berlin.
someLittleFrog
if russia would've extend their attack for 3 to 5 more days we would've been utterly crushed and be like estonia was after war.
SpaceBlock
And the lines held for 3 months because of...
someLittleFrog
we just didn't have the menpower nor ammunition nor food to keep up fighting. We're already running with almost pure willpower for long time
someLittleFrog
ya dont actually know how far our resourses were pushd in the war do ya? We were pretty much running out on everything / had already ran out
SpaceBlock
I know everything Finland had to give, was given during the war. It fought well enough for just long enough. Regardless of other events.
TheZoid
I was under the impression finland had nickle which was rather useful for building certain things. 1/2
someLittleFrog
we had some of it in north, but not that much. Only reason russia was interested in us was the control over the baltic sea and us being 1/2
someLittleFrog
overcocky. After getting estonia etc russia (soviet) lost the little interest they had for us 2/2
TheZoid
I seem to remember nickle being hard to find by Germany then and it was essential for of their tank production?
someLittleFrog
it was essential, aswell as swedish iron. Thus we had cooperation with the germany durin winter war. There were still better sources for it.
someLittleFrog
it was essential aswell as swedish iron. However there were better sources for germany for it aswell. We swapped it for food/guns with them.
TheZoid
You all needed food that year as I recall. You were in the middle of what amounted to a slight famine?