Larry Thorne: The Many Wars of the Phoenix Soldier

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@Biographics 4 жыл бұрын

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@larrywave 4 жыл бұрын

Saying that finland didnt want to conquer extra land from soviet union is so false 😅

@1337flite 4 жыл бұрын

Oh nice choice - Lauri Törni /Larry Thorne.

@mdk9495 4 жыл бұрын

@biographics It seems that you're out of really interesting people to do shows on. This was a great idea, to portray sometimes unknown heroes. As I'm from Africa I can only suggest legends in our sphere, men like the Portuguese Danny Roxo; who single handed did a recon of a hill, while running through the killzone of an enemy ambush. Chris Schollenberg, serving as 2 man recon team for the legendary Selous Scouts. Jan Breytenbach, who formed nearly all of South Africa's special forces regiments and was always somehow involved in nearly all major operations - hands on! I'm sure there are many, but try these 3 for now, information isn't always available because of being classified, but if this episode does well - give them a go . . .

@Wezqu 4 жыл бұрын

@@larrywave Well his statement is not really wrong. The main goal was to take the lost land back still if the war would have ended in Soviet losing to Germany Finland most likely would have gained much more than the land it lost at least the areas they occupied to get to good defending positions during the war.

@hienojuttuhei 4 жыл бұрын

@@larrywave Well makes sense that some elements were affected by Nazi ideology, especially those with ties to IKL. Some were seeking to liberate Fenno-Ugric tribes of Ural, some wanting to build Suur-Suomi and some wishing vengeage for Soviet aggression. Still this was not the official stance and in the end Finland would have settled for its de jure borders no matter the outcome of the war.

@iCoolaxe 4 жыл бұрын

This was a man who truly hated communists.

@adamblyth9972 4 жыл бұрын

Understandable.

@ShHeMiLeRe 4 жыл бұрын

Nothing teaches hatred of communism just like communists themselves.

@jounisuninen 4 жыл бұрын

@Starvin Marvin If you speak of Finland, we remember that Lenin indeed accepted Finland's declaration of independence from Russia in December 1917. However, Lenin did not remove Russian troops from Finland, which means that those troops became an occupying force. Lenin's troops had to be driven out from Finland which the Finnish White Guards duly did in the spring 1918. We also remember that Lenin supported the Finnish Red Guards during the Finnish Civil War in the spring 1918. What comes to Sweden, it had lost Finland to Russia already in 1809. As so, we do not know if Finland would have won its independence from Sweden when the time came. Since Sweden was much weaker than Russia, I logically believe we would have succeeded.

@richardgilliland2699 4 жыл бұрын

The only good communist is a dead communist

@theshadowman1398 4 жыл бұрын

And USSR still f. him up. Haha

@ristopaasivirta9770 4 жыл бұрын

-"How much do you hate communists?" -"Yes."

@stc3145 4 жыл бұрын

These comments are so dumb. Why do you think they are funny

@shawnkay5462 3 жыл бұрын

@@stc3145 Because they make you sensitive and I LOVE IT 😻

@r2-ree299 3 жыл бұрын

@@stc3145 well aren’t you a Debby downer

@TGBurgerGaming 2 жыл бұрын

@@r2-ree299 yeah no. He's saying what we're all thinking.

@TGBurgerGaming 2 жыл бұрын

@@shawnkay5462 it's not making anyone sensitive. It's making everyone facepalm.

@sparrow7625 4 жыл бұрын

It is said he did not die in the helicopter crash,but is kept in Area 51 in a container with "break glass in case of russian attack".

@Atlas3060 3 жыл бұрын

God that would have made a wonderful Red Dawn remake or sequel. Communists land on American soil, klaxon blares throughout the United states, *The Thorne has awakened, Please vacate the country.."* Doomguy style intro lol

@tb8987 3 жыл бұрын

Can we add Simo Haya to that elite operation too?

@Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots 3 жыл бұрын

Most underrated comment I have ever seen

@infernosgaming8942 2 жыл бұрын

Lauri's weapons of choice weren't a rifle and a grenade, but a bottle of vodka and a ski.

@dillongage 2 жыл бұрын

@@tb8987 Jesus man we want to defeat our enemies not traumatize them into a state of permanent fear and existential dread. That's entirely too much badass motherfucker for the world to handle. That's like asking for a second Chuck Norris. It's just too much kickassery.

@EmperorTakashi 4 жыл бұрын

The incarnation of the phrase "better dead than red."

@Tommy2shoe811 4 жыл бұрын

Better than yellow as well. No way this dude be a yellow belly bastard.

@theshadowman1398 4 жыл бұрын

Karma caught up with him and he rotted away in a red jungle.

@Teemustaja 4 жыл бұрын

@@theshadowman1398 You disgust me. Thankfully people are waking to the red rot of yours, world-wide.

@scepticalwalker3984 4 жыл бұрын

The Shadow Man I think we just found one of the few remaining Bolsheviks on here. Murderers just like the nazis

@acceleration4443 4 жыл бұрын

Drakon590 Too bad he wasn’t 10x the pilot...

@SavolaxMitsu 4 жыл бұрын

5:00 Finland dosen't cede 12% of its population to the Soviet Union. Finland evacuated is population from territorys that were cede to the Soviet Union. Nobody is so crazy that will stay voluntarily in Soviet Union.

@roberthermann97 4 жыл бұрын

Don't say nobody. A few stayed, and were sent to gulags in Siberia by Stalin.

@iliilil5761 4 жыл бұрын

@@roberthermann97 as a matter of fact not even a single person stayed

@iii-ei5cv 4 жыл бұрын

@@roberthermann97 It's not like the Finns were unaware of what Stalin would do to them

@colinmcdonald2499 4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget that as a national trait, Finns are incapable of fear, as the rest of us know it.

@roberthermann97 4 жыл бұрын

@@iliilil5761 As a matter of fact, you are wrong.

@csalerno7472 4 жыл бұрын

From the Finnish lakes Into Germany and USA All the wars he came across Cross of Mannerheim An iron cross, a bronze star, purple heart One distinguished flying cross Shout, Lauri Törni's name A soldier of three armies knows the game Keeps their echo from the past Rise from beyond your grave Son of Finland and the Green Beret May you rest in peace at last Lauri Allan Törni

@Lord_Foxy13 4 жыл бұрын

Sabaton! Sabaton! Sabaton!

@theodorebricker7492 4 жыл бұрын

All hail the Soldier of Three Armies!

@TheMunday1984 4 жыл бұрын

Noch ein bier. 😝🤘

@bobburris4445 3 жыл бұрын

Sa-ba-ton! Sa-ba-ton! Sa-ba-ton!

@mitchellneu 3 жыл бұрын

Sabaton! Sabaton! Sabaton!

@Wezqu 4 жыл бұрын

4:57 There is a mistake. Finland did not give up almost any population to the Soviets. Almost 100% of the population of the ceded areas decided to relocate to the finnish side of the new border as they did not want to be under the Soviet rule. Karelia was depopulated because of the war and Soviets force moved people to live there to repopulate the area from other areas of Soviet Union. Thats why there is almost none ethnically finnish people living there in modern times.

@puhpe445 4 жыл бұрын

True i'm quite sure that actually no one stayed in Karelia. They were offered Soviet citizenship's but no one returned including my great grandmother who fled from her home in Vyborg.

@tankki100 4 жыл бұрын

@@puhpe445 no one did, my great-grandmother had to flee when russians took the lands and great-grandfather was helping also. they were teenagers back then if i remember correct what she told me when i was a child. great stories but i was not old enough to understand and i wish i could ask that again.

@MrPoupard 4 жыл бұрын

I heard it used to be beautiful until the Soviets took it over? Sibelius - Karelia Suite ...

@alaric_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrPoupard Used to. Old finnish people seemed to really hold Karelia in high regard. Forests and lakes have always meant much to finnish and Karelia is full of those. As well as mystery and tradition, forming signifigant part of the revered Kalevala. And then communism took it, raped and pillaged it until there was nothing of beauty or value left. Anything there now is either rusting or crumbling away, unrepairable, eaten by mold and decay. Population declining, all things built by humans slowly fading away from vision and memory, until nature finally is left to clean the corruption away. Perhaps at that point, many years from now, there will be some reason in the russian population to accept what folly they made and give the land back they took with so huge human cost.

@tyrfree5733 2 жыл бұрын

Don't take it personal, Americans do this with African and African-American history all the time. However with us it's usually done on purpose.

@giannisg3387 4 жыл бұрын

"started out as a reserve, soon promoted when deserved"

@DC-ru5xz 4 жыл бұрын

AND THE LEGEND HAS BEEN BORN

@creeps5158 4 жыл бұрын

WITH A BOUNTY ON HIS HEAD

@sdp728 4 жыл бұрын

THE RED ARMY WANTS HIM DEAD

@Friendly_T_Girl 4 жыл бұрын

SOVIET ENEMY NUMBER ONE!

@331coolguy 4 жыл бұрын

CROSS OF MANNERHEIM

@EPFForsyth 2 жыл бұрын

I am a retired US Army, you did and amazing job with this video Larry Thorne is a legend, and some of his exploits were taught to us in leadership schools. Thank you for doing this story...

@mikenichelson170 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely not. He is a nazi who enjoyed killing russains just because he had a reason to, his grave needs to be dug up and his remains dumped into wherever they buried the nazis killed in the trials

@TWE_2000 4 жыл бұрын

If this guy had lived into the 1980s he would have been in Afghanistan helping the Mujahideen fight the Soviets.

@miliba 4 жыл бұрын

then he wouldve been featured as an ally in black ops 2 where mason and woods fought with the mujahideen

@druid3694 4 жыл бұрын

@Klaidi Rubiku He was an openminded person.

@jerry321999 4 жыл бұрын

They should've had a special award for him, just for surviving all that he did!

@javierrivera9824 4 жыл бұрын

Klaidi Rubiku anything better then Communism 😎

@eyespliced 4 жыл бұрын

@Klaidi Rubiku Yeah, so. . . ummmmmm. He literally joined the SS so that he could kill more of the people who took is home from him. I doubt he would care much about the specific ideology of the third abrahamic religion. It's not that much worse than the second. If you actually bother to think about it anyways.

@mike83ny 4 жыл бұрын

This guy's life would make one hell of a mini-series.

@yeoltelly 4 жыл бұрын

Critics would say that the storyline is too ludicrous.

@japekki666 3 жыл бұрын

@@yeoltelly Heh yeah...Based on the REAL story...most of the critics..yeah right. :)

@cyborgthorney Жыл бұрын

if i ever get to animate correctly, with all of my 8 months of research about him, id be able to make a mini-series!

@angelmaldonado7967 4 жыл бұрын

OMG I thought the name sounded familiar. That was my dad's commander at FT Benning. Wow I didn't know anything about him other than he was the company commander. My father rest his soul went over to Vietnam with Cpt. Thorne. Hope they have been reunited by the big man upstairs.

@thrashandburn10221 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine turning on the history channel and its your dad's old boss

@angelmaldonado7967 3 жыл бұрын

@@thrashandburn10221 History channel has done pieces on some of his other commanders no one else that close though. William Westmoreland, and Alexander Haig just to name a couple but those guys where generals. Both of my grandfathers served in WW II and they served with, or under some real historical heavy weights.

@thrashandburn10221 3 жыл бұрын

@@angelmaldonado7967 very cool. It really evokes that idea of all your friends riveted to your dads storytelling and you're just rolling your eyes in the corner. "Not again!"

@chrisfoye1574 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds sus. I don't even remember my own commanders name lol

@angelmaldonado7967 2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisfoye1574 Which one?

@garygrandy9443 4 жыл бұрын

I got a fun little story of Lauri, it takes place in his US Army years. So he was in a German bar drinking with his army buddies when he heard drunken Finns having a loud conversation (in Finnish) about US imperialism and were slandering the American soldiers at the bar. Lauri listened for a while their drunk socialist rambling until his stood up and walked to the tourists. He said in Finnish; "I am happy to translate all that you've said to my buddies over there. I'm sure they would appreciate your intelligent opinions!" Needless to say that it made the tourists to finish their drinks quite fast and leave the bar.

@js0988 Жыл бұрын

Socialist ramblings??? Mitä vittua sä lumihuitale oikein itket???

@Joseph-mw2rl 11 ай бұрын

The balls of those finns to talk about socialism when a socialist country devastated their country with 2 invasions within a few decades

@Uploaded1995 4 жыл бұрын

If Russia tried reforming the Soviet Union I think Lauri would come clawing his way back out of Arlington.

@scepticalwalker3984 4 жыл бұрын

The Shadow Man a few communists remain to be killed I see

@prasunkumar117 4 жыл бұрын

@@theshadowman1398 I eat animals like you for brunch

@KevinSmith-yh6tl 4 жыл бұрын

@@theshadowman1398 Punk Ass

@eternalvoid8153 3 жыл бұрын

@@theshadowman1398 lol keep seething

@Big_E_Soul_Fragment 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, yes, human Liberty Prime.

@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 4 жыл бұрын

@tk2887 What do you mean with "giant" version?

@Anthony_Cika 4 жыл бұрын

Democracy is non-negotiable!

@georgejpg 4 жыл бұрын

The irony of Liberty prime is lost on so many people it's insane. Although this man does embody the idea of fighting for genocidal fascists as an aggressor.

@homuraakemi493 3 жыл бұрын

@@georgejpg "The irony of Liberty prime is lost on so many people" lol imagine using fictional characters in a platinum selling video game for your crappy marxist metaphors. Ouch.

@T-h-a-t_G-u-y 3 жыл бұрын

@@georgejpg this man fought for the defense of his homeland and vowed to destroy the ideology responsible for it

@videocrowsnest5251 4 жыл бұрын

"Managed to at least in part communicate with a blend of hand gestures and shouted profanities" ... Sounds about right. That's actually a pretty good summary of most conversations between Finns too.

@seanbrazell6147 4 жыл бұрын

I found myself repeatedly hoping he lived long enough to see the wall fall, but alas it was not to be. On the bright side, at least he didn't die by stepping on yet ANOTHER damnable bloody landmine!

@jerry321999 4 жыл бұрын

He died doing what he loved doing most!

@scepticalwalker3984 4 жыл бұрын

Perhaps the helicopter landed on a mine

@seanbrazell6147 4 жыл бұрын

@@scepticalwalker3984 I've got a puppy you can kick after you tell me Santa isn't real! 🤔😉🤫

@deltavee2 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, de-mining seemed to be an involuntary sideline.

@kallekas8551 4 жыл бұрын

My grandpa fought with him in Osasto Törni along with former Finnish President Mauno Koivisto...

@Jets1713 3 жыл бұрын

Kalle Kas how was the Törne through your grandpas perspective?

@kallekas8551 3 жыл бұрын

@@Jets1713 I was told he was a quiet and determined man...

@petrisyrja-kokkila7103 3 жыл бұрын

@@snc9297 It is a well known fact here in Finland.

@petrisyrja-kokkila7103 3 жыл бұрын

@@snc9297 Luulin kyllä että tarkoitat Manua. Mutta kysy siltä itteltänsä. En hirveesti piittaa tuollaasista nimimerkin takaa huikituista negatiivisista kommenteista. Olisit heti kysynyt sitä nimeä - Kohteliaasti.

@petrisyrja-kokkila7103 3 жыл бұрын

@@snc9297 Niinkuin jo edellä totesin oletin sinun tarkoittaneen Koivistoa. Ja olisin toivonut sinun kysyneen sen isoisän nimeä hänen pojanpojaltaan - Kohteliaasti - Ennenkuin aloit kommentoida negatiivisesti. En minä sinua missään vaiheessa tyhmänä pitänyt vaan mahdollisesti ulkomaalaisena joka ei tunne Suomen historiaa. Se siitä minun osaltani.

@MirZZi 4 жыл бұрын

Lauri Törni was one of the most interesting fellows to learn and read about as a fellow Finn... We truly had a lot of brave men fighting during the winter war and they were more than just numbers during the war, the person behind the legends was truly inspiring

@heuristicnepenthean7727 3 жыл бұрын

Very brave these finns

@gentleken7864 2 жыл бұрын

I watched 'Tuntematon sotilas' last week and thought it was an excellent film, and amongst the best war films I've seen. My ears pricked up when a lot of the middle part of the video and the 'Continuation War' ties in with what was in the film. I had to check again to see that Törni was not in the film.

@JoonasP42 4 жыл бұрын

During the Continuation war soldier named Mauno Koivisto fought in Törnis unit and later became president of Finland in 1982-1994

@ImForwardlook 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty crazy considering that he became a communist and was instrumental in ruining the Finnish economy to get us ready for the European Union. Finnish taxpayers were robbed clean, 10,000 entrepreneurs committed suicide and the banks won as always.

@MaxPussi 3 жыл бұрын

@@ImForwardlook And that he only was a part of an one expedition of the detachment Törni so he basically was NOT one of the Törnis men, the rest was just a made up legend to get the banker to ruin the nation...

@ImForwardlook 3 жыл бұрын

@@MaxPussi Thank you, I did not know that "little" detail.

@erikrungemadsen2081 4 жыл бұрын

When he said a year later i was fully prepared to hear "Larry Thorne skied out of the jungle, drunk on homemade vodka with a portable sauna strapped to his back. Then he accidentally stepped on a russian landmine again, After a few weeks he again fleed from the hospital never to be seen again. In moonlit nights in the Vietnam when the wind is just right it is said you can see a silouet on the hilltops of an angry Fin shaking his fist in the direction of Russia screaming "Perkele" at the top of his lungs"

@Espingol 4 жыл бұрын

This man seriously needs a movie about him

@trumpjongun8831 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

@japekki666 3 жыл бұрын

What i have heard it is on the making finnish / American collab. Don't know when it really gonna happen tho.

@trumpjongun8831 3 жыл бұрын

@@japekki666 If you mean that Vietnam movie what Spike Lee is directing and where Jasper Pääkkönen has a side role, it has nothing to do with Lauri Törni like some people thought.

@Winnangh 3 жыл бұрын

One of the characters in the Green Berets was based on him. Captain Kornie?

@trumpjongun8831 3 жыл бұрын

@@Winnangh Kirby.

@TGTnewage 4 жыл бұрын

I love how most of the transition titles are references to Sabaton's song about the man. Thank you Biographics

@demonelf2094 4 жыл бұрын

Now to complete the Finnish solder list next would be Marshall Garl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, the commander of white army and then Finnish army.

@felixgoodhew7723 4 жыл бұрын

Demon Elf20 Yes!

@dannyarcher438 4 жыл бұрын

Did he commit war crimes in Leningrad? Well not in... but by blocking all aid.

@This1Person 4 жыл бұрын

@@dannyarcher438 even more reason to learn from the faults in his character. Almost all historical figures have some sort of egregious flaw, that we can all learn from to be better and overcome.

@dannyarcher438 4 жыл бұрын

@@This1Person nicely put. But I'm actually asking, I'm not sure about if he did.

@matt-fq7dy 4 жыл бұрын

@@dannyarcher438 Finland didn't take almost any part of the siege of Leningrad wich infuriated Hitler greatly. Leningrad wasn't on the interest of any kind for Finland. Soviets then took advantage over that to supply Leningrad during winter when Ladoga froze. During Continuation Finland pushed way over it's old border into Soviet territory and so they got close to Leningrad and stopped way before it because If they would have attacked there The losses would have been massive for Finland. Obviously Finnish troops committed warcrimes just like all the other sides did. The government didn't approve these actions tho. It's also a fact that Finland had some concentration camps on captured territory for The safety of their own troops. Camps were made to prevent partisan actions. It's propably true that Finland also attempted sometimes to stop the aid that Soviets tried get into Leningrad. Yet still Finland didn't want Leningrad. Also The modern Russian government also tries to put The blame on other countries when they are having a bad time to get people look elsewhere when they fucked up. They also like to make up those warcrimes if they can't find anything terrible enough. They have been keen on finnish warcrimes in recent days. ( Sorry for bad english and also for terrible autocorrect ). Have a great day!

@maplejaeger1285 4 жыл бұрын

Nothing be said that we remember "A Soldier of 3 Armies" gather here.

@Triskaan 4 жыл бұрын

Started out as a reserve Soon promoted when deserved And the legend has begun With a bounty on his head The red army wants him dead Soviet enemy number one

@SGTShootToKi11 4 жыл бұрын

As a warrior, you go where the enemy is.

@jeffreyfiegen1538 4 жыл бұрын

Cross the Matterheim Addicted to the *War Game* Never ending flame Victory recla~aimed

@ArathirCz 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, we remember, we remember, we remember

@ronin1240 4 жыл бұрын

Sabaton. Shout, Lauri Törni's name A soldier of three armies knows the game Keeps their echo from the past Rise from beyond your grave Son of Finland and the Green Beret May you rest in peace at last Lauri Allan Törni

@The_Republic_of_Ireland 4 жыл бұрын

Damn it I wanted to do that! 😂😂😂

@veespa_ 4 жыл бұрын

Who wrote this? I very much like it.

@Olvir_Richardsson 4 жыл бұрын

@@veespa_ Sabaton. Great fucking band!

@DC-ru5xz 4 жыл бұрын

YAAAASSSS

@seriussamIam 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy that someone else thought of Sabaton like I did.

@DC-ru5xz 4 жыл бұрын

Across the water a new start war still beating in his heart and the legend has been born. Started out a reserve soon promoted well deserved changed his name to Larry Thorne

@TheSuspectOnFoot 4 жыл бұрын

*when deserved

@NexusBreeze99 4 жыл бұрын

As a Finn, so proud of Lauri and may he rest in peace.

@thekalamazookid4481 9 ай бұрын

Finns are a special people. You guys definitely have that spirit of freedom.

@vainoleppanen8971 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, Finnish is a weird language. And yes, Simon pretty much butchered each and every Finnish name in the video. Even written names were off. But it's understandable.

@filipkralj2618 4 жыл бұрын

I just shout PERKELE and everything is finish-ed

@sailinbob11 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry bro,but I ain't even gonna take a run at your name. No offense intended, but that's a tongue twister. Lol...

@darkstarnh 4 жыл бұрын

We get the same reaction when we write or speak Welsh.

@azuregriffin1116 4 жыл бұрын

@@darkstarnh I have Welsh family and miscellaneous household phrases were still in Welsh at my dad's house. I'm pretty sure Griffin is ultimately a Welsh surname, actually.

@369Mikko 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Väinö Leppänen! I need to comment on your comment. And the cause is in your name. My grandfather's (mother's side) brother's name was Väinö Leppänen. He died in the Winter War. He was a wrestler, and 187cm high and weighing approximately 90 kg. My grandfather told that Väinö would have been able to participate in the 1940 Olympics as a so-called black horse with the Finnish wrestling team. The man he would have replaced would not have gotten there. And, as we know, that year’s Olympics, like the next ones, were not held because of the war. My father was also a war veteran (he used light machine gun) who fought against the Russians in the Continuation War, including the delay battles of the Karelian Isthmus. He was then 19 years old. He died in a car accident in 1972 the age of 48. I was 9 years old at the time.

@fratercontenduntocculta8161 3 жыл бұрын

Larry is one of my favorite personalities I learned about during my time in the US Army. He has a building named after him and his own spot in the Fort Carson post museum.

@librasgirl08 4 жыл бұрын

The only former SS soldier, who rests in Arlington...

@Lord_Foxy13 4 жыл бұрын

CrazyLittleWorlds as far as I know he is

@RoCK3rAD 4 жыл бұрын

Disgraceful

@librasgirl08 4 жыл бұрын

@@RoCK3rAD if you watched the video, he only joined to fight Russia, something understandable with his past

@Caldera01 4 жыл бұрын

@@RoCK3rAD Care to elaborate?

@duanesamuelson2256 4 жыл бұрын

Hard to say for sure. After WW2 a lot of former German soldiers ended up in the American (and others) army. Records were lost, intentionally or inadvertently destroyed, or towards the end of the war just never kept. Remember everyone that SS units weren't only units that were involved with genocide but also army units that had nothing ever to do with civilian slaughter.

@oonanas6507 3 жыл бұрын

In Finnish history classes from elementary to high school, he’s mostly referred as a hero. Not in the books but unofficially by teachers. He’s like Risto Räty, ‘casualty of the war’, in a sense that we are not supposed to remember/celebrate him until enough time from the happening has gone by. So not to ‘offend’ parties such as Russia, Germany or even the US. Many actually quite controversial characters here in Finland that did what they had to at the time to ensure the independence of a relatively young, small country amongst the giants playing their games around us.

@rbg9602 4 жыл бұрын

"To Do The Right Thing, You Sometimes Have To Leave The Things You Care About Behind." -Big Boss

@YeeSoest 4 жыл бұрын

The definition of "my enemy's enemy is my friend" !!!

@leodancuevas7378 4 жыл бұрын

Guy's a legend. But seriously would it be fitting for this guy to die an old man in his sleep? NO! What a life, RIP Larry Thorne .

@jurtra9090 4 жыл бұрын

Sabaton "Soldier of 3 Armies" lyrics incoming

@edvin884 4 жыл бұрын

Holy sh...! There's enough material for at least 10 season tv show! What a badass fighter!

@Caldera01 4 жыл бұрын

Sadly the market value of a Finnish soldier (Even if he is American by the end of it) is so incredibly small. If the US doesn't get to be a hero, there's unlikely to be any film or series made.

@-mikro-1268 4 жыл бұрын

When your life has better plot than average netflix show.

@MTB53850 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, there would be material for at least 10 seasons, but I hope Hollywood keeps their slimy paws off his story. Luckily he's not diverse enough a character to gather interest from them anyways. Unfortunately we live in an era where telling the story of a hero like Lauri Törni is no longer possible. Just imagine what a modern Larry Thorne TV show would look like. It would be a character assassination of him as a genocidal maniac fighting against the just and honorable communists. Much like the two communists tried to do in the Finnish language book mentioned at the end.

@AndyP998 3 жыл бұрын

Closest of him that has been done is that John Wayne Green berets movie, word is that it was modelled after him. Some miniseries would be great.

@japekki666 2 жыл бұрын

@@AndyP998 john wayne dont portrait Thorne in the movie. Thorne is in the book that movie based but that character was not in the movie tho.

@roykosonen8197 4 жыл бұрын

An amazing man! I was invited by the President of the Finnish War Veterans in America organization to attend his funeral at Arlington National Cemetery (because my father was a member of this organization) but I declined the invitation for some stupid reason. I'll regret that decision for the rest of my life.

@ShellShock11C 4 жыл бұрын

Read this guys story a million times, never get tired of hearing about him. Imagine if he teamed up with Simo "The White Death" Hiyha. Legendary.

@mtlb4906 4 жыл бұрын

I believe you meant Simo Häyhä?

@dillongage 2 жыл бұрын

That would be entirely too much baddass for the world to handle my guy. Peoples brains would melt. It's just too much.

@ShellShock11C 2 жыл бұрын

@@dillongage Imagine the amount of Commie bodies getting stacked. Legendary.

@Lord_Foxy13 4 жыл бұрын

Shout Lauri Törni’s name a soldier of three armies knows the game Keeps their echo from the past Son of Finland and the Green Beret

@DaveMiller6042 3 жыл бұрын

I like to imagine that in a world where he survived Vietnam. He went on to fight the Soviets just one more during their invasion of Afghanistan, and after the Soviets had collapsed he said that it was the most beautiful thing that he had ever seen in his life.

@johnclark4131 Жыл бұрын

My father inlaw from Karelia in Finland fought in the continuation war against the Soviets in 1942. By the end of it he was only 1 of 3 blokes left out of the whole battalion. Following the war he immigrated to Oz as the Finns had to give his part of the country to Stalin as part of the peace deal.

@fartvader84yearsago8 4 жыл бұрын

His military record is amazing, but I am more surprised by his escaping abilities

@devenscience8894 3 жыл бұрын

Right? On most other people, this would be the main story, but it's just a side note for him.

@JKmytube 3 жыл бұрын

Even though Larry/Lauri left Finland 1949 and eventually kept on fighting Soviet Union led communism in the US army (where he also became a highly valued soldier) until the end of his life the Finnish people never forgot what he had done for this country. In 2004 the Finnish national television (YLE) arranged a national vote on 100 greatest Finnish people ever. YLE created a initial list of 100 candidates but in the first round people were allowed to vote anyone, also people outside this list. The Finnish people voted Lauri Törni, who was not in the list created by Yle, to the second round and he eventually was voted the 52st greatest Finnish people ever among all the great writers, presidents, composers, etc.

@zsbaker 3 жыл бұрын

I am a Jewish American citizen and this is the best things that I have heard in almost a month and a half there has to be more people like this in the world and we all have to come together to solve our problems. Men like this are few and far between

@hybridarmyoffreeworld Жыл бұрын

LITWAK ?)

@PepperoniMilkshake 4 жыл бұрын

So you're telling me that certain bad movie which portraits Vin Diesel as a former soldier turned nanny is based on real events??

@12jswilson 4 жыл бұрын

Fiction has to make sense. Reality is under no such obligation.

@monsieurpasta4922 4 жыл бұрын

A man who knew who the real enemy was.

@keegan772 4 жыл бұрын

Should do a biographic on Simo Häyhä

@Uploaded1995 4 жыл бұрын

I think there is one already.

@lionmarie-rose3843 4 жыл бұрын

You should check the Sabaton History Channel, they have made a very good video about Simo Häyhä based on their song "White Death" which speaks about him. It's Heavy Metal telling history and it's really great!

@Iamtheliquor 4 жыл бұрын

Keegan 77 been done already

@Ser_Lefty 4 жыл бұрын

@@Iamtheliquor I thought so too but I can't find it on the channel

@Bloodhound264 4 жыл бұрын

Person: "So how many times did you escape from prison?" Larry Thorne: "Yes".

@lassemanninen4750 4 жыл бұрын

The movie: "Green Barets" has been shown in Finlands TV only once. 1982. Sovjet Union was still alive, and they send a communicea to the TV controllers. Whining about Lauri Törnis part in it. Finlands offical response was "F.......U......". Even Breshnev understand that they had lost their grip of us.

@japekki666 4 жыл бұрын

Rambo: i thought i am a "real" badass Törni: not quite..

@DC-ru5xz 4 жыл бұрын

26:21 FINALLY A SABATON MENTION

@paulg2380 4 жыл бұрын

It is really the first one? :o

@thepuksu 4 жыл бұрын

As a finnish person and a history student i have couple corrections to this video: 1. Soviets officially wanted the istmus and the islands but molotov ribbentrop pact indicates the true goal was occupation of the entire country. 2. While it is true that soviets got some 10% of the land they did not get the people. 400 000 finnish citizens were evacuated from karelia and lost their homes of thousands of years. 3. Pronounciation of double vowels like in Viipuri is off. 4. Pronounciation of ö is bad you just said o. Also j in kaija is more like y in you than j in english Otherwise great video and nice to see some finnish people in biographics!

@lionmarie-rose3843 4 жыл бұрын

You should check the Sabaton History Channel, they have made a very good video about him based on their song "Soldier of Three Armies" which speaks about him. It's Heavy Metal telling history and it's really great!

@matter9300 2 жыл бұрын

Clearly soviets would have taken whole Finland. See what happened with baltic countries. Soviets thought they could just walk over Finland.

@jerry321999 4 жыл бұрын

Larry Thorne should be one of the "Incredible true stories that sits be a movie", along with Castle Itter.

@dustyak79 4 жыл бұрын

Not in todays current society Hollywood's agenda is to make movies that fit their narrative. Everyone they oppose is called a Nazi and to humanize the regular normal people who fought on that side they wouldn't touch. Because it would humanize people they dislike in todays society. Roosevelt statue is being torn down, Jefferson statues, Washington's. Say goodbye to cop movies unless its Tarantino style inglorious basterds killing cops.

@jb6027 4 жыл бұрын

The world needs more men just like him.

@legendarcy2834 4 жыл бұрын

nazi collaborators?

@nxp007 4 жыл бұрын

@@legendarcy2834 No. People who love to kill Commie/Socialist

@jb6027 4 жыл бұрын

No, anti communist warriors with insane bravery.@@legendarcy2834

@KevinSmith-yh6tl 4 жыл бұрын

@@legendarcy2834 Punk

@legendarcy2834 4 жыл бұрын

@Andre Guitard classic right wing dolts: can't take a joke. But, to be fair neither can your family since they don't invite you over for thanksgiving anymore.

@justinweber4977 4 жыл бұрын

Another in a long string of men whom, if you didn't know they were real, you'd call it too unrealistic.

@LeBossEmile 4 жыл бұрын

Finally, I was hoping to see an episode on him for years and it's great

@evilubuntu9001 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't know he stepped on so many landmines! Sideshow Thorni probably had nightmares about landmines!!!!

@MarekUtd 4 жыл бұрын

I was going to say the same damn thing. You beat me by 58 minutes

@he_is_a_GOOBER_dont_disrespect 4 жыл бұрын

If you already knew about him what is your interest in the video? Just asking

@LeBossEmile 4 жыл бұрын

@@he_is_a_GOOBER_dont_disrespect I just really like his way of telling someone's life story

@lionmarie-rose3843 4 жыл бұрын

@manosbouzoubouzou1386 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best episodes to date. Thanks a lot Simon and Biographics team. Also Sabaton fans assemble!

@pascalsch14 3 жыл бұрын

That man was a damn hero fighting against the most dangerous sickness humanity know.

@balabanasireti Ай бұрын

Of course the American would rather prefer Italy's and Germany's ideology 😂

@8kigana 4 жыл бұрын

Please Biographics, do a video of *Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim* this would be a very appropriate time after this Thorne video, and June is his birth month. This Finnish leader was a WWII military rarity born of nobility a man who even Hitler respected and admired more than I think any leader in the war.

@Wezqu 4 жыл бұрын

@Østén Mádéru Hitler liked real military leaders and that was what Mannerheim was. His résumé shows that. Not to mention that Mannerheim had a very interesting career in Tzars army too and I think he is on their radar as he was mentioned several times during the video. Still expecting a video about him soon would be foolish it takes most likely several months of time of them researching the person before making the video. Still I would think we will see one of him some point.

@justskip4595 4 жыл бұрын

But Mannerheim didn't like Hitler. Btw if you search the net you can find a conversation that Mannerheim and Hitler had and a letter from Churchill to Mannerheim.

@diamondsarenotforever8542 3 жыл бұрын

Mannerheim never liked Hitler.

@lordofh3 4 жыл бұрын

Man I love all the references to soldier of three armies by sabaton :)

@jamesmcallen3354 4 жыл бұрын

Check out the metal band Sabaton’s song “Soldier of 3 Armies” written about this absolute legend

@lionmarie-rose3843 4 жыл бұрын

Check out the Sabaton History Channel for more about this badass AND their song "Soldier of Three Armies"!

@quasicroissant 4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Mauno Koivisto, who would later serve as The President of Finland from 1982 to 1994, was a member of the Törni detachment during the Continuation War.

@davetessmer6424 4 жыл бұрын

His life would make a great mini series. Love to see it on Netflix

@mattiemathis9549 11 ай бұрын

Great video Simon and crew! What an incredible soldier. It’s a tragedy that he had to flee his homeland that he fought to liberate.

@G-Mastah-Fash 4 жыл бұрын

One has to admire his fiery hatred for communism.

@MTB53850 3 жыл бұрын

@mxt mxt Yes, one does. The evidence is undeniable at this point. To defend communism in 2020, one has to be either retarded or genocidal.

@heuristicnepenthean7727 3 жыл бұрын

@mxt mxt komrade

@olehsztul6177 3 жыл бұрын

@@MTB53850 Or an ardent nationalist, who sees that capitalism has been destroying nation states. Nazbol/natcom is the future bois.

@angelusvastator1297 3 жыл бұрын

@@olehsztul6177 Don't think communism can fit well with nationalism unless you're talking about things like the Khmer Rouge.

@olehsztul6177 3 жыл бұрын

@@angelusvastator1297 Look up Vasyl’ Shakhrai.

@z0ro_62 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like a character from metal gear with a history to match

@madtrapper1312 4 жыл бұрын

IKR

@andyv16012 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing that this guys story isn't taught in the U.S. Military, especially with the never quit, never give up attitude they pound in to you.

@japekki666 2 жыл бұрын

He's story is told when you join Green Berets. He has named Hangar there...painting before high ranked commander office and green berets every year compete Larry Thorne trophy.

@tsonez 4 жыл бұрын

Kudos for covering this warrior's tale.

@nataliamakarova6592 3 жыл бұрын

Many Russians don’t even remember that war with Finland. But a lot of Finns still feel the loss almost a century later.

@markhansen3945 4 жыл бұрын

He is one of my favorite people, thank you. Born a Soldier is a great book on him.

@deeaplw 4 жыл бұрын

Well done! As per usual! On a personal note, I find your amiable and genuine manner to be much preferable to many others in a similar genre. You are much more expressive than most, and do not display that air of self importance and snide superiority so often displayed by others. Further, I find your presentations to be exhaustive yet without needless information. Thanks!

@KevinSmith-yh6tl 4 жыл бұрын

deeaplw He is a snide little twat though when he tries to tell Americans about their rights to firearms which is against. We have enough of our on homegrown socialist to deal with on that subject we don't need anyone else from a different country preaching to us about it

@MrSander1755 4 жыл бұрын

"So many Soviets! Where will we bury them all?"

@jb6027 4 жыл бұрын

Send 'em to Texas so they can use 'em for fertilizer.

@drivernephi2212 2 жыл бұрын

@@jb6027 They already tried that in Ukraine shortly before WWII, didn't work, caused famine.

@rickwhittaker2525 4 жыл бұрын

As usual, a well structured and well documented narrative. Keep up the good work

@JamesBond-et2hy 4 жыл бұрын

I swear at the end he was going to say. He was back somewhere else and fought 1 more war... That was a cliffhanger.. Man lived a wild and crazy life

@-mikro-1268 4 жыл бұрын

That helicopter accident is just end of the source material and following season was so bad they did the right thing and never published it unlike GoT.

@WhiteCamry 4 жыл бұрын

Other soldiers are soldiers; this was a warrior.

@datway6241 4 жыл бұрын

This guy is the actual Big Boss from Metal Gear

@thejackofspades8606 4 жыл бұрын

This man's story should be made into a movie. Guaranteed Oscar winner!

@OGatosCorner 4 жыл бұрын

I requested this video a while back so glad it finally came thank you!!

@OSIRIS30 2 жыл бұрын

SS Officer: "So why'd you join?" Lorne: "I hate red."

@netrolancer1061 4 жыл бұрын

Reporter: how was it like to kill someone??? Lauri: Don't know all I've ever killed was Commies.

@studinthemaking 4 жыл бұрын

A comment so cool. The left wing reporter that asked immediately morph into John Wayne.

@netrolancer1061 4 жыл бұрын

@Klaidi Rubiku I know, but this can apply to Lauri as well.

@adamradziwill 3 жыл бұрын

Lauri was 100% right

@danielnavarro537 4 жыл бұрын

Been waiting for an episode for Larry Thorne. Good video and keep up the good work.

@kevjtnbtmglr 4 жыл бұрын

7:08 Finnish troops crossing the Murmansk railway and "Buffalo meat", American food rations send to Soviets.

@u.s.militia7682 2 жыл бұрын

There seriously needs to be a movie about this man. 🇺🇸

@ihmesekoilua 4 жыл бұрын

I like that the chapter names are lyrics from a song about said soldier.

@taliwalt5332 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorites across all your channels! Thanks Simon :)

@midnightchurningspriteshaq8533 2 жыл бұрын

always great content from this channel

@jrshumate4488 3 жыл бұрын

Absolute LEGEND! We need him now!

@alexanderveritas 4 жыл бұрын

This man was the definition of _Hardboiled._

@crazyfinn66 4 жыл бұрын

A former finnish president Mauno Koivisto (1982 - 1994) served in the Infantry Detachment Törni led by Lauri Törni, which was a reconnaissance detachment operating behind enemy lines.

@sandraa.lelacheur3001 4 жыл бұрын

Wow Simon, this was crazy good. I learned a great deal from this. Your extremely good at what you do. Keep them coming. Thank you, Sandra Le La Cheur

@juholeskela6306 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome episode!! I would like to see episode about Simo "White Death" Häyhä, most deadliest sniper of history and also Finnish :)

@Bruski_Two_Zero 2 жыл бұрын

"shouted profanities" a.k.a. "PERKELE!!!!!!"

@terranceolive6792 4 жыл бұрын

I've watched a lot of your videos but I believe this was my favorite keep them coming

@simonjester0074 3 жыл бұрын

Great work - really enjoyed this 🔥

@MrErazar 4 жыл бұрын

One of the better depictions of Töyrni/ Thorne and the wars he took part in, even if you have a really hard time pronouncing the Finnish names :D , but thanks for trying and making this awesome video. It was very informative and entertaining. Well balanced. Keep up the good work!