Ehrnrooth was such a gentleman ❤️ I lived in Turku when he was still alive and he always hurried to open doors to women even he was in his 90’s. And with his trembling but strong voice greeted and wished a beautifull day. He was so loved and appreciated and they were a lovely couple with his wife.

@@Prafik614 Enrooth remememring this one. if you dont understand your history, you are doomed repeart you error.

I've shaken hands with Adolf Ehrnrooth... Some Captain and few Generals saluting him like hero he is... .. he just ignored them... And came talking with us conscripts.. childhood friend of mine,was his neighbor.. . And he often helped Adolf... and i was helping him few times... So he kinda knew me...

@@anza77; That's the way that "Honorable and Wise Men" act. A good leader that earns the respect of the troops he commands is and will always be an extremely dangerous Soldier to the enemies of his Country. A true leader always looks for the well being of his subordinates, lead from the front, constantly maintains his troops highly motivated, trains with them to the higher standards posible, do his utmost to see that his troops are well equipped, corrects them, disciplines them if necessary, trains them and mourns every single one of the Soldiers under his Command that looses his/her life either in Combat or any other situation. He treats all of them as a family and will give his life for anyone of them if needed. From what You're saying this General was an outstanding leader and human being, RIP. SEMPER FI!.

@@gruntusmc8922 he surely was a great man... PRO PATRIA 1939-1944🇫🇮🇫🇮

I saw a picture of my grandpa during the war. He died on my first birthday. He looked like a small man with a smirk like perkele in combat gear, pic taken probably near Petroskoi, far beyond the front line, in the enemy back, near their major base. Then I realized, my grandpa was about the same size I am. You would not have wanted to see that fucker in the forest forest (and only 2 of them did, since he was wounded twice during the wars). And for context, he served in a penal company for punching an officer in the face.

No that sounds like the school shooter type.

Your uncle is right, and that's just with the less patient and calculated ones. You don't mess with the silent guy, and you should be much more worried if you aren't targeted to be killed or maimed. Cause silent guy remembers for life, and the smart ones wait until its unlikely for anyone to think of their name as a possible suspect and a death by a thousand cuts is a figurative likely hood too. If you and perhaps those you care most about are seemingly extraordinary unlucky... Chances are, silent guy from your past remembers you and is behind it. Remember this for later when you work too.

Agree, even a headhodge can be evil.

@@cerberus1595 i think thats called a psychopath

It's not "Russia" they hated so much as what "RUSSIA" represented..... OPPRESSIVE COMMUNIST RULE. aka waiting in a line for half a day for a loaf of bread. Russia purposely starved MILLIONS of Ukrainians. I feel like what is happening now is just more of the same genocide as before but through war instead of starvation.

When your family lands are taken from you with brutal violence, the hatred goes down generations.

@@thedangerzone9399 That's so true. in in 1920's great grandmother's two brother´s and their families went in Soviet union to build socialist empire, Because communist party invited every socialist building their land. 17 people left. They got kids and grand children in soviet union only to be executed every man, woman and child in late 30's during stalinist purges only because they were born else were. 23 people were burried in mass graves and completely decimated one branch of our family. Just as insult less than 2 years later, Soviets invade out country, remaining family has to evacuate, leave their farms and land forever. My grand fathers served in army. Other got so scarred in war witnessing horrors, that less than two years when war was over and alcohol didn't help fight the ghosts, he took his rifle, killed himself. I made my military oath, I will honor it, I have Russian friends but I will never, ever trust Kreml, any Russian politician or Red Army. I will die defending this country and give time civilians get out if necessary. I am pretty much living example of generations passing down miss trust, uneasiness and maybe even direct hate because all of this. this date if I see people carrying Stalin's picture and cheering him as exampliary leader, I get so angry I would like to scream.

my fam left because of the Russians invading throughout history. my Mor more (Swede/Finns, Kristiangard area, 1910s/1920s).. Axel (ggpa I was named for), his dad was a pilot when Finland got their first Air Force. Came to Canada. High Finn population in N Ontario

Easy to do. The more we are removed from events the more ignorant to their importance we get. Sometimes we need reminders. Sometimes they come too late.

Thank you from Ukrainians! We are really appreciate that!🤝✌

💙💛

No one can choose the place they are born. In the West - or indeed in the North- we all know that everyone still has many choices yet to make in life. This ideology and the freedom it belongs with it what we would be fighting for, would it ever come to that. All of that being said, I cannot understand the institution of mandatory service for males in Finland. If there is to be forced service, surely in these times in Scandinavia, there would be a desperate need for a citizen milita, the draft officers would not discriminate based on gender Edit: What I mean is that the "preparations we made" were serious offences on basic human rights of our own people. In particular the forced military service of all male citizens aged 18-29. I do hope that what ever it is you admire, has no part in that.

We'll protect you guys to the last Finn, especially the women.

@@psynque pretty sure swedes have their own saying for that, something along the lines "Sverige ska kämpa till den sista Finne"

Thank you for your kind words Petra. Glad we have you Swedes as our closest friends, closest meaning a lot more than just geography❤️

@@mursuhillo242 That sounds awful 😂😖 - but if there god forbid would be a Russian attack, nobody stands alone anymore.

The respect is mutual.

@@fruckyoutube2168 thank you. I'm proud to have served for my country!

God bless Germany and Finland 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇫🇮 much love

1944 Kuhlmey and his pilots made 50℅ of the tank kills when Finland was fighting for its existence in Tali Ihantala close to St Petersburg. It was the last major crossroads to be kept no matter the casualties. We were able to shoot a single point with over 200 artillery guns simultaneously. Many Russian battalions were shredded before their assault.

Summer 1944 fighting for the existence of Finland against genocide, slavery and rape. Germany gave us new Panzer Faust anti tank bazookas and Kuhlmey with his pilots to make 50% of the tank and fuel truck kills with Stukas. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/msp8jNSDsJzGYGw.html

Also for more context, since the 1950s. From Suez crisis, Cyprus war to Balkans, all the way into Middle-east. Chances are her father has been in some hot waters during his deployments.

My father served in UNIFIL Peacekeeping operation in Lebanon 1988. The blue beret was so cool when I was growing up I couldn't wait for my turn to serve.

Peacekeepers have some of the best stories. Not only about SNAFU but practical pranks they’ve done to each other and peace keepers from other countries. They have close brotherhood and they keep in touch after active service too. Mad respect to every single one of them.

@@halko1; And some of the worst too. On multiple occasions "UN Peacekeepers" have been ambushed and murdered just for doing their job of trying to stabilize the Country they're sent in order to protect innocent people. They're all brave men and women and they deserve the Respect of every Servicemember of any Country. Peacekeeping is an extremelly difficult job specially when the aggressors hide among the inocents that only want to live their lives safe and in peace.

And to answer the original question (if it hasn't been already): peacekeepers are a special group of people who actively serve, they are (just about) the only ones who are sent on those missions, and have received special crisis management training.

That's incredible to me. As an Australian our government has thoroughly disarmed the population since 1996 including myself. My small "Fudd" gun collection was only for hobby pest (pigs) & hunting on friends mango farm. Without the USA & Britain for support we are helpless outside our small military. Our politicians want total control & actively suppress any self determination by the ppl which was seen during Covid by the overt reaction by our government. Helicopters chasing teenagers for campfire drinking parties with Police units fully armed in case a kid throws a stick running away frightened ? I admire Finland for having politicians who care about the ppl & live in reality.

...and it was used used in the Harry Potter movies!

@@_friedie not exactly as that, but the appearance was obvious.

'The Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy', to be more precise.

Thanks for watching!

@Biiviz I agree. It is rare that I’d even start watching a YT vid over 30 minutes. But with CAC? Absolutely. Great content.

@@CombatArmsChannel The woman mentioned that her father is a ”peace keeper” And she was referring to the UN peacekeeping forces. Also the readiness forcess, CO’s, professional NCO’s and special forces get a pistol. (and some tankers too, but I’m not 100% sure about that.)

Was that in Tapiola by any chance? I played table tennis there, and the fencing area was right next to it, separated by only a curtain. We also had the opportunity to listen to heavy metal bands practicing while we were practicing!

@@trapkat8213 Yes it was! I imagine that was pretty loud bouncing off all that granite! 😆

What amazes me, is that other countries don't have a similar infrastructure. Especially the Western European and North American countries that have spent so much money and effort during the cold war, in preparing for all kinds of war. Still the protection of their own people seems to be left as some kind of an afterthought, the main focus being on abilities to destroy the "other" people. This, to me, seems strange.

@@heikkisuora2500 What an excellent point. So true. It seems strange because it is strange.

Niet Vladimir!

Kick some ryssä ass💪🏻🇫🇮💙🇺🇦

Show your father a Finnish song called "Silmien Välliin" translated: "to between the eyes"

I wish we could help more it's just that we can't afford to give away too much of our own defenses. I am proud of our volunteers there, though. Ukraine will win in the end!

And when you've kicked the Russians out, we'll help you rebuild Ukraine and get you started on your own bunkers. Ukraine will always have a friend and an ally in us.

Love your optimism, but we did lose quite a bit of territory the last time. And it doesnt need many tactical nukes to make defense of this place pointless. After all who can work farms in a nuclear wasteland. whom are we kidding. The only purpouse of the finnish military is to make an attack on us as costly as possible, thus maybe prevent it in the first place. If it happens we will just do what we can to make the russians regret it, but we know that the leader in the kremlin doesnt care how many of his men die somewhere. Just as Stalin did not care either back in the days. Lets hope we dont have to prove that we mean it.

@@zoolkhan using nukes kinda defeats purpose of attack. russia always goes for landgrab and doesn't care for people, either theirs or opponents. But radioactive land is not exactly what you can use. Also there are many nuclear proof bunkers there.

@Grunt USMC Finnish defence forces are just like you described. ONLY aim is to bleed russia so that they wont dare to try. Russians know messing with Finns will end massive casualties for them, for gain of burned down piece of empty land (Finns have historically burned everything which would support invader). In current situation Finns could conquer St Petersburg in 2-3 days. Almost all Russian troops have been moved to Ukrainian front. Finns just dont want money drain occupied by miserable things walking on 2 feet. = Russia is safe from invasion. Who would want to touch that enormous pile of warm shi...?

We teach land navigation(orienteering) in schools. It is part of our physical education classes. Early as classes 1-3, we start with basic map markers and colors.

as a Finn I can say that through our whole known history we have always been at war with moskovites. in this sh*t that putler put on in Ukraine we (Finns) have been preparing for it now for 80 years. after putler started that we were shocked at first and we are not sad (except all the shit Ukranians have to go through) we are FKING ANGRY. SLAVA UKRAINI! HEROJAM SLAVA!

Thank you for your kind words! We’re strong together.

Jawoll, willkommen, Brüder!

as a European who cares

@@dbz9393 looks like you're English mate. So you're not European. Who cares what you racists think? You are irrelevant

@HellStr82; OOORAAAH!, that's the spirit. Let's hope that somehow the situation in Europe de-escalate. Billions of human beings will be lost if it doesn't, that event will be catastrophic and unacceptable for all of us. Take care Sir.

yes we have had a lot of bluehelmets in the middle east, my neighbour is one of them.

sinäkin brutukseni

@@markoluodelahti2874 Kyllä vaan. Pitää sitä johonkin energia purkaa kun vanha paikka katoaa linjoilta ylihuomenna :D

@@Trespas oli vaan outoa että seuraat samaa, toi tosin kehuu vähä liikaa, rehellinen sais olla

@@zoolkhan Two of my buddies served as UN Peacekeepers. One in Kosovo and later he served in Afganistan as part of our contingent there. The other was in Lebanon & Eritrea. He said Eritrea is the worst place he's ever been in.

MRSI is pretty crazy. First rounds are fired at high elevation with long in flight time, second set with lower angle - and when the enemy is hit with ten almost simultaneous blasts, AMOS has already left the firing position. There’s clear advantage for this approach, less time vulnerable.

Swedes got the reiteration mounted on tiny speedboats. Think it can volley three-four rounds in mrsi

Young Padawan, you have much to learn. Get your priorities straight. Listen to G-man (George/General) Patton: You don´t go anywhere to die for your country. You make the other guy die for his! :) Finnish military doctrine emphasizes inflicting enemy casualties and avoiding own. Live to fight another day and you will benefit your country much more than by getting yourself killed on day one. Just saying.

Onnea ja menestystä! Ja toivotaan että rauha jatkuu täällä.

The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his. -George S. Patton The best motivation, the best training and the best gear comes in very handy right there. None of which seems to be abundant behind the eastern border. -Me

Kiitos siitä, että hoidat oman osuutesi maamme puolustuksesta.

Til Valhall brothers, if it comes to that

Thor 💪

Cheers brother.

@@thatun Thank you for that. In this days it is importent that we all now that russia is a papirtiger. We would kick ass so siriusly. We stand with Ukrain, and together we are strong. To all our brothers in arms, never give inn, we cover your back. Thor has spoken!✊👍

@@SamiOittinen If it comes to that, i sit next to you in Valhalla brother.

Nice! I didn't know this! I thought some of them were just lazy 😃

Correct. Though it's not a cross, rather it's three fingers (holy trinity) brought together.

And the non-religious conscripts have a separate ceremony if they so choose.

@@StanleyMilgramm I feel like it's mostly people from non-Christian faiths, mostly Muslims, who attend the alternate ceremony. Non-religious Finns from Christian background generally don't care all that much that God is mentioned in the oath.

@@wildcardbitchesyeehaw8320 Oh yeah I forgot to mention that. I should have said the ceremony is for non-christians typically.

Ah yes. Swedes will fight till the last Finn.

Nordic brothers are always welcome if you can take our insulting jokes. We are egotistic

Keep provoking Russia and see what happens.

Samma här! Farmor flydde finnland och farfar tyskland

That Top Gear episode was great. Mika demonstrated well what it is to be a Finn.

Yes

My grandpa worked there as a welder. we started building them after the wars and have kept building them ever since. It's a lot more comprehensive than what you could build ina decade or 2.

In Helsinki there are also WW1 era fortifications and associated storage caves built for defence purposes, some of which still exist (Helsingin Maalinnoitus). These were built to defend Russia against the Germans from 1914-1918 and almost never used (once during civil war, against said Germans). Being over 100 years old they are now protected by the antiquities act. They do not qualify as actual shelters for people as they are small and have no amenities, but they would shield from inital blast if need be. And there are quite many of them. This might actually have been the start of this manmade cave craze in Helsinki. Think about the Parliament building with its underground floors (more than above), the tunnel connecting Suomenlinna to mainland and the subway system with associated passages and spaces. And there´s the nuclear waste disposal unit Onkalo in Olkiluoto. We seem to do that a lot because our bedrock is so old (~1,8 by) and stable, and it´s never far from the surface. Dwarves we are. Modern shelters are often also just reinforced concrete structures in an apartment buildings lowest floor. The bombing of Helsinki often failed because of good light discipline inside the city and false lights outside the city. Which is an elf tactic, not dwarf. But works on orcs. :)

@@meomarte We are still carving that bedrock too.

@@inso80 I wonder if they´re gonna go through with the tunnel to Tallinn?

@@meomarte There is no reason not to. I think it's just a matter of time.

Especially since this war has many similarities to the Finnish-Soviet Winter war of 1939. Stalin, in all his megalomanic narcissism and paranoida decided to try to destroy and annex Finland. But after fierce fighting for 4 months Stalin only managed to gain some of our eastern regions (which Russia has never given us back). He failed to get to the capital city Helsinki , just as Putin failed to take Kiev thanks to the brave resistance by the Ukrainian forces. SLAVA UKRAINA, HEROYAM SLAVA!! -Privit iz Finlandya

As Ukrainian,i appreciate Finnish support,and really thankful for that.

@@MrRandomguy64 One major difference is the lack of US Lend Lease to the Russians.

Not Really.

@@puuppa83 not really how?

Sledgehammer is “leka”, moukari is just hammer

@@tonikaihola5408 Both are correct, maul can be used also.

@@w4rpf1nnladhmm ok 👍

"That's not a hammer, THIS is a hammer."

Thanks brother! All is well. Hectic but that's how I like it haha. Hope you and the fam are doing ok

In a way doing the right thing even if it's bad is sticking to the right thing. You just keep pushing, if it needs to be done.

Yea there is that element about for example remaining honest to point of stupidity in it.

Peacekeepers soldiers is a bit of a stretch I would say.

@@chugachuga9242 Then you should educate yourself on the mandates and the rules of engagements of UN peacekeeping missions.

@@jackboomslang5646 I know their rules of engagement and I think it’s bs. Do you know how many times UN peacekeepers had to just sit around and watch while rebels or insurgents killed civilians and in some cases other peacekeepers?

@@chugachuga9242 Military trained soldiers with weapons... is a bit of a stretch? Even though they mostly don't end up in combat, there are plenty of Finns who have had to fire their weapons in hostile situations during peacekeeping missions. Main thing is that they are not hobbyists or tourists with weapons, but trained military men and women. So.. soldiers.

@@chugachuga9242 They are the embodiment of the perfect soldier. Able to hold peace while abstaining from violence when possible. Balls of steel.

When things go bad, you don't give up! That's what it means.

That is Sisu in every Finn since we were born.

Every country have their version like the UK had Keep Calm and Carry On, it's not a single word though

@@andersmalmgren6528 That's different, though. Sisu also refers to the attitude to continue what one is doing even if there's little point in doing so. It can mean doing idiotic things just because you've already made up your mind. In that sense it's not at all like the UK version you cited.

@@VideoDotGoogleDotCom yeah definitely not a step back and reassess sort of mentality

The Europeans do not want to understand the causes of the war. For Europeans, this is just a Russian invasion of Ukraine. They do not want to know about the behavior of Ukraine for 8 years and the Russian genocide.

As a Swede from Westbothnia (västerbotten) I agree. Even if we didn't had Russians here to the same extent as was experienced by Finland.

Things were ever worse here in Karelia...

And of course, you don’t want to know anything about the disgusting Ukrainian soldiers ...

But weren't Ukrainian soldiers like pigs for 8 years when they fought with Donbass?

I'll copy my comment: It's funny that then it was the USSR with a Georgian in the Head. Ukraine was also part of the USSR. And the Ukrainian Semyon Timoshenko was the initiator of the war with Finland. This general incited Stalin to attack Finland. By the way, at that time Mannerheim ruled Finland he was a patriot of Russia and an officer in the Russian army. He also fought for Russia against Japan.

United we stand. Rautaa rajalle.

In a way, the Russians woke up Finland from its peacetime "winter sleep" and would poke at such a point with threats that Finland raised its middle finger. Russia is always a suspicious neighbor and no Finn will go under its orders and threats

They are not even pre-covid levels. it's just tht the media is covering every single exercise now. AKA you and mine source of information

@jesse manner; Trainning is necesary in order to maintain proficient and effective Armed Forces. The more You train the better prepared You'd be if it's required.

Jep. Asun tässä Parolassa ja yks yö muutama kuukaus taakkeppäin meni koko yön tankkeja tosta Hattulantietä vissiin junaradalle. En oo ikinä 27 v aikana nähny sellasta letkaa. Kauhee jytinä😂

I continue bc i can not edit? Claustropbhia dont go those small ones.

I know what you mean. It’s not one dimensional word, I don’t think it can be described easily in couple sentences. Sisu unites us, but it’s also personal experience as we have those moments when sisu gets us through tough times. When the difficulties are greatest, sisu kicks in and you’ll do what ever necessary to overcome those hurdles. I think that’s the spirit. Sisulla perkele!

It's when the backhoe breaks down and you continue digging a hole in the frozen ground with a little shovel, instead of waiting until Monday for someone to fix the machine.

I was once mistaken for an American by an Englishman 😅 Oddly enough I also usually start to subconsciously mirror the accent of whomever I’m talking to. Can be a bit embarrassing at times.

@@tonikaihola5408 I've been mistaken for American by Americans a few times. All of these have happened in Finland which makes it funny. EDIT: Massachusetts accent is stronk in me. Had to look up spelling. :P

@@inso80 Ya know what's massive oral sex in Swedish? Massachusexxs

Savossa on vanhat sotilasperinteet.

@@yoretabio4537 Sen tosiaan ymmärsin kun vierailin isäni kylän sotilas hautausmaalla Muuruvedellä.

Not even many finns know these evacuation rail ways. When there is rail way middle of neighborhood what seems to be old and useless... in reality it is there because civil protection act - in case of emergy you can bring evacuation train there so that all people not need to go one place.

That's also the time when people learned to hate Russians and the reason why Russians are still so hated on the west coast. WW2 was only a reminder.

The big russian bear knows where is a bear trap

As we join NATO, it will be a big collective boon to be able to cripple Kola peninsula logistics if need be.

II/09 in Santahamina we had American and German recruits. Finnish male citizens living outside of Finland are subject to the conscription call-up when they turn 18 -- just like their counterparts living in the country. Finnish men living abroad can, however, apply for exemptions from military service and still retain their Finnish citizenship.