Interesting that they didn´t mention the time when his team was tasked to find a downed recon plane in North Iran, his team was the only one who made it, also they didn´t clarify that he is indeed confirmed KIA, it just took them some years to do, for example they recovered this personal weapon which I think was Carl Gustav m/45 smg, basically Swedish suomi, and it wasn't standard issue to the troops, so it's very likely it was his. (even though it was in use by clandestine units) Also I think DNA has been confirmed by now. Otherwise very good documentary.

@@TheLazyFinn You're right, his remains were found in 1999 and he was identified and buried in 2003.

@@astorjupit6932 Yea, saw a document of him once.

@@TheLazyFinn did he have a family of his own?

@@rcpt03 no. As far as I know he never married

Clear like Vodka? Not likely 😆

I joke that if you do what you love you'll never work a day in your life, and Lauri loved killing communists.

His blood was transparent

More like blue

His blood was white and blue. 🇫🇮

*Doom theme starts playing*

He went to go defeat Stalin and his cronies one more time

@@belisarius6949 aah so he is The DOOM Guy!

@@rasenche4562 No. That would imply the Doom guy had a chance against him.

He was walking up the stairs to heaven, saw there was red in hell and just instantly jumped off

Badum tssh

Т-34-85 Winner Oh, look. We have a communist sympathizer. 🙄

@Т-34-85 Winner Lauri Törni only trained with Waffen-SS, if you have evidence he killed children for free, please bring them up.

@Т-34-85 Winner So wearing a certain uniform makes you a bad, evil person now..... Ok..... Just a quick question comrade! Are you, by any chance, a bit soft in the head?

@Т-34-85 Winner thanks for making me Laugh, stranger. Your jokes were so funny that it keeps me smiling and chuckling. Please make more jokes like thst.

This is a tasty comment

Soviet consultant having flashbacks, "they speak the language of snow drifts."

*glowing red eyes thorn* HERES THORN

@@flamingrubys11 Tell me more, im interested to see what else do you have in mind.

when one master of forrest warfare meets another

That look of God damn it you smart ass

@LUCKYFETT priceless

I laughed when that happened

Ryan is absolute legend

Waited three episodes for that gag

The US in the future: Good news everyone, we managed to clone Lauri- now we have 60 of him

he probably destroyed the USSR from within but didnt want to brag

@@Dayo98 he destroy USSR singlehandedly with his bare hand, but make it secret so he can have a peaceful life in his home back in his beloved Finland.

@@evangelineirene6994 He crawled out of the helicopter wreck like Terminator, perkeled a bit and then started to walk towars Moskau cause he weas finally done with this communist bullshit.

@@gerdrseltsam671 he died peacefully in Finland after USSR fall. But recently there is weird -1 dead report from Finland due to Corona Virus out break...

How could it not.

This is simply how comunism worked. Just watch episode about inmate 4859 or far from the fame, same thing happened there.

@@ComissarYarrick Yeah, I remember them. May their souls rest in peace.

@@Death_Korps_Officer May he rest in peace at last xd

Technically he broke the Finnish-USSR peace treaty (FInland had to cut ties with Germany and not ally with it and drive Germany out) and hence treason charge. By the time the Sonderkommando Nord happened..... Technically, again, Finland and Germany were enemies due to Lapland War. So technically working with the war conducting Germany, he was working with at the time in Finland's official enemy Germany. Hence the treason charge. He was technically guilty of treason, he most likely would just never been charged had Finland had any choice in the matter. In reality: He was Lauri Törni, the soviet oversight commitee over the piece wanted him trialed and jailed, so he was. His sonderkommando stint gave good official legal reason. Heck President Ryti was also jailed. Everybody knew the war-responsibility trials were a show for benefit of Soviets and Soviets way to punish Finland as a nation by forcing Finland to jail important people from the war who Finland thought as heroes. Everyone knew it was kangaroo court, but well it was that or couple hundred thousand soviet troops over the border. Better national humiliation, than national destruction. Nobody in Finland really considered any of the people traitors (well outside hard line communists), but knew that officially they had to be such. There was the truth and then the official truth. Everyone knew what the truth was, but also knew for sake of national survival official truth had to be observed in public in press, news papers etc. So called finlandization. There was the stuff talked in papers and then there was the stuff talked in sauna and kitchen. He didn't leave Finland out of fear. He left because as career soldier he had no career prospect. He had been soldier for his whole adult professional life and had no other schooling or trade. There was one thing he couldn't do, that Soviet wouldn't tolerate: Be an officer in Finnish military. Enemy number 1 couldn't be training the next Finnish army. Other more nameless people had to do that. Not to mention ahemm the whole treason charge kinda would have made it technically hard to justify for Finnish Defence forces. So he left to Sweden in secret. Not due to KGB, but because he was in parole violation over his treason charge. When he was pardoned, he was pardoned to parole and his parole time was still on going. As parolee he wasn't supposed to leave the country. Had he walked to Finnish border guard post under his own name, they would have been duty bound to arrest him for parole violation. Hence taking a friends passport to cross the border. And then he continued to USA, since he had heard he had career chances in USA. Many of the earlier Finnish goers were part of founding and creation of the special forces and related activities. So they knew to tell him, USA was hiring European veterans with suitable specialist knowledge. Like Törni had about behind enemy lines operations and winter warfare. Plus well USA and USSR were enemies, so I'm sure he thought it was good way to be a thorn on USSRs side.

It is more complicated than that. His decision to serve in Germany broke the Finnish-Soviet peace treaty. And although not clearly enough said in the video...Finland had not become communist state, Soviets *forced* the trials of may war heros and political leaders. For example our president I think was charged with starting offensive war....it is true, but I don't remember seeing Stalin been charged for same thing lol

Poor woman died before she knew what happened to him.

yes, because you are not completed until you find someone else.... you don't have enough value on your own!

@@mikatu People having no value on their own was definitely not what I was saying. I meant that I'm glad he knew what love feels like as an emotion. Maybe he loved to kill commies, but it probably felt different than the love between him and his woman.

Love is important for all of us, in one way or another. Not least in wartime, some kind of love and compassion is necessary to keep your humanity. Maria, The Sabaton History Team

This needs to be a movie!

Lauri was a handsome man.He had several girlfriends during in his time in US.But Marja was of course the love of his life.

I couldn't see him giving up the fight. Maybe joining a CIA squad for assassainating Castro or something.

>Ended up Joining the Vietnamese against the Chinese

If he survived he probably served until the Soviet Afghan war

Good stuff!

Did he support the Holocaust? Was he racist?

@@christiandauz3742 I'm not totally sure. However, I do know he had major issues with the Soviets since they invaded his hometown. So some say he was more anti-Soviet than pro-Nazi.

@@woahhbro2906 Kinda ironic he was fighting against the Vietcong Freedom Fighters

@@christiandauz3742 The world is a complicated place. One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist.

okay this is head canon now. John "Hannibal" Smith was actually Lauri Törni who made his way to the US from Vietnam after he saw the violence against the people there, and decided to only fight for those in need from now on.

You're on to something... Hannibal was after all a master of disguise.

Plot twist : he said this after the crash

⚡💻 ⚡

Did he participated in the Holocaust? Was he racist?

@@christiandauz3742 he was trained by the SS, but never fought for Germany nor is there any documentation of him having any involvement with the SS beyond his training. It's safe to say he *almost certainly* didn't partake in the Holocaust.

@@somewhereelse1235 Did he ever said anything about the Holocaust, Ghettos and Eastern Front atrocities?

@@christiandauz3742 In this series, no, but in my own research, the research of others, and even Indy's other channel on WW2. there's seldom any mention of Finnish war crimes and atrocities. Usually the worst that is mentioned is refusing the surrender of encircled and starving Soviet units, letting them die from the elements because they couldn't clear the encirclements themselves. Well, that and the use of Molotov Cocktails which weren't considered a warcrime until after WW2. Finland and her people fought for their homes, and, even when they were given the option to do worse, to kill civilians, they usually didn't, because that wasn't the war they were waging.

It's quite a battle cry 😎 RISE! FROM BEYOND YOUR GRAVE! SON OF FINLAND AND A GREEN BERET!

@@2011SoxMD36 *commies start shivering*

I get where he was coming from, but I think fighting for nazi germany is bad actually.

Hi! If you want to, you can send your suggestion about that album directly to the Sabaton guys. Just go to sabaton.net, click the "Music" tab and scroll to the bottom of the page. There's a "Submit" button for song suggestions. :) Maria, The Sabaton History Team

Hi! Why don't you suggest writing that song directly to the Sabaton guys? On sabaton.net, if you click the "Music" tab and scroll down to the bottom, there's a "Submit" button for song suggestions! Maria, The Sabaton History Team

Thank you! Indy is by now well versed in Scandinavian names.

Thank you! Indy is by now well versed in Scandinavian names.

Thank you! Indy is by now well versed in Scandinavian names.

Actually, John Wayne portrayed Törni in the "green Berets"

Yes, passion and determination are powerful driving forces, here at Sabaton History too. ;) Törni definitely led quite a dramatic life, and it would make for an interesting movie, for sure. It's almost a little surprising that it's never been done... Speaking of movies, I don't know if you've seen it, but there actually is an hour long Finnish documentary about Törni that came out 2007. It's called Lauri Törni - Sotilaan Tarina (eng. The Story of a Soldier). Maybe worth a google search? :) Thank you for your well-wishes Lyliss! Stay safe and take care!

@@SabatonHistory I didn't know about this documentary!!! Thank you very much! Definitely going to google it!! \o/ You're welcome! ^^ I will! Thank you

@@SabatonHistory thank you very much! I'm not sure if I would've stumbled upon that documentary if I haven't stumbled upon this comment xD May god grant you infinite motivation to keep doing what you do.

As a Finn. No hollywood fuck that, they will glorify the hell out of it. If someone will make a movie out of Lauri it will be made by a Finnish director and by Finnish actors

@@juliushakala5148 I agree with you to be honest. I was saying Hollywood because that's the kind of story they like to grab onto, but I meant it more as the cinema industry ;)

Because you would need a trilogy to even grasp his badassery in film.

He fought for the Nazis. Assuming he didn't do any warcrimes he still indirectly helped them with their genocide Also, Vietnam War is not popular

@@christiandauz3742 there's literally an entire filmography dedicated to Vietnam War. Also, he fought for them against communism, not because he believe in them, but because of revenge for his home. He did not help them in anyway that wasn't against the communists, the real enemy of WW2. That's the reason why there's no movie about him.

@@Death_Korps_Officer Soviets sacrificed 25 Million people to save humanity (especially Jews) from the Nazis Amerikkka only lost 300k Wouldn't surprised me if the guy killed Jews like the Right-wing nutjob he is

@@christiandauz3742 you said "sacrificed", I say "sent to their deaths". You can't hide the numbers, not even by calling them with fancy names. Also, he wasn't right-wing. He was a hero who fought for his home. More respect to your veterans, son.

Did he participate in the Holocaust?

@@christiandauz3742 no

@@ajax1475 How about war crimes during WW2?

@Jansheen Lee I take it that had evidence shown up that proves he participated in war crimes/crimes against humanity he wouldn't be remembered in Finland

@@ajax1475 Everyone who fought for nazi Germany participated in the Holocaust. Even if they didn't kill any jews directly, they still gave the other nazis the opportunity to do so.

Wasnt He the Guy storming a beach with a sword on dday?

They don't, as far as I know. Unlike Törni though, Churchill fought *against* the nazis.

@@ble688 Yes. And he used a damn Longbow in the age of Rifles and Machine guns

@@ble688 as i recall he stormed the beach playing bagpipes but yes a longbow and Scottish broadsword

Hi! I actually double checked with Pär, and no, they don't. But if you think he would be a good subject for a song, you can suggest it to the guys on their website sabaton.net. Just click the "Music" tab and scroll to the bottom, there's a "submit" button for song suggestions :) Maria, The Sabaton History Team

No that was too early for Törni to participate in.

No that was too early for Törni to participate in.

No that was too early for Törni to participate in.

Thank you Bex! Maria

Well, he's no Valve, I'll tell you that.

Jupp. That's what "Allan" means in Finnish.

Did he support the Holocaust?

Thank you so much, we appreciate it!

Thank you for watching! :)

Didn't he said the best attack is a strong defense or have I misheard Indy?

@@martinmarkovic544 at least in Finland we always say The best defence is to attack

Ambush the ambushers -Lauri "Larry Thorne" Torni

I would prefer a hoi4 game

Mega campaign?

It's a really cool concept, isn't it?! And so many interesting subjects to write about... :) Maria, The Sabaton History Team

Hi! There are a number of songs named "The Charge of the Light Brigade", and Iron Maiden's "The Trooper" is based on the event. But there's no Sabaton song with that name, no. Maria, Sabaton History Team

Thanks for the suggestion, we'll check that out 😉

Hi Ian! Thank you! Do you have any particular songs and/or subject in mind? Maria, The Sabaton History Team

@@SabatonHistory For example, Rise of Evil and The Final Solution. One is about the rise of the Third Reich, the other about their evil acts during the Holocaust. Or Coat of Arms and Sparta, both being about battles in Greece during different times. I know some of these songs already have episodes, but pairing related songs together and creating a series. I love what you're doing already, but it's just an idea I had.

Shadows is easy. It's Lord of the Rings. Go watch all of them. See you in 2 days. 😎😜

@@2011SoxMD36 Very funny.

Thank you! And thanks for the suggestions!

@@SabatonHistory You're welcome.

Olihan se manu pariviikkoa mukana, sitten maitojunalla takalinjoille.

Thanks for the recommendations!

Better, read more... born to kill...

Thank you Nicolás! You can send your ideas for songs directly to the Sabaton guys on sabaton.net if you want to. Just click the "Music" tab and scroll down to the bottom, there's a "Submit" button for song suggestions. :) Maria, The Sabaton History Team