Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Russia's conscript catchers snatch men off the streets to send them to war" video.

  1.  @Imprudentman  Wikipedia has a pretty good article on the Winter War. Try reading it -- if you still have access. Where did I claim Finland defeated the USSR? Historical revisionism is Russia's favourite pastime, not ours. As a matter of fact, Stalin very much wanted the whole of Finland. Just like Putin with regard to Kyiv, Stalin sent a brass band for a victory parade in Helsinki, but the column in question got mercilessly destroyed. Even after the Winter War, Stalin pleaded with his then-ally, Hitler, for a second chance, but Hitler was not agreeable. The interesting bit is that Hitler had lost all respect for the Red Army's fighting prowess on account of the Winter War, and thought it opportune to put the USSR out of its misery. Having grown up abroad, I'm more a soccer fan, but Finland beating Russia -- or should I say the Olympic Athletes from Russia -- in hockey is always a tasty treat. While it's an achievement in itself, the combination of Russia's sense of entitlement and the severe disappointment makes it tastier still.
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  2.  @Imprudentman  We Finns made mincemeat out of the Russians during the Winter War. My grandfather described ghastly scenes where they gunned down wave after wave of Russians, who never stood a chance advancing in the open, waist-deep in snow. If that isn't bad soldiering, I don't know what is.
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  3.  @Imprudentman  Russian casualties in the Winter War were more than five times higher than those of Finland. Sadly for you revisionists, the Germans meticulously kept records of their dealing with the Soviets. In November 1940 -- after the Winter War -- Molotov personally revealed to Hitler that the USSR still wanted to annex Finland. Molotov argued that the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact gave the USSR the right to do so, but Hitler reneged. There's ample indication that Stalin was in total shock after Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa. Infamously, Stalin sulked at his dacha for two weeks before he managed to collect himself.
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