Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Task & Purpose" channel.

  1.  @marczhu7473  Nope, not in 1943. There was plenty of excitement in 1944, when the USSR launched the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, which ended with a series of defensive victories for Finland. Soviet casualties were thrice those of Finland.
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  2. ​ @marczhu7473 I'm inclined to believe that you've had no military training, since defence in depth appears to be a foreign concept to you. The Germans learned from bitter experience that that was the only way to stop a Soviet strategic offensive. Ironically, it's also how Ukraine won the Battle of Kyiv. The Russians must be slow learners. Anyhow, after stopping the Soviet offensive, the Finnish Army was far from beaten, and the fact wasn't lost on Stalin, who was suddenly agreeable to a negotiated peace. Finland had been open to a peaceful settlement from 1941 onwards, but the ongoing war between Germany and Russia didn't allow for one. The opportunity did present itself in 1944, when Germany was suitably weakened. Finland didn't hesitate to seize the opportunity, even though it meant that Germany would try to seize or hold on to strategic positions in Finland. They failed in all their objectives. Finland showed its mettle in fighting both the Soviets and the Germans.
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  3.  @marczhu7473  1943 was a quiet year in the Continuation War. Why?
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  4.  @marczhu7473  My shit military experience? Now you're just getting offensive. Goodbye China fanboy, you're blocked.
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  5.  @oknevals  Three days? Napoleon spent five weeks in Moscow, waiting for the Russians to offer terms.
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  6. Similar modern research is afoot in Finland, which can't grow cotton because of the climate alone, but has a handle on paper and pulp production like no other. While feasible, the process is tricker because of higher levels of impurities in wood-based cellulose. Interestingly, eucalyptus trees look most promising, fast-growing and combustible as they are.
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  7.  @jussim.konttinen4981  Did I suggest otherwise? I made the point that Indo-European is a language family. Genetics and language are two different things.
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  8.  @samielalazar1800  Pray tell, what is factually wrong with what I wrote earlier? It is a fact that the Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive was stopped with a series of Finnish defensive victories. Stalin nixed all plans for further attacks because he urgently needed troops to take Berlin. You're the one making up stories. Finland wasn't broke in the 90s and the child war refugees, with very few exceptions, returned from Sweden after the war. I should know, my mum was one.
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  9.  @johanj3674  The T-72 and MiG-21 were phased out a long time ago. Sweden, too, procured the BMP, be it the older BMP-1.
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  10.  @90skidcultist  Indo-European is a language family, silly. Americans are English if it's only language that counts.
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  11. ​ @OctagonFinancialSystems  You're the one desperately coping here. ISS is currently served by the Soyuz and the SpaceX Dragon, and soon, the Boeing Starliner as well. Russians, too, have hitched rides on the Dragon. Keep up with the news.
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  12.  @Yudhiswara  Yeah, it's a mystery why we don't see more horse-drawn vehicles.
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  13.  @jussim.konttinen4981  I can hear a Finnish accent if I listen to myself, sport.
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  14.  @davidtuttle7556  Did I accuse you of being a Pommy?
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  15.  @samielalazar1800  Uh, did you have a point? Hint: there's no paywall on Wikipedia.
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  16. ​ @laeicawezlar4417  Duh, Finns have seen Russia as a threat since... ever. More recently, Russia has been ratcheting up tensions since 2008, when it saw fit to invade its neighbour, Georgia.
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  17.  @jebise1126  Duh.
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  18.  @protorhinocerator142  Is it still economically feasible? The Chinese have reinvented slave labour to pick cotton. They "re-educate" their Uyghur minority that way.
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  19. A horse and carriage will get you to town, too.
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