Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Finland Salvages a "Tragic Boating Accident": Grafton Vetterli Rifles" video.

  1. It did come to fruition, but only in 1918. My great-grandfather took part in what eventually came to be called the Finnish Civil War, although my grandparents always referred to it as 'revolution' or 'rebellion'. The story goes that he went to war carrying one of these Vetterlis -- no doubt salvaged from the shipwrecked SS Grafton -- but came back with a Winchester Model 1895, which he had personally liberated from a Russian soldier. We still have it in the family.
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  2. You'll find that Russia is moving its nukes westward rather than NATO taking its nukes eastward. Russia's newest launch sites are in Kaliningrad and Belarus. In contrast, NATO's nukes have stayed put throughout NATO's whole post-Cold War enlargement. You talk about NATO's intentions, while Russia is actually guilty of bringing their nukes forward.
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  3.  @FabianMacGintyONeill  I'm sure my great-granddad would've agreed. He was a keen hunter, so I'm sure he appreciated the more common ammo.
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  4. There was a war going on between Russia and Japan at the time. It made perfect sense for Japan to tie up Russian troops in Finland while a ground war was ongoing in the Far East. The Germans did the same to Russia during WW1.
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