Comments by "Jussi M. Konttinen" (@jussim.konttinen4981) on "TIKhistory" channel.

  1.  @Paciat  Or 1. British warmongering 2. Soviet agression 3. American cooperation To my understanding, English is not a native language in any continental European country. The British Empire was not a democracy, which explains their strange territorial claims. Nor was their aim to spread democracy.
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  2. Religiosity varied by country and person. They made lists where sometimes the majority declared themselves to be Christians, instead of the state religion. SS colonel Franz Schreiber hid a medieval church bell and dug it up after the war. They often left the churches unburnt, even when other buildings were destroyed. In addition, East Germany made statistics from which you can see that Christianity did collapse after WW2, not during.
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  3. Several gold medals at the Winter Olympics
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  4.  @nottoday3817  Pyrrhic victory
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  5.  @pizzapatriot1769  In addition, each company kept a journal. The Continuation War is pretty well documented in Finnish. Easier if you tell us the specific thing you're looking for.
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  6.  @pizzapatriot1769  There is not much literature on this subject in English. One book that has been discussed in Finland is "Der finnische Krieg" by Waldemar Erfurth. The entire 1070-page diary is kept in the National Archives of Finland.
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  7.  Lovecraft  Or even when they're Germans they are still British, in the style of Schindler's List
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  8. Giovanni Messe formally surrendered to British and New Zealand forces. After the Italian armistice in September 1943, he was made chief of staff of the Italian Co-Belligerent Army.
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  9. Why? Isn't the best killer the one who kills the most? This is not a beauty contest.
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  10.  @Paciat  There have never been German troops in Britain. Poland didn't want to join the anti-Comintern pact. Do you really believe that South Africa would declare war on Finland without Churchill's warmongering? Yeah, right. Of course, Germany had an obligation to stop the invasion. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Russia#Soviet_Union_(1922–1991)
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  11. I don't think Mannerheim was surprised that his wife was Russian.
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  12.  @zheka1780  "We could also see signs of significant events in recent Finnish history in the genes, such as the migration from the areas of Karelia that Finland ceded to Russia, which may be linked to the paths taken by Karelian refugees during World War II...In some respects, we can even expect our genes to depict our history more accurately than the history books. " https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/life-science/finlands-recent-history-is-inscribed-in-the-genes
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  13. In Finland, soldiers had a black V on their sleeve, which meant prisoner (vanki). Officers acted mosly like cops. In the beginning a lot of problems like hunger strike, refusals, panic, murder. About 80 people escaped, including the very dangerous Yrjö Leino (minister of the interior).He should have been removed. Although performance improved, losses (diary doesn't specify) occurred after they took over a Russian vodka stock. However, Mannerheim pardoned them. V looks a bit like an arrow, thus the battalion (Er.P 21) was called "black arrow". They were subjugated to the "Ace" regiment (JR 26) led by colonel Eero Laaksonen, therefore a white ribbon was also used on the left sleeve. Reka Kumsa was conquered in an astonishing 40 minutes. Laaksonen was knighted in November 1942. Medvezhyegorsk was occupied by the Finnish Army from 6 December 1941 to 23 June 1944.
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  14. So let me get this straight. Millions of Soviets starved to death before, during and after WW2 was due to brilliant libertarian logistics?
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  15.  @manichaean1888  Some Finns also did well in the Red Army. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akseli_Anttila
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  16. As he said, the market was shrinking, which was partly caused by the allies. That is why, after WW2, reconstruction was done more effectively. In my opinion, the real reason was industrialization, as some historians have said. Human nature is always the same if we believe in multiculturalism. British and Germans are like Nigerians, that is, violent.
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  17.  @adaw2d3222  I'm sure hundreds of them died. They chose the wrong country to attack. Only one was born in Finland. 6 were unlucky immigrants. At that time there was a strict immigration policy. And Vyborg Synagogue was completely destroyed by Soviet air bombings on the first day of Winter War.
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  18. Lapland is no joke. You can lose your life even without the Red Army if you don’t know what you’re doing.
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  19. @Coach Black Pill lol a chairwoman of the antifascist union of Treptow district said that, "We will never forget the feat of Soviet warriors who liberated not only their Motherland but the German nation too, as well as many European countries from the 'brown plague'."
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  20. Well said. Tripartism indeed contributes to a high standard of living. Sometimes so-called fascists (shogunate) or monarchists don't pay attention to the living standards of workers. On the other hand, communists eliminate innovations. That is why it is called the third way. Iceland is a republican version of that, i.e. social corporatism.
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  21.  @russelledwards001  I'd say Churchill was similar ruler as Alexander the Liberator of Russia, although not an absolute dictator. I think it's called a hybrid regime.
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  22.  @SniperDiplomat  They had quite similar ideologies. Italians just see the rules as proposals. And East Germany was not very international, but is was Marxist.
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  23. I noticed that during the Continuation War soldiers drank tea, which is unusual in Finland. Where did they get the tea?
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  24. Well, where are they? My father had a horse and Mosin-Nagant in 1968. A couple of years later: "You're free now! Go, otherwise you end up in a sausage factory. Run free!"
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  25. I think you're wrong about Ryti. He was more like Neville Chamberlain (under attack). The Greater Finland ideology was supported by Paavo Talvela and the fascists (Patriotic People's Movement), who received only about 6% of the vote. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paavo_Talvela
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  26. The schism between the Western and Eastern Christians resulted from a variety of political, cultural and theological factors which transpired over centuries.
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  27.  @Matt_History  You claim the Nazi election were honest. Don't make me laugh.
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  28. Many Germans in Russia largely assimilated and integrated into Russian society. There were some 2 million ethnic Germans in the Soviet Union in 1989. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/11/world/bonn-urges-russia-to-restore-land-for-its-ethnic-germans.html
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  29. You are authentic nazi, if you are a party member, otherwise just a history buff.
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  30. @slovene ball Very similar to what the special forces are doing nowadays in Iraq. But most of the Muslims in Europe were born in Europe, not Arabs. In democracies like Finland the Tatars and the Jews had already been enlisted in 1939.
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  31. No offense, but that picture seems to be a movie scene from the 1950s.
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  32.  @melrakan  Apparently the judge was a holocaust denier, since Felix Steiner faced charges at the Nuremberg Trials, but they were dropped for lack of solid evidence and he was released. Such allegations have also been investigated by Finnish State Police in the past, with no evidence of crimes being found. According to "Ne bis in idem" principle, a person can not be prosecuted more than once for the same (criminal) behaviour.
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  33. This is a familiar topic to me because I lived next to a mental hospital built in 1926. I always wondered why they needed a big chimney.
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  34.  @Chasstful  So...why wait a couple of years? I have heard that the Battle of Hürtgen Forest was quite intense. I would have built an Autobahn from Normandy to Berlin, and sang love songs. I bet you did Nazi that coming. https://youtu.be/Zzg_FjEhHUc
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  35. Poland declare war on Japan. Japanese PM Tojo: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that.
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  36.  @acenosce3334  Part 2: The REAL reason why Stalin HAD to start WW2
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  37.  @ArcticTemper  Swedes are pretty awesome overlords of Finland. However, it is easy to raise your hands in front of the Russians, leaving the Swedes played out of power. I mean no one wants some colonial Lord in their home. Tourism is a different matter.
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  38.  @Paciat  Yeah, right. I went to NCO school. You sound like a wannabe slumdog millionaire. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.irishexaminer.com/analysis/when-eamon-de-valera-emerged-the-winner-in-the-battle-of-the-airwaves-330428.html "John Maffey, the British representative, was particularly critical of Churchill’s suggestion that it would have been natural for Britain to seize Irish bases."
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  39. Default Aggressive is perhaps a better definition. No matter how you manipulate the numbers, they still lost 50% less than the Red Army. A Normandy landing would be too fanatical for me.
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  40. Although I have nothing against Mennonites, that’s probably the ideology you’re looking for. https://youtu.be/Pt_XU4W4DBA
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  41.  @johns3544  In a multi-party system, it's almost impossible to get a majority even once, not to mention in a row.
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  42.  @metaphorpritam  There are many Tsarist era buildings in Finland, even here in the lake region. Also, look at the buildings in St Petersburg. They had a nice time before WW1. Russia has not recovered from the persecution of Christians, but certainly things are better today than before. Our town hall, completed in the 1880s https://tinyurl.com/r6z4y5y Mannerheim's apartment built in 1912, current price 1.7 million euros (sold). https://tinyurl.com/vr85y8e
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  43. Cheri, cheri lady Goin' through a motion Love is where you find it Listen to your heart
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  44. ​ @bananabourbonaenima  No need to keep talking about the past. North Korea is clearly ultra-nationalist and socialist, thus national socialist. Iceland is a liberal democracy. Your apartment is not taxed at all if you have lived there for two years. In the Philippines, adultery and concubinage are criminal cases that are generally considered committed against the State. Both Iceland and the Philippines are culturally Western and moderate countries. Fine by me, if you want to call North Korea far right.
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  45.  @dragosstanciu9866  Reasons vary by country. A bit like asking why Britain invaded the world. Yugoslavia was pro-Axis though.
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  46. Hitler was in Finland due to Mannheim's birthday party. He returned the visit, traveling to Hitler's headquarters. A.F Airo was in charge of the day-to-day management of the war. Obviously, a lot depends on what he sees on German maps
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  47. Finnish version of a penal battalion was 21st Independent Battalion also known as the "Black Arrow". Unit had considerable trouble in its first week. After which the Communists were taken back to the camp. Ordinary criminals turned out to be reliable soldiers. It was led by Major Nikke Pärmi who belonged to the veterans of the Köninglich Preussisches Jägerbataillon Nr. 27 - but who also was convicted of manslaughter. Other officers in the unit had military police training or background.
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  48.  @thoughtfulinsanity3050  Finland supported both Pol Pot and Stalin at the UN.
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  49.  @Mocsk  Churchill declared war because the Finnish army was going too far. Or do you claim he made a mistake? http://heninen.net/sopimus/kirjecm_e.htm
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  50.  @johnburns4017  Upon closer examination, the amount of tea was only 1-2 cups a week, and they got 3 light cigarettes every day. However, the total calorie intake was very close to the present, except when stationary they were not allowed to gain weight, as in modern times.
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