Comments by "Jussi M. Konttinen" (@jussim.konttinen4981) on "Was Finland's "Continuation War" Pre-Planned? Eastern Front #WW2" video.

@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@melrakan The Soviet Union also participated in the Holocaust by killing 22 Jews who served in the Finnish army. https://tinyurl.com/y2j3yzca
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@anatolyscheglov4969 Thank you for your help. Look The Soviet Union was airlifting food to starving Finns. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov_bread_basket
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@shelonnikgrumantov5061 I live in abundance. Your problem is not my problem.
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Finland was already independent and the tsar was dead, so there wasn't much to do. On the other hand, the Finns and the Allies did support the Russians (Whites). "Second: In order to avoid looting and slaughtering, Finnish army won't enter Petrograd but will move ahead to the line of Volkhov River. A special unit of White Finns formed of highly reliable people will enter Petrograd to ensure order." http://heninen.net/miekka/1919_e.htm
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@roberthansen5727 "No one here mentions the existence of Einsatzkommando Finnland either" I did mention hundreds of deaths. They were not innocent civilians, except those few refugees. Go to the marketplace with a rifle in your hand and start preaching. https://youtu.be/Uig4YPzNct8
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@Seven_FM Do you mean the Soviet Union lost the war? Mannerheim was promoted to the head of state and removed from the list of war criminals. To be honest, I think the Finnish government is too liberal. All in all, they have done a good job https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_inequality-adjusted_HDI
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Pretty much, all 410,000 citizens got a new home already during the war. Among them was Martti Ahtisaari. Then there were also thousands of immigrants and deportees who survived the purges. They formed a battalion and clashed with the "whites" in 1941. Otto Wille Kuusinen has a statue near Cosmos Petrozavodsk Hotel.
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@shelonnikgrumantov5061 Of a stupid head the whole body has to suffer
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@melrakan This video is about the Finnish front and they died there. Egon Moses Rosenthal was born in 1924. He entered the service at/about the same time as the SS men were repatriated in 1943.
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@ВячеславСкопюк And they do live under Finnish rule. Citizens of the former Soviet Union are the largest group of foreigners. And you don't even have to do military service ; )
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@simplicius11 Finnish People's Democratic League was founded in 1944 as the anti-communist laws in Finland were repealed due to the demands of the Soviet Union. The Communists ultimately failed to put an end to the current system because they lost the 1948 elections and the alcoholic (his own words) Minister of the Interior Yrjö Leino was unable to help the Communists. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Finnish_parliamentary_election
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@simplicius11 Certain second lieutenant in the front line said, that Finland would have surrendered unconditionally in the summer of 1940.
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@ВячеславСкопюк De facto Axis, de jure co-belligerent. Finland had a similar transit agreement with the Soviet Union and now with NATO. "regarding the provision of Host Nation Support for the execution of NATO operations". The reason behind such an agreement is that Finnish soldiers do not have (want) to fight abroad, but the people are in favor of compulsory military service. NATO soldiers are mostly volunteers.
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@shelonnikgrumantov5061 "to disregard Soviet sources" It happened a long time ago. Soviet war crimes continued until the late 1980s. "Niinistö received the documents as a birthday gift from Putin during a visit to Sochi in Russia in August. The collection contains roughly 170 documents and photographs about Mannerheim and his family. [...] The President said that he got the impression that Mannerheim was respected in Russia. He said that he did not believe that the token involved any ulterior motives" https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/paper_putin_gifts_mannerheim_document_cache_to_niinisto/10417457
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@shelonnikgrumantov5061 "Trying to put a memorial sign right St Petersburg" Don't worry, some day African immigrants will also remove the Alexander's statue from Helsinki.
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I think it was part of the Russian civil war. Hundreds of thousands of Karelians had to give up their land and livestock to the collective farm. If they had been able to keep their possessions, then the Russian invasion might have been successful.
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@ВячеславСкопюк I think that Denmark was more impartial than Sweden because of the large Swedish population in Finland. Mannerheim, Adolf Ehrnrooth and many other officers were Swedish-speaking. Although Sweden was officially neutral, some 8,000 Swedish volunteers fought in Finland. Actually, they are still in government. Gustaf Adolf expressed his support for Finland during the Continuation War of 1941–1944, and would even have liked to participate as a voluntary soldier in the Winter War of 1939–1940, but the King's disapproval prevented this from happening. Here's an interesting photo featuring General Nenonen, Prince Gustaf Adolf (Princess Victoria's grandfather) and Mannerheim. https://d2mpxrrcad19ou.cloudfront.net/item_images/990918/10873264_fullsize.jpg
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@ВячеславСкопюк Framom främsta linjen: https://youtu.be/_tmWpnWPJPc https://youtu.be/dqFrk3VJ7SQ
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"report concluding that Finnish troops likely participated" http://www.newser.com/story/271101/finland-admits-wwii-atrocity.html "However, the documentation, including old diaries was considered vague and could not entirely be confirmed, according to the report." https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/report_finnish_ss_soldiers_carried_out_atrocities_against_jews_and_civilians_during_wwii/10639253 This is BS, I'm moving to Latvia : )
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@ВячеславСкопюк Estonians are former Soviet citizens with an EU passport. There would be more Russians living in Finland without strict language laws. However, the St. Petersburg-Helsinki train carries about 480,000 passengers a year.
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@ВячеславСкопюк In the Prisma store in St. Petersburg, Finlandia vodka is on the bottom shelf. In Helsinki it is not sold at all in Prisma, because Alko is the only store in the country which retails beer over 5.5% and spirits. https://youtu.be/6iJLGqBZyCc
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