Comments by "Jussi M. Konttinen" (@jussim.konttinen4981) on "Military History not Visualized" channel.

  1. This is from May 1942. Judge: Do you have any comments against the prosecutor's statement? Prisoner: I would like to request a psychiatric assessment for the prosecutor
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  2.  @cv4809  We have a posh accent in Finland, it's called Swedish.
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  3. Homeboy, 19yo Eero Seppänen was slightly wounded, but continued to fight using Panzerschreck, destroying eight of the 21 tanks destroyed in Siiranmäki. Which side is more fanatical? About 5000 Soviets KIA on that hill alone. My brother met Adolf Ehrnrooth in the 1990s. Although Adolf softened a bit, he was certainly quite ruthless as commander.
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  4. There is certainly a lot of cultural overlap with Switzerland as well in Austria. Language and culture don't always correlate with ethnicity. Naturally, smaller countries feel themselves more neutral, although as part of the so-called West.
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  5. Vyborg was roughly the same size as it is today. Finland had not yet urbanized. As a result, about 410,000 Finnish Karelians, were relocated to the remainder of Finland.
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  6.  @Davey-Boyd  As a former APILAS man, I guess it’s like throwing a bowling ball out of a boat, accompanied by a very loud bang.
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  7.  @cv4809  What if a Mexican deny being Spanish?
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  8. Evacuate where? Argentina?
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  9.  @simplicius11  "I am glad to see Finland recover her lost territory. My Government, and country and I have been loyal friends of Finland and would like very much to see our fine relations continue" Memorandum of conversation prepared by the Secretary of State, Cordell Hull October 3, 1941 Hull received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 for his role in establishing the United Nations.
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  10.  @bozo5632  Based on the amount of your bitterness, it may be that Germany won WW2. I have not seen communists anywhere
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  11.  @dwarow2508  Dear Col. Gen. Andrei Zhdanov, I can assure you that the stories you hear about Gustaf Mannerheim, if nothing else, have been watered down. Sincerely Dwarow 2
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  12. People tend to overestimate the importance of WW2. Birth control has had a greater impact on European demographics. The US is not doing very well. Brazil, Russia, India, and China are mediocre. Some are calling events over the last week democratic South Africa's "darkest hour".
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  13. Simply because it's a policy. Not a membership, but a Memorandum of understanding (MOU). Our current chief completed Airborne School in the US. Would you say Finland is a US state?
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  14. I think NATO should take Transnistria as compensation for Crimea
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  15.  @stevewindisch7400  Then the museum should be called an indoctrination center or a church. That's not history it's denialism. Clearly they are doing a bad job because you are proud of your ignorance.
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  16.  @bozo5632  You forgot Mao Zedong in China and Kim Il-sung in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. Not to mention Yahya Khan was commissioned into the British Indian Army. Too bad your team whacked tens of millions after WW2. That doesn't count, because WW2 has a strict deadline, Ba dum tss, which must be adhered to.
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  17. That is nonsense. Mannerheim was Regent of Finland. He resigned twice and lost one election. No single party has achieved an absolute majority  since 1916. Fascism is a type of unitary state in which only one political party.
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  18. However, G. Mannerheim was not the decision maker. A precondition for peace was a change of government and the severing of ties with Germany. Mannerheim consented to this, and on 4 August 1944 he was elected President of the Republic by the Parliament. Quite pointless to complain about something that was accepted by the Allied Control Commission. I recommend a Finnish song "Uraliin" here on Youtube. One commenter aptly said, the Urals are Finland's natural border.
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  19.  @dwarow2508  "Gentlemen. We have received an honourable mission from the Marshal. We have to ski to the Muurmanni railway track, cut the track and let the Russians surround us. Then we have to remain surrounded for three days and then ski back. Am I making this clear, or are there any questions?" "This operation could make the Charge of the Light Brigade look like a sensible military exercise!" They did send a strengthened battalion-sized unit, but the operation was shortened to only one day raid.
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  20.  @dwarow2508  In the south, from Lake Onega to the Karelian Isthmus, both sides adopted tactics of static trench warfare.  Viipuri province was joined to Finland by Alexander I. It's not our problem that you build your city on the Finnish border.
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  21. How many served in the far north of Norway and Finland? Most of the 2nd Mountain Division men were from the  Salzburg  and  Tyrol region of Austria. 9th Mountain Division (North) commander Generalmajor Mathias Kräutler was born in Wien...189 pounds, eye color: blue, lol very detailed information. Is this from the CIA archives? In collaboration with Karl Springenschmied, Generalmajor a.D. Kräutler published (1962) Es war ein Edelweiss: Schicksal und Weg der Zweiten Gebirgsdivision (It was an Edelweiss: Fate and Path of the 2nd Mountain Division), a detailed history of his former unit.
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  22.  @Lykyk  Detachment Kuhlmey's actions was a taboo for a long time. They don't appear as characters in popular culture. In hindsight, the Lapland war was republican policing. Urho Kekkonen was chosen as Justice Minister in November 1944. https://suomenpresidentit.fi/kekkonen/?lang=en
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  23. I guess you refer to a long-range patrol behind enemy lines led by Arnold Majewski. A.F Airo planned a larger operation that would have caused a US declaration of war, but it was canceled.
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  24.  @edi9892  For example, dispatch has many meanings. You know, a soul hovering upwards. I feel like you don't know English. Watch a few movies.
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  25.  @simplicius11  Petrozavodsk was already occupied by the Finns on October 1. After that, only Karhumäki was gained two days before the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
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  26. In Finland they said, "Personal Oh dear!", when people complained about marching exercises etc.
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  27. They were waiting for an invasion of Norway. If a person was stationed there, he experienced little activity in 1944-45, which easily gives a false impression of the overall situation.
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  28.  @chaptermasterpedrokantor1623  Too bad the USSR doesn't exist.
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  29.  @JohnRodriguesPhotographer  Transnistria is a ghetto, not a fortress. Let's put the euro currency in there and some blue flag. All parties would appreciate it in a couple of years.
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  30.  @peterk.5809  I recommend bundeswehr classix KFOR-Mission (1999).
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  31. Why is Chamberlain considered an appeaser? FDR and Stalin didn't declare war on Germany.
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  32.  @stevewindisch7400  This nonsense spreads from Germany and more precisely from Africa to Finland. While the emblem of the Finnish Air Force Academy still features a swastika, the Air Force Command stopped using swastika in 2017. I'm not saying this is the end of the world, but every time you go beyond Russian censorship, Putin is starting to seem like a laid back guy.
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  33. The Siege of Hanko didn't end well for you either
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  34.  @RotgerValdes  Russia is about 45 times the size of Japan, hence plenty of room to retreat. Search for "Sotapolku JR30". All units have accurate maps and diaries. You also crossed the Finnish border, so I do not see any problem there. According to the diary of Soviet 205th Division, they looted Kuusamo on 27 September 1944.
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  35. There was an ongoing low intensity conflict between Finland and The USSR states that involved kidnapping hundreds of people. I think this conflict lasted until the 1950s, albeit they still had problems at the Estonian border in 2018. Option B is also difficult, which is why Estonia is a member of NATO.
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  36.  @CruelDwarf  There were also Soviet troops in Ivalo until September 1945. Although much less than the Winter War (3 months, 1 week and 6 days) in intensity, the Lapland War still ran over seven months. Which is why Japan also severed diplomatic relations just three months after the United States. Urho Kekkonen became Minister of Justice in 1944. Basically, he was accepted by the Allied Commission and led the country until 1981.
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  37.  @srelma  Väinö Tanner (SDP) was tried for responsibility for the war in February 1946, and sentenced to five years and six months in prison. He never forgave Paasikivi and Kekkonen. Allied Commission had the main power in Finland 1944-48.
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  38.  @comsubpac  Prince Karl Franz of Prussia died in Chile after the 1973 coup d'état. I'd watch a soap opera (telenovela) about him, since his grandchild is Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (House of Romanov).
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  39. While I admire working class grunts, I don’t imagine being smarter than a field marshal. Every leader eventually encounters push back. Unlike some power-hungry politicians, Gustaf Mannerheim resigned twice. After the war, Lauri Törni and weapons officer Arvo Männistö hid their weapons in Eno's wilderness, and in 1991 Mauno Koivisto's LMG was also found. In other words, there was still anti-communist resistance in 1944, at a time when Finland was at war with the Nazi-Germany.
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  40.  @asgardelite3463  They just approved a € 750 billion recovery package. I would rather put it in the poorest regions of Europe than in the Mediterranean
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  41.  @dietergermann2803  The USSR occupies Bessarabia and calls it the Moldavian SSR. Romania takes it back and whacks a bunch of people. Soviets reoccupy and destroy the Axis forces. NKVD/MGB also struck at anti-Soviet groups. Between 1946 and 1947, the Moldavian SSR suffered at least 115,000 recorded deaths linked to starvation.
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  42. Group Lagus pressed after German troops retreating north-east on the Arctic Sea Road towards North Cape via Sodankylä and Ivalo. Most SS men were NOT on the losing side, therefore they participated in parades until recent years. Lauri Törni is an exception and was convicted of treason. Meanwhile, the Red Army remained stationary in Ivalo until September 1945. Daily program included guarding, reconnaissance within a few kilometers around base, clearing mines, repairing roads and bridges, maintaining weapons and equipment.
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  43. I wouldn't gamble it. The Socialists managed to win their first and so far only parliamentary majority in the Finnish elections.
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  44. @Fluesterwitz Operation EF (1941) Operation Benedict Operation Orator Operation Silver Fox XXXVI Mountain Corps tried to secure the area around nickel mines and block the Lend-Lease shipments. At least officially, Risto Ryti together with Mannerheim canceled some operations related to American shipments and was able to avoid conflict.
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  45.  @shibre9543  In this case, (Swedish) colonel Adolf Ehrnrooth allegedly ordered an artillery barrage to his own trenches. I have no precise information about his enemies Colonel Peter Agafonovich Kurenya and Colonel Georgy Pavlovich Isakov. That's why I asked.
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  46. I see the Battle of Helsinki as the first step of joining NATO 😂
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  47. "The Finnish Government also accepts the obligation to intern German and Hungarian nationals in Finnish territory." This meant deportation to the USSR, causing some 200,000 of them to eventually cross the Norwegian border
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  48. A book about the 7th division mention my grandpa participated on the attack to Murman Railway and Tali 1944. I'm not sure why he wasn't promoted. Maybe he murdered someone lol. I know he wasn't a poor person.
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  49.  @jounisuninen  To my understanding, Finnish artillery and the Air Force successfully bombed Leningrad, therefore the Russians moved to Tallinn and Helsinki was saved. Nearly zero civilian casualties. Kiitos!
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  50.  @popsey72  No joke. I recommend: satunnaista sotilashistoriaa - vastaisku Leningradiin (kentille). Written by an UN veteran, so it's a bit modest video
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  51.  @dwarow2508  I'm not familiar with the primary sources. I guess the documents has been classified, but is available in the National Library of Finland for researchers etc. Hämäläinen, Matti: Pommituslentolaivue 44. Koala-kustannus Oy, 2010. 407 sivua. ISBN 978-952-229-104-2.
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  52. We still have those camps, so be careful
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  53.  @luckabuse  I volunteered for extra time in the Finnish army. Unlike in Russia, we have real voting rights.
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  54.  @luckabuse  I know. We had a red prisoner at home, just like uncle stephen. They were called "house russians". You should know what the Bible says. Anyone unwilling to work should not eat.
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  55. Total population less than in Belgium. Tell me a country that didn't let Germany walk in.
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  56. Oic. Melting furnace of cultures. That's why English is hard to pronounce. Btw. ankkuri in Finnish. Wonderful how our entire language is made up of butchered loanwords, yet is incomprehensible for foreigners.
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  57. @Josef D It would be interesting to compare birth rates. As a general rule, the birth rate was higher throughout Europe, and today only in developing countries.
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  58.  @Mitaka.Kotsuka  Peace is terrible for Americans, after watching several jocko podcasts. If you’re a mercenary, it’s a job.
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  59. Obviously, they complied a secret protocol. These were indeed three different wars. To my understanding, the Lapland War slowed down in January 1945 since they kept a small plot near Kilpisjärvi until April. In terms of climate, it must have been like Stalingrad to the power of ten. https://lapinsota-1944.weebly.com/uploads/1/2/7/7/12779786/suomi_1944_80966342j-02.jpg
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  60.  @nattygsbord  However, only about 200K were barred from voting in 1945. Rest of them did vote for ÖVP or SPÖ.
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  61.  @edi9892  I’m pretty sure you’re breaking the rules if you use non-religious or non-italian expressions. Learn the lingo.
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  62.  @edi9892  I'm dead serious. By Italian, I mean Italian American and Catholic jargon. Very rarely are my writings deleted.
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  63.  @andersandersson5815  I think Churchill was right trying to push Sweden into war. They could have prevented the Ardennes offensive. If you look at the map just before the Battle of Bulge, Lyngen-line in Norway was very narrow. I recommend: Untold Arctic Wars (2022). Nazis took about 208,000 soldiers and 11,000 prisoners of war from Finland to Norway. Only 75,000 soldiers chased them because the Finns had been demobilized by Stalin. However, I noticed one mistake. They say German clothing in Lapland was improvised, therefore poor. On the contrary, Lapland shoes are expensive. Swedish and Finnish fur hats are good.
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  64.  Fk Ff  At least the Vikings had no free time for political debates. A wounded reads the Seura magazine (@14min30s), which mostly covers articles on gossip, health issues, food, travelling. https://youtu.be/kxqzvMngoek
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  65. About 3,000 Soviets served in the Finnish army, so not all of them were communists. Unfortunately, they were deported and sentenced to gulag for 5 to 15 years. Some of them survived and received pension from Finland.
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  66. Six EU member states and are not NATO-members: Austria, Cyprus, Finland, Ireland, Malta, Sweden and Switzerland (Schengen only). Technically speaking, these countries could invade Germany.
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  67.  @pallen2980  Compare Franz Böhme and Friedrich Paulus. Are you claiming that Paulus was clean?
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  68. @lati long Although not an alliance, the USA and France didn't declare war on Finland, thus the 20th Mountain Army was neutral 1941-44. To my recollection, Franz Böhme was the only one who would have been sentenced to death out of 200,000, had not he jumped out the window. They used human shields quite systematically, so I think it was just a tactic of the time. You might want to watch the movie Lone Survivor.
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  69. Rolf Labbart cunningly hid as a movie star
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  70.  @nattygsbord  Hitler's underbelly turned out to be the most bitter, costly fighting of the war, much of it in treacherous mountain terrain.
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  71. Typically, bold missions result in more losses. Those who served in Afghanistan were in greater danger than a Finn at the Russian border. In 2014, their attack focused on Crimea, instead of Finland. German death toll in Afghanistan was 62, and about 457 British and 2401 American soldiers were KIA.
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  72.  @stevewindisch7400  I would agree if there was an objective way of removing symbols. I bet 100€ you don't even know what insignia they used. For example, 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Maria Theresia.
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  73.  @stevewindisch7400  Yeah, it's a cornflower. Strange for you to suggest museums should conceal a symbol that is shown in countless of Hollywood movies, (e.g. Private Ryan). That said, different thing is to show bad taste in a public place.
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  74.  @romaliop  "In such an atmosphere, only one tactic is valid, Danton’s tactic: courage, courage and once again courage! And if you need our help, we will give it to you, brotherly, reaching out to you. You can be sure of that." -Stalin, while visiting Finland in 1917
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  75.  @romaliop  Yes, but maybe your iq is too low for reading
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  76.  @romaliop  You’re just jealous because you can’t afford mercenaries. If I could afford I would hire 100,000 Germans, instead of just 10,000
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  77.  @romaliop  Yugoslavia's neighbors were satellites. Russia's border neighbors were never independent and communist states
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  78. What I've researched about The 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking". They did have ethnic battalions, but concurrently they were heavily mixed.
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  79.  @JohanKlein  Yeah, I would advise not to surrender. Only about 2,800 Finnish prisoners survived WW2.
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  80.  @JohanKlein  Conditions vary enormously, as the first prisoners were released as early as April 1940. The last person was repatriated in 1959.
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  81.  @JohanKlein  There were not many civilian casualties in Lapland either. Unlike Stalin, Gustaf Mannerheim evacuated civilians to Sweden. Lots of anti-Germans in Lapland because their houses burned down. They didn't die though.
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  82.  @JohanKlein  Corporal Lahtinen was a hostage, that's why he was not repatriated until 1959. The USSR kidnapped about 200 women and border guards in the spring of 1940. I think Lahtinen was released after Stalin died, because he had a German wife and four children in Kazakhstan, one of whom was born at the embassy in Moscow. This has been reported by the Finnish people's news, which is a communist magazine.
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  83. If Finland had been an ally, the army would have withdrawn to Norway.
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  84.  @bozo5632  I went to a hotel in the Philippines and a random couple there spoke my language, which is Finnish. Stalin wasn't God. There would be German speakers in every situations.
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