Fire and Ice The Winter War of Finland and Russia

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Watch on youtube.com

Enjoy
Mark

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My grand father fought that war, he told me that it was senseless campaign and he never was proud that he had a part in it..., "Finns were really good at killing us, they killed us like little pigs in a Slaughterhouse...".

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I've been in Karelia in December 2003, beautiful place, endless spruce forest with A LOT OF SNOW
All road signs written in Russian and Finnish, some older people still speak Finnish only... Once we were stopped in a middle of highway at night because of HUGE MOOSE had decided to walk along the highway and was not in a hurry to hide in woods...)))) We were looking at him & he was looking at us & we did not want him to walk away...

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After this war, knifes with pointed nose are called "Finnka" in Russia, because every Finnish soldier had such knife and they did not hesitate to use it in close combat.

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It's always sad at all the untold human costs of war. I found it interesting that the Finns were using German helmets and equipment, the Russians signed a treaty with the Germans then attacked the Finns who were supplied by the Germans.

I've never understood the desire to throw wave after wave of your men at a position that is so well intrenched, It's such a waste. The one thing that PBS did not go into detail about was the Finnish Snipers were taking a huge toll on the Russians.
Seeya
Mark