Soviets Surrounded - Winter War DOCUMENTARY
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Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Winter War continues with a video on the battles in the central front as the Soviet offensive is stopped and the Finns are counterattacking. The defenders managed to surround groups of the Soviet army and the battles around Kitila became crucial. This episode also describes the Finnish motti tactic and talks about the famous sniper Simo Häyhä
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O sirs and Madams of the honourable Kings and Generals channel, may we plebs know when Pharsalus is coming?
@@user-kt1lh5sz1i you guys are not plebs - Pharsalus requires more art, so additional team members will be joining the project. Expect the video in November.
@@KingsandGenerals Ok, we are waiting in anticipation. Hope to hear from you soon. Good luck and stay safe.
Hey, absolutely love your channel, just wanted to ask if it was possible if you guys could maybe one day show how you make one of these videos. I would love to see the process and how you guys make the animations. Thanks for the epic content
Thanks for the video. However, I must say, and I have said this before, your portrayal of these 20th century battles are not as fun nor as interesting as the way you had portrayed battles in centuries past. I think the problem lies with your excessive details on the topography, the symbolising of troops with chess pieces, the excessive details on the position of troops, the numerous names of places and people mentioned, the number of episodes required to cover each of these minor wars (as opposed to a major war like WW1 or WW2), etc. These details would be forgotten even before the video has finished playing.
It seems like all that effort in the details is for naught while the pleasure in watching the videos is diminished because the viewers have to wait for 15 - 20 minutes x 4 - 5 episodes (over several months) when a single or two 20 minute episode would suffice and be more fun! Similar issues had affected your episodes on the Battle for Greece, The Thirty Years' War and The Korean War.
The snow is speaking finnish:
"Finnish them!"
So that they never become soviet again
Brah.. The reason your country ever exists is that Russia seized it from Sweden through war.
fatality
@@N1N99 Raschia ze liberator of many nashions....
Finland honors you
Today 1st of November 2020 the last Knight of the Mannerheim Cross (number 95 out of 191 total), Captain Tuomas Gert, passed away at the age of 98. He served as a runner during the Continuation War and was awarded for his exceptional bravery. A true hero of our small Finnish nation is now gone, but the memory shall remain.
How sad, my 20 year old baby brother who passed from a car accident on october 1st couldnt outlive a man born 100 years ago.
@@dannyal2191 I'm very sorry to hear about your loss. My condolences!
@@dannyal2191
That's just rotten luck
Today 1.11.2020 10:45 local time last of The Knights of The Mannerheim Cross Tuomas Gerdt passed away at the age of 98. A noble hero of the fatherland you will be remembered for your acts of valor and dedication.
Lakki..!
Päästä!
(Hiljainen hetki)
Kunniaa hänelle! Rauha hänen sielulleen!
F.
My great grandfather fought in Talvisota. And My grandfather was a child who helped evacuate People and animals from the russians, he even got Veteran status in Finland for his heroism. He passed away last June 6th ♥️ i miss Them both everyday ♥️
Great man
My grandfather fought in this war. Sadly he died before I was born. My mother kept me secret to not break his heart.
I feel sorry for u
@@jengaaaaa I feel sorry for you too
Juice glass a countryball animation battle youtuber check out his channel he made a video based on the battle of talvisota.
Finns forming mottis like protons, neutrons and electrons forming an atom
More like other way around: splitting the atom to protons etc.
Just break the big problem in to small little pieces and eliminate one small problem at a time.
It's very creative of you 🙂
May the Almighty Algorithm Bless this video with sweet monetization!
So say we all!
Also known as the Perkele-Blyat war
Holy shit i lost it 😂😂
Lost it mate.
No one:
Finland: Making new task forces out of nothing
Conscripts of old men and young boys. Still good at skiing though. And led by competent commanders.
With farming and hunting lifestyle, they still superior than red army. Because at this point russian western front lack of skill than eastern/ siberian front.,.
@@tahagi7006 and Stalin purged all generals with real experience.
They were mostly guys from other fronts, where they had beaten the mottis etc. Like here the whole force of Siilasvuo from Suomussalmi.
And they had counted well how many men they needed in making a road block, holding back even a division, if not with artillery and planes. Then the initial bigger force freed to other missions. They could be split to smaller task forces, who didn't need to face a bigger enemy, but a local force at a given road section. Finns might even be in larger numbers at certain break points, or even with smaller force, they made hit and run strikes to wear out the enemy, then form road blocks to a weak spot
@@tahagi7006 most of the Soviet soldiers where from Leningrad their where some from other places but the most of the infantry was from Leningrad
Simo Hayha's Company commander was Aarne Juutilainen (check him out) who was a tough-as-nails ex-French Foreign Legion veteran. He kept the spirits up and stretched the Finns to exceptional achievements.
Yep! He was popularly called "Marokon kauhu" (the Horror of Morocco).
I guess this will not be the last time the soviets will be surrounded.
@@swapanzameen6302 I actually meant kiev,minsk,smolensk,vyazma,kaluga in 1941
@@ritaDas-xl4kz till 1944 repeatedly
Definitely thought you were referencing a Sabaton song.
Soviets used the amazing tactics of Zapp Brannigan... keep throwing your men att the enemy lines untill they run out of ammo.
@@qwertyqwerty-ek7dy but they made sure to bombard the shit out of the enemy first
"Were you killed?"
Simo Haya: "Sadly, yes...BUT I LIVED."
Simo Häyhä*
Simo Häyhä trolled the soviets so hard they gave him a permanent trollface.
You sir, either disrespect or mad jenius
@@tahagi7006 Too soon?
I was wondering if he was going to show up in one of these winter War videos.
Nice one haha
@@shangtsung1362 I guess enough time have passed because as a Finn I find that kinda funny.
Parents: skiing can't be use in life for anything but fun.
Finnish people: Let us introduce our selves...
Crawling in snow is damn slow and exhausting, I went to do 10km hike in nature trail with pathway, problem was that where there was open area wind had blown snow everywhere and at somepoints you couldnt even reach the ground. It took 5 hours to do that 10km and most part of the trail was good. You can easily ski 10km in 2 hours even if there wouldnt be pathway.
smrt SORRY I MEANT SMART [ It means death in croation
"Outdated wallets designed in the 90's" has to be one of the stupidest marketing things I've heard today
I do agree that it is silly, though it's sad to admit that 1990 was 30 years ago now.
You know, pants have been around for a while...maybe jeans are outdated too
@@Harshhaze Jeans are outdated
@@rocekth you're outdated
He didn't write it, and at least it isn't _another_ skillshare ad.
Soviet Union expected to defeat Finland in two weeks. However, the Winter War lasted after 105 days.
Germany also expected to defeat the soviet union within a couple of month, but the war lasted .... much longer.
That is a bit more than two weeks! :D
You can watch the movie "105 дней незнаменитой войны" (105 Days of the Not famous War) in four parts on CZcams.
The film is in Russian, but I hope that you will be able to watch the film with a translation.
Uncommon valor was a common virtue. Finland is one of my favorite places in the world to visit. It is a beautiful country with friendly amazing people.
many thanks, and yes friendly as long as you do not fuck with a Finn, all will be fine, Stalin just did not realize this until it was too late!
Then Finns arrived!
Skiing down the Mountain Side!
Please tell me referencing Sabaton!
Death from above!
Then the finns arrived
Coming down they turned the tide
Mountain? There are 2 mountains in Finland, in the very northwest. It's forests and lakes and swamps and forests. It's cross country skiing, not slalom Bond style.
Finnish after ski then was sauna
A Hillbilly in Finnish is metsäläinen 'forestian'.
But hillside they did ski down on the enemy.
"The offensive failed."
"Come back there and do it again!"
I guess the Soviets were stuck in WWI.
No see, they were thinking like this:
"Okay, we have charged the Finnish defensive lines shouting ura 17 times now, without any success. So, we are going to use our brilliant plan!"
"Does this brilliant plan involve us charging Finnish defense lines shouting ura?"
"Exactly! The smart move would be change our tactics, what is what Finns will be thinking, so they won't be ready when we charge their defense shouting ura for the 18th time!"
Okay, maybe they were stuck in WWI...
In finnish terms if you tried to translate Ali-kersantti, it isn't Junior sergeant, but Lower sergeant or second sergeant, basically Corporal in NATO ranks.
The Finns are harsh, you probably have to have 1000 confirmed kills to make full sergeant. 600 kills? What a loafer.
However, he was promoted from "full" corporal to 2nd lt. Another mistake by K&G's😑😑
-My friends call me Simo.
-And your enemies?
-They call me the white death.
How many task force can you make out of nothing?
Finland: yes
Simo Häyhä outlived the Soviet Union. Beautiful.
You know it has to be Finland when a k/d ratio of 4.500 to 13.000 feels >almost< like a defeat. They got to be the best warrior people of the 20th century, doing all this even without airforce and tanks!
Also a honorable mention to the poor common soviet soldiers who might have been in one of the worst situations of the war, next to Americans on D-Day and Germans in Stalingrad.
I would correct that Finland did have airforce and tanks. Tanks at the start of the war were... well, they were basically useless. Some old Vickers with MGs and FT-17s, which were useless even again Soviet T-24. So most Finnish tanks ended up being looted from Soviets (Finns are basically Orks when it comes to looting anything useful.)
Of course, both airforce and tanks were horrifically outnumbered compared to Soviets, but Finnish airforce did achieve similar lopsided K/D as the groundforces did. Only breanch of FDF that didn't achieve lopsisded K/D was navy, mainly because Soviets didn't even bother.
Only one of the Finnish tanks was equipped for battle. The rest lacked sights or guns and were thus unusable. But yes, Finland did have a bit over a hundred planes, which were slow but still something.
I think it’s important to remember that so many ”coincidences” happened in favor of the Finns which made the country’s survival possible. For example the fact that both countries used the same caliber in their guns, which meant that the Finns didn’t run out of ammo within the first couple of weeks.
In old Finland people feared God much more than nowadays and he allowed them to be spared. I don’t think the modern generation would manage nearly as well.
The worst situation of the war would probably be somewhere in Poland in some concentration camp, ghetto or during an uprising
@@niepowaznyczlowiek Nanking says hello.
@@rogerogue7226
Nanking wasn't as bad as the volhynian genocide. Seriously, type "sposoby mordowania polakow na wolyniu" and go to images.
The white death, Simu Hayha.
542 confirmed kills is just mental.
The Finns performed amazingly well and inflicted a minimum of 11:1 casualties in this brief war.
I usually don't get emotional over anything but somehow I was just struck by a huge gratitude for what our grandfathers did and saved our country from communism. Almost got a tear in my eye.
8:40 he’s gonna rethink that mustache soon...
So the Finnish resistance was not passive nor static, but rather very well maneuvered and unprejudiced :)
Was not and cannot be in future conflicts. Finland hasn't got the depth that larger coutries have and certainly not the numbers for static war that grinds soldiers for breakfest. Mobility and effective local decision making in the smaller units (total opposite of the Stalin's purged Soviet Army) is how FDF looks to wear down attackers. It is possible to conquer Finland but who is willing to pay the price of it...
I think Finland's commanders had a maneuver mindset and that's what gave them an additional advantage. The Soviets were attrition based thinkers.
In the Karelian Isthmus, it was more static.
@@alaric_ Yup. Strategy is not to grind the enemy down to nothing: it's to make the cost so high that conquering Finland is not worth it. This includes guerilla warfare against any would-be occupiers, making conquest and occupation of Finland eat so many resources that whoever looks at the numbers goes "Fuck that"
I'm a simple man I see white death in the thumbnail and I click
Sometimes it feels like the Soviets were led by Zapp Brannigan.
And some of you will be forced through a fine mesh screen
@@leepeel7129 Is this a some kind refrence Im not picking up on?
@@qwertyqwerty-ek7dy War is the H Word. When Zapp gives a speech to the troops right before Earth invades the Ball planet, he says soon you will be fighting for your planet, some of you will be dying for your planet, and... I'm paraphrasing.
@@leepeel7129 You know the tales of our great hero better than I ever could.
No wonder there are no discussions about the Winter War in Russia nowadays.
After the war, soviet general said "The only thing we won was enough land to bury our dead in"
Which one? Do you have proofs?
@@BLRSharpLight The Finns were heroic, that much is true!
@@BLRSharpLight Yes, i know! Most piece of such "true stories" about USSR is propagandistic myths
@@remzovnik Lol, don't be so butt hurt about the truth. Accept your failure and move on.
@@BLRSharpLight Cope
This is one of my favourite series at the moment. Always wanted to learn more about the winter war.
I love Simo Häyhä, this guy rocked the time. Damn.
I don't know who will see this or know, but my grandfather (from my father's side) fought during the Winter War 1939-1940 at the Karelian front. My dad has told me stories about what he used to tell people about the war during that time, he died sadly before I was one year old so I didn't get to ask him myself anything about it or the following.
Anyways, he told that his group was sitting one very dark night at their campfire. It was very, very cold, the fire extinguished shortly before his group heard voices in the distance. It was the russians, both sides prepared to fight each other in close combat (mind you, it was in the dark with noone seeing anyone). Nobody knew who was stabbing whom, you could possibly be stabbing your own friends for all they knew, and my grandpa made the wise decision (although may be seen as a coward's way of escaping the battle), lived to tell the tale about this gruesome, horrifying battle by fleeing, not knowing if any of his friends survived.
What saved him from continueing in this war and future wars (The Continuation war and the Lapland War) was a grenade that split his stomach open, he would recover and later on meet his future wife there, caring as a Lotta for him at the hostpital at the time.
In late 1944, when the Lapland War started, one of the towns that he lived in called "Enontekiö/Hetta" was completely burned down by the germans, he helped rebuild the town church there and was always recentful to the germans who came to Hetta for tourism. Apparently he used to say that every german should pay (insert number) for every metre that they step on in Lapland.
He died in January 1999, in the freezing cold of -51 degrees celcius, during the coldest ever recorded temperature in finnish Lapland. His death was caused by going outside and we don't know what really happened, but he didn't get back inside the house ever again, freezing to death on the snowy ground. R.I.P. Aarre Valtteri Laakso 04.11.1922 - 29.01.1999. You are not forgotten by any of us! Thanks for reading this!
Thanks a lot for sharing.
Amazing explanation of the winter war. I wrote my project on this war in high school and I was baffled that almost on one knew of this war even though it's part of European recent history. Thank you for this and your other amazing content!
It's not surprising: This was a sideshow in WWII, only interesting for the Soviets and Finns in the great public. Some Soviets wanted even to explain Winter war as a separate thing not part of the WWII. Though it was a 'pre-empive strike' - they wanted to 'secure Finland' that Germans wouldn't attack that way. Officially - on the other hand the Soviet regine amazigly took or tried to take what Russia had lost in WWI. So what else was new?
The thing is: Finland wasn't allied with Germany at that point. Soviet attack made them seek the German help. Before winter war, Finland had hoped helped from France and UK, and they gave some promises, but didn't deliver. Only UK allowed a few volunteers to join. They trained winter warfare first, then they served as ambulance drivers - they were so few, was it a company or so. But otherwise Finland were left alone: Italy sent maybe the most amount of material help, Germany didn't. Then there were some help from Norway and sweden - Sweden allowed some volunteers to fight: more than the Brits, and they saw real fight. Later UK & France + Norway got problems of their own - and then for Finland it was Germany or the Soviets.
Finland remained democratic - so didn't become One Nazi/Fascist-party country. Finnish Right Wing extremists (IKL - 'Patriotic People's Union/Alliance') had failed a coup in the early 30s - they were marginalized. Social Democrats, National Alliance & Center Party were strong: so the moderate left and right with the center - who in Finland has usually been the voice of the country side. The extreme right and keft were a no-no in most Finns' eyes: the most devoted Finnish Communists had defected to Soviet Union. Well it was just across the border. And they were not natipnally minded - the most radical of them sincerely believed thay could join the whole world to the Communist dream.
Stalin sort of killed that. Finnish Communists were disillusioned there - some went to North America, thinking they could build their Socialist/Communist Utopia there. Some were killed as spies (in the country of their dreams which they thought they could build!? Note: I'm not a Communist: most of us Finns were 'Soviet vaccinated' not to catch that.), some 'only' send in Siberia. Think that happened to Anerican Communists too in the Soviet land Funny world.
If the attcak against Finland in 1939-1940 wasn't recorded as a part of WWI, then the Soviets nice look like the good guys - victims only, who turned heros. Which they of course were in relation to Nazis - I'm happy they won them. Just as a Finn I remember well, that thing were not that simple.
Most of the West had their hands full with Hitler, Hirohito & Mussolini (at first). And they needed the Soviets with the Nazis, so it was more convenient to forget afterwards this attack. And after WWII, they had to actively ward of the Soviets themselves. Don't remember how long the honey moon of the WWII winners lasted.
I doubt anyone can break Hayha's record even in a video game without dying.
Respect Finland ❤️Bulgaria 🇧🇬🇫🇮👊👊👊👊👊
The last Knighted Finn from this war just died this week.
The nation has no knights at the ready at the moment, as veterans of newer wars (like afganistan) have not earned knighthood in the eyes of the state.
@@sormiliha On one hand, it is an end of era. On other hand, it means Finland has been safe enough not to *need* such bravery.
"Float like a dragon and sting like a bumblebee." - Finnish Proverb
That group Mehilälnen means 'Bee' - our oney friend. Bumblebee would be kimalainen, the big hairy 'bumbler'
But Bee fits even better to your Finnish Proverb. Think the original has that, thought waso or hornet would be better.
Just when I take a break from midterm cramming, you guys give me something to watch and relax, great.
In a show of badassery, Simo Häyhä lived to see the end of the USSR.
Can't get any sweeter than that!!
👍
Thank you for showing us, how the war started and how the tactics look like in both country. Soviet and Soumi.
I'm so excited for the next video!!
snow : starts speaking Finnish
Soviet soldiers : gentleman we are f*cked.
Underated comment.
not gentleman it's COMRADE
Long live Finland!!!
The most legendary sniper, imagine going againts other snipers with scope while urs is only a metal sight no doubt the best of the best
He was quite happy with his metal sights as they couldn't steam up or give away his position by glinting in the sun.
The Finns were lucky to have Häyhä and wise enough to let him do what he could do best... go hunting.
We need a Finnish faction in Company of Heroes series. Just imagine how awesome would be a campaign opposing Finns and Soviets.
I can recommend the Winter war campaign in Order of Battle World War II
With even numbers...
This was great, thanks! Can’t wait for next episode!
Awesome video!! Really enjoying the Winter War series... 👍🏻👍🏻🥶🥶
Great video, thanks for the work you put into it.
I am really enjoying the way you present this and am looking forward to the rest of your videos. Thank you.
Love your content makes learning history easy.
Kollaa kestää! (Kollaa holds!)
Another awesome video, keep up the good work
I swear to god, the soviets performance so far has been the stuff of comedies.
Hey I'am Glad you are mentioning with image of Simo Hay'ha, he was Finland Most Feared Sniper, in that year....
His Impact on the war also made a Good result
Awesome Video, Great style
Great documentary and I love to see more 😉
song that starts at minute 21:00 is called Heroes will fall, for those interested
Fascinating series. I had to watch them twice in the chronological order. Super animations. 👍👍🌟🌟🌟
Scrolling throigh subscriptions, Kings & Generals have made a new video. Yeeeeeaahhh! Make some tea. Chillax on the couch. 20 mins of joy!
Too nice video with clear explaining of events thanks for sending 👍👍👍👍👍
That Finish map looks gorgeous
Thank you!
Thank you 😊
Right on time just got home, cheers KnG
Hyvä nähdä että joku tekee kunnon videoita tästäkin aiheesta 👍
great production
Soviets: dear developers, can you nerf Finland pls?
The finish, shouting deep from in the tree line: Hanki gud
Shouting what? :D
@@tonttu7979 Get = acquire = hanki.
Probably the worst translation possible here.
@@romaliop yea ik im finnish
Haha, I liked that. It works two ways:
1. Get good
2. Snowbank good
We're Finnish, not finished.
Gud sounds Swedish: so that sounds like an English speaker mixing French in his speech.
In which case it would be 'Get/Acquire Dieu'. (Dieu = God) In this case the g of gud would double after a command form.
Or 'Snowbank Dieu'. (g not doubled).
I don't why but I was waiting a video from you guys
Thank you , K&G .
Ridge wallet no good to me, only 1 card and lots of folding notes , but they look nice .
16:16 Doctors: This sniper is FINNISHed
Simo Häyhä: Hold my cheek 🌨❄🌬⛄
Chad Cheek. He's got the Chad Cheek.
The Finns are truly brave warriors!!!
Good job !
This was an excellent video to watch. The Russians and the Finns just couldn't seem to get anywhere in this war. I hope you make a new video on the Imjin War soon. One f the great Underdog stories of History. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
great stuff
Excellent
Nailed it💥
My grandfather was fighting the Russians during the continuation war. He never talked about it but when he got old and dementia started to set in he was afraid the Soviets would hear him, whispered to his long dead battle mates. It was really sad to see and gave me a glimpse into what I will almost certainly go though if I get that old. I'm already diagnosed with schizophrenia so I know how it is to be a slave to your brain's delusions.
I can not speak about schizophrenia, but there does seem to be (very) slow progress towards the treatment of Alzheimer's. It's far too late for my mother, but hopefully not for you.
Ah shit, stay above the depression. I know it means nothing, but I see a lot of schizophrenia patients and it's heartbreaking.
Take care.
Those who don't talk usually have seen the worst.
@@MsArjun1111 I'm diagnosed with schizoaffective, depressive type, so im already there. Thank you for the thought though and I wish you the very best.
@@catriona_drummond yeah, that's what they taught us in the army too, always check the silent ones the most. I wish that was common knowledge. Finnish culture was deep in stay quiet and fight on back then - sisu, grim determination.
Cool it with the 2 different explosion sounds
"Costlier campaign" still killed ~3 Soviets for every Finn.
love to here you enjoy vaush’s channel
I find myself rooting for the Finns in this series, obviously knowing that the Soviets win in the end
Ok, sure soviets "won", sure they "won" however somehow Finland remained free even though Stalin wanted all of Finland, as if Finland ever had a chance, only thing Finland wanted was to survive as a free nation and that they did succeed in with little help from the rest of the world. Note as well while Stalin may have "won" on paper/political means the Finnish Army was not defeated in the Winter War nor the Continuation War.
@@bige1106 How quickly did they raise the white flag after their Nazi “allies” were defeated? It may have been a Pyrrhic victory for the Soviets, but Finnish land is still in Russian possession to this day.
@@AlexKazakovaxkazakov Ahhhh I see the propaganda, you are getting ahead of yourself in this history, well lets do a little history research, Winter War indeed could be considered a pyrrhic victory for the ussr, one that for sure hurt their reputation, however Finland did remain a free nation, nothing anyone would have bet on at all, the west had for the most part written Finland off to the ussr, luckily Stalin did not know that at the time and was actually worried about western intervention, that was very lucky for Finland. The Nazi "ally" does not work as Hitler had stabbed Finland in the back with the M-R Pact since at that time Nazi's and ussr commies were allied together, or as I say the two devils that started WW2 in Europe together. Hitler as well figured Finland would be annexed by the ussr in 1939. Remember Finland was virtually alone in their fight for survival.
Now on to the Continuation War, when it looked like Germany was not doing well and would not defeat the ussr, Finland was already negotiating through in roads by the USA with Stalin starting in late 1943, however Stalin would have none of it In early 1944 Finland was requesting an agreement again, however Stalin's reply was unconditional surrender, that was not going to be accepted by Finland. Stalin amassed an offensive s large or larger than the D-Day Allied landing against Finland in early June/July 1944, Finns had major defensive victories in Tali-Ihantala and Vuosalmi and other smaller one later. By end of July 1944 Stalin realized the Finns had plenty of fight left in them and that annexation would not be possible without more build up of troops and time, of which Stalin had neither as he decided he must reassign his elite troops to the Eastern front and on the race to Berlin, so for a second time Stalin cut bait and would agree to an armistice in Sept. 1944, hardly waiving the white flag as you state. Finland would go onto remain a free nation, however as the saying goes no good deed goes unpunished, Finland's good deed of saving itself would come at a high price s there is no way Stalin would let such an embarrassment to the red army go unpunished and the gall of the Finns to dare to stand up to the ussr! So nice try to spin this, however as I have stated many times before the Finnish Defense Forces never were defeated they stood their ground and saved Finland and that reality has made all the difference in the future generation of Finland, including me!
@@bige1106 Osaat lyödä faktoja pöytään kun on kyse talvi/jatkosodasta :)
Ei tarvitse meillä muilla vaivautua.
Jatka samaan malliin 👍💪
@@AlexKazakovaxkazakov yes, and I'm sure they tell proud tales how they got it every chance they get 😉👍🏼
You should do video of the battle of Chanslorsville
Bro i live in southerner France...at -40°C we are all dead.....wtf finland !!!
Thats called nordic summer :) We sunbath at that weather,
Kollaa kestää!!
*[Laughs in Perkele]*
We salute the Sisu of Finns!
Bro the quality on this channel has skyrocketed
2:45 I think there's a slight mistranslation here.
mehiläinen = bee
kimalainen = bumble-bee
Never too early for some knowledge!
Imagine getting a love from Kings And Generals.
This is what I learnt watching this vid, which is a great vid.
Soviet Leaders: "Keep sending in our men. Our enemies will eventually run out of bullet."
please do the Battle of Zorndorf!
Perkele!
Great video as usual K&G can u give tell us background music u use in ur videos ?
Soviet union joined the game
Finland joined the game
Soviet union left the game
Will there be a series about the 12 battles of the isonzo too?
Simo Hayha was the best sniper there ever was or has been.... The Soviets feared him that much they put a big figure of money on him to be killed... He killed tons of snipers sent to kill him.... The most amazing thing about him was he did not use a scope... He taught the shine of the glass on the scope was a weakness...He had eagle eyes .... He used to dress in full white camouflage and he chewed on snow to stop steam coming from his breath... His count for kills is mid 600s... But that's confirmed... His total would be well over a thousand because he hunted alone and to get a kill it had to be seen by someone.... Best shooter there has ever been... True hero
No one:
Simo Häyhä: Turns on auto-aim
please make a video about motti tactics..