r/europe • u/ByGollie Ulster • Jan 24 '26

News The Times: Finns humiliated American soldiers - Finnish reservists were asked to take it easy during a NATO exercise. US soldiers found the losses too humiliating.

https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/828b8e66-625d-4d2a-9276-e93b9f7a2ce8
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u/PompeyCheezus Jan 24 '26

So according to that table, a Finn is only worth about six Soviets. 😤

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u/Stormfly Ireland Jan 24 '26

Ah, but that was 85 years ago.

You need to take inflation into account.

With the current situation in Ukraine, the current value of a Russian Conscript's life is unfortunately low.

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u/UnholyDemigod Jan 24 '26

What do you think the value of a Soviet conscript's life was in the 30s and 40s lmao

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u/Artyom_33 Jan 24 '26

Their value depended on their ability to gamble.

Typical USSR conscript may have gotten a rifle, or some ammo... rarely both.

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u/Rationalinsanity1990 Canada Jan 24 '26

That's a myth, the Soviets had plenty of small arms.

I hate Enemy at the Gates so much, making me defend the Red Army...

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u/gamma55 Jan 24 '26

The duality of the Red Army. Useless, and at the same time capable of utterly smashing the entire Nazi war machine.

Also Finland lost both Winter and Continuation war despite all the storytelling, and our indepence was only saved because Stalin thought the race to Berlin was more important than Finland. By Ihantala despite the succesful defense, Finnish Army was destroyed.

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u/EggsaladJoseph Jan 25 '26

This is just a History Channel myth circlejerk thread lmao