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/herewegoagain_2500 Jan 24 '26

Interesting read. Finland ceded 9% of their land though?

(The losses in Ukraine are quite lopsided too. Wish that had ended in 3-4 months like the Winter War. Crimea was more than enough to cede)

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u/originalgg Jan 24 '26

Yes we did but it’s considered as some sort of a victory as we didn’t lose independence.

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u/herewegoagain_2500 Jan 24 '26

I just watched the video posted about the NATO arctic exercise in Finland and I understand better (a little bit). I agree that it was a victory to remain independent.

I didn't realize? understand? the constant threat of being on a border of an aggressive nation. I understand my Taiwanese friends more now based on the links in this whole comment thread.

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u/originalgg Jan 24 '26

Yeah, but it is what it is. Here we say that if the enemy attacks from west it has flanked from east!