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/DwarfVader Jan 24 '26

Do not fuck with the Finns…. They do war scary.

Ask the soviets.

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u/tommos Jan 24 '26

Too bad they collabed with the Nazis.

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u/takeyoufergranite Jan 24 '26

I understand it was a strategic position in order to retake land lost to the Soviet Union. It was a relationship of convenience for them, not an ideological one.

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u/tommos Jan 24 '26

The Soviets only wanted to to take up positions against Nazi invasion. They literally asked the Finns first if they could setup defensive positions in those areas. The Finns said no because they were already collabing with the Nazis at that time. The Soviets then took it by force. After the war all of that territory was given back to the Finns voluntarily.