Finnish Soldier facts

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In World War Two, Finnish soldiers were told to "fire low", as their rifles would often jerk upwards when fired. Accordingly, their battle cry was changed to "Tulta munille!" loosely translated as, "Fire at their balls!"

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Lauri Törni, a Finnish soldier that after fighting in the winter war against the USSR, he joined the SS and kept fighting until the end WW2. After WW2, he migrated to the US and joined the US Army, and died in combat in Vietnam in 1965 by which time he had earned high ranking U.S. awards.

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1. During WWII there was a Finnish soldier who overdosed on amphetamines to escape from Soviets. In the following week, he proceeded to ski 400 km (250 miles), dropped down to 94lb, survived a landmine, and ate a bird raw.

2. The "Sausage War"- an event during the Winter War between Finns and Russians where the Russians took the Finnish by surprise, but stopped at the Finnish cook tents where the starving soldiers found fresh cooked sausage and ate as much as they could, allowing time for the Finns to regroup.

3. Nazi-Germany tried to award a Finnish-Jewish soldier named Leo Skurnik with an Iron Cross. He told them he'd wipe his arse with it.

4. Larry Thorne, a Finnish soldier who served in Finnish Army, Waffen SS during WWII, and in U.S. Special Forces during Vietnam WAr.

5. 327 Finnish Jews fought alongside their ally, Nazi Germany, in World War II, and 23 died. Jewish soldiers had a field synagogue and were granted leave on Saturdays and religious holidays. Three were even offered the German Iron Cross medal, but all refused the honor.

6. The "Molotov cocktail" was named as such by Finnish soldiers fighting the Soviet invasion of 1939/1940. It was named after the Soviet Foreign Minister, Vyacheslav Molotov.

7. Swedish field marshal was called "Lazy Jacob" by the Finnish soldiers since it took 6 years for him to take Novgorod

8. About the Finnish Ski Force. Consisting of 11,000 units, they would ski down the mountains with machine guns to ambush German soldiers. Skiing became popular in the US due to veterans practicing for battle.

9. As part of the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union, Finnish Jewish doctors saved the lives of German soldiers and some Jewish officers were even offered the German Iron Cross for their service

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Simo Häyhä aka "White Death", a Finnish WWII sniper who killed more than 500 Soviet soldiers in less than 100 days without even using a telescopic sight.

Finnish soldier Einar Schadewitz destroyed a soviet tank with a knife and hand grenade. He climbed to the top of the tank, knocked the tank's hatch and waited until soviets opened it. He dropped the hand grenades and jumped to the snow. - source

About Simo Häyhä, a Finnish sniper who killed over 500 Soviet soldiers in 100 days without a scope and became known as “The White Death”. - source

Simo Häyhä, was a Finnish sniper who boasted over 500 kills during his time in WWII. The German army and the Russian army were completely terrified about coming into contact with him. Simo was an incredibly resilient soldier that stayed out in freezing conditions.

About the White Death, a Finnish Soldier with 505 confirmed kills in 3 months, who only used iron sights on his sniper, and survived a shot to the face. - source

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The Winter War in the opening months of WW2 roughly 300,000 Finnish soldiers fought off, and decimated, almost 500,000 Russian troops.

How good are finnish soldiers?

A Finnish soldier during WW2, who after repelling a Soviet attack on his position, quickly moved to help a friendly unit repel another attack and killed 83 Soviet soldiers with a submachine gun in just a few minutes. (link in Finnish, translation in comments)

Simo Hayha - nicknamed the "White Death" - a Finnish sniper during the Winter War who killed 505 Soviet soldiers, the highest confirmed number of any war, using only iron sights. And survived having half his face blown off.

A lone Finnish soldier camped in a forest with a rifle and canned food, killing over 700 Soviets in under 100 days, surviving counter sniping efforts, artillery strikes, and a mortar to the face.

During WWII, a Finnish soldier survived stepping on a land mine, eating a raw bird, and skiing 400 KMs by overdosing on meth.