The Finns Afghanistan and freedom

Don't fall for the superior in training, more equipment, higher numbers drivel. You see this and hear from the typical authoritarian statist.

Finnish Winter War

in war the psychological factors are often decisive. An adversary who feels inferior is in reality so.

- Field Marshal Carl Gustav Baron von Mannerheim (Finnish Supreme Commander)



White Ghosts. In the winter war the Finns were far more rural and Finnish culture stressed the manly arts the soviets were just not prepared nor had the social background of the hunter nor the bushcraft of the more rural Finns.

Foreign observers in finland noted that the finnish soldier was an extremely accurate rifleman and that they knew how to endure hardship. Some journalists actually found them a bit disturbing.

They shoot like automatons, with unbelievable accuracy, aiming and killing with no visible emotion.

Finland!

Resistance.

We have the benefit of more weapons in the hands of civilians than the entire armies of China and India combined! Fighting an invasion force is different, fighting for your home in your backyard is hell for an invasion force. (Look up Graveyard of Empires)

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