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Offline Zimme83

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"The man that saved Finland" have passed away.
« on: February 06, 2015, 08:11:02 PM »
A  :salute to Allan Finholm who passed away last month at an age of 92. He was one of the heroes during the desperate Battle at Tienhara in June 1944 when the Finnish army stopped the soviet assault. Tienhara was named "the lock of Finland" and a breaktrough there would have been disastrous for Finland. Finnholm stopped one attempt to cross the river by wiping out almost 2 soviet platoons by himself. He sadly never got any recognition for this, mainly because all commanding officers that should have reported it to the HQ where killed. Finholm himself got seriously wounded in the head by shrapnel.
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Re: "The man that saved Finland" have passed away.
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2015, 08:24:40 PM »
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Re: "The man that saved Finland" have passed away.
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2015, 01:25:01 AM »
Rest in peace Troop. :salute
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Re: "The man that saved Finland" have passed away.
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2015, 02:32:55 AM »
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Re: "The man that saved Finland" have passed away.
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2015, 02:35:16 AM »
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Re: "The man that saved Finland" have passed away.
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2015, 10:37:42 PM »
 :salute Rest in peace sir your call of duty has ended.

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Re: "The man that saved Finland" have passed away.
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2015, 07:50:42 AM »
 :salute sir

I've been looking for some info on this gent, all I can find is in Finnish.....any links around in English?  Would love to read about him
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Re: "The man that saved Finland" have passed away.
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2015, 08:34:49 AM »
Quote from: mbailey on February 08, 2015, 07:50:42 AM
:salute sir

I've been looking for some info on this gent, all I can find is in Finnish.....any links around in English?  Would love to read about him

Same here -- there is a copy of the movie about him on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Front-Line-DVD/dp/B00BM8SV1E/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1423405933&sr=1-1&keywords=beyond+the+front+line

But my Swedish, Finnish or Russian are not as good as I have bragged about.   (Not even sure if there is an English sub-title option on it).

 
 
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Re: "The man that saved Finland" have passed away.
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2015, 08:46:45 AM »
That movie was on YouTube with English sub titles. I watched it there some years ago. I just checked but it doesn't appear to be up still.
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Re: "The man that saved Finland" have passed away.
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2015, 08:50:33 AM »
If your interested in the "Continuation War" check this out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENbezGycOqA

Also look for Talvisto or The Winter War.
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Re: "The man that saved Finland" have passed away.
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2015, 09:17:56 AM »
One story you might be interested in is the story of Lauri Törni aka Larry Thorne. He got the highest award of the finnish army during WW2, served briefly in SS and then later became a legendary green beret in the US army untill his helo crashed during a mission to find the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
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Re: "The man that saved Finland" have passed away.
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2015, 09:59:20 AM »
Quote from: SysError on February 08, 2015, 08:34:49 AM
Same here -- there is a copy of the movie about him on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Front-Line-DVD/dp/B00BM8SV1E/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1423405933&sr=1-1&keywords=beyond+the+front+line

But my Swedish, Finnish or Russian are not as good as I have bragged about.   (Not even sure if there is an English sub-title option on it).

 
 


yes it has english subtitles, (the one i have atleast)
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Re: "The man that saved Finland" have passed away.
« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2015, 10:54:04 AM »
Finholm during a patrol.




Finholm in the middle, looking back, other two are Erik Kaustinnen (left) and Bror Östman. The man they are dragging are Nikolaj Smirnov, a russian sniper, hit in an ambush and died before the finns got him to the field hospital.


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Re: "The man that saved Finland" have passed away.
« Reply #13 on: February 14, 2015, 11:58:39 PM »
He did not save Finland, Roosevelt did, by asking you to disassociate from Nazi Germany, otherwise you'd be wiped out as Nazi allies. And with Germany gone so would be Finland.
« Last Edit: February 15, 2015, 01:49:41 AM by KgB »
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Re: "The man that saved Finland" have passed away.
« Reply #14 on: February 15, 2015, 02:22:22 AM »
Quote from: KgB on February 14, 2015, 11:58:39 PM
He did not save Finland, Roosevelt did, by asking you to disassociate from Nazi Germany, otherwise you'd be wiped out as Nazi allies. And with Germany gone so would be Finland.


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