Soldier of Three Armies Pt. 2 - Continuation War - Sabaton History 065 [Official] 

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US: Wait, didn't you fought with the Germans? Lauri Törni: *COMMUNISM IS A LIE* US: Oh, okay, welcome to the US Army

The living embodiment of "I'll rest when I die"

Color Red: *exists* Lauri: *[ANGER]*

The Finnish Army: The Stone on the Soviet's shoe Starring: Simo Häyhä; and Lauri Törni

"All of your songs are very serious" laughs in Metal Machine

Törni's face in the thumbnail has THE MOST Finnish expression possible: enough talk, time to hassle. A really good and informative episode, I surely enjoyed it. Thanks! 🤘

For more context: There was a kind of soldier brotherhood between the Finnish soldiers and the German soldiers. This feeling of comradery prevented many from attacking German soldiers in the Lapland's war. Mannerheim hated Hitler, and knowing Hitler was anti-smoking, he lit a cigar/cigarette in his presence. He didn't seem to be a big fan of the National Socialism either, and so the ideology wasn't nearly as popular as you'd think, the only thing I know that Jews in Finland had to suffer was the fact that they were not permitted to own shops during the Continuation War.

First of all, nice Vader shirt Indy Second, Lauri Törni could have his own movie trilogy

The phrase "The enemy of my enemy" comes to mind when talking about Finland fighting alongside Germany. They fought FOR Finnish Independence, NOT for Hitler's ideology.

"we are not Dutchmen, we fight to tooth and nail" I take offense to that Lauri!

12:58 Joakim: Larry Alan Thorne Auto subtitles: Larry Allen porn

"We are not commentators, we are storytellers " And that is why I love Sabaton, well after the awesome music of course.

When someone hates communism so much that he joins 3 armies to fight it.

"We are doing this because of corona virus trilogy". Does Indy knows something? :O

*When the snow starts speaking Finnish* Russians: Why do I hear Boss music??

Really cool episode,this man's life could fill three books😂 stay safe and keep up the good work🤟🏻

I have been waiting on this episode Soldier of three armies is one of my favorite songs

SS: So where do you want to be put? Lauri: Put me where Communism is, I'll give em hell

it is a good move that you opened that question about countries cooperating with nazi germany... was it ideological? was it opportunistíc? i am glad you are spreading the facts (especially : i really dig the moments when you acknowledge the fact that there are more possible stories how sthg. happened and dont go any "dogmatic" way of history interpretation).. please, continute.. do more detailed stories even on older topics you did a year ago.. there is sooo much to explain and tell... i am increasing my financing on patreon.. THANK YOU!

Soldier of 3 armies 2: electric boogooloo

This is one of my favorite songs and the book on him is interesting

Joakim, bringing up the fact that the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is still being watched over despite the Corona virus really shouldn't be that surprising. Those men are dedicated to that duty, though they don't see it as a duty but as an honor. I mean they kept watch over the the tomb even during a hurricane back in 2012.

Liberty Prime: I tip my hat to you. One legend to another. Lauri Törni: **tips hat**

1:09 Finland is like: It's that the best you got? Come at me!

I went to Arlington when I was in the 6th grade with my family and I saw Audie Murphy's grave. I didn't know about Lauri Torni (Larry Thorn) at the time. So I probably saw his grave without knowing who he was.

I woke up and looked at my phone. This was uploaded four minutes beforehand.

No one:..... Lauri: DRIVE ME CLOSER! I WANT TO HIT THEM WITH MY GRENADES!

"Oh wow he fought for three armies" - Swiss mercenaries: "Am I a joke to you?"

7 people misclicked thumbs up accidentally sadly for i cant believe anyone disliked this on purpose. Lauri Törni a hero to Scandinavia :). The last true viking and sisu jäger

8:09 As a dutchman, this hits a bit too close to home.

Do think if Lauri Törni and Simo Hiaha ever met each other they would become good friends? I mean they both shared a deep hatred for the soviet invasion of Finland.

Everyone is so caught up in reality TV and the BS of today. I, on the other hand, am a simple man. I love metal. I'm a history buff and I love military stuff. I would rather relax by listening to Sabaton and learning about the stories of their songs. Thank you Sabaton History, and thank you Sabaton.

You mentioned the grave of the unknown soldier during the video. In Finland many (if not most) graveyards have a small monument for the unknown soldier. Also there are soldiers graves in most graveyards because the dead soldiers were sent to their hometowns for burial during Winter and Continual war.

This ought to be good. Skype really isn't known for great quality but I want to hear more of his story. Thanks guys. And with the Finnish army joining the Germans, that was clear. And given how things went between the Fins and the Soviets, I don't blame them for taking a side.

A great episode as always. A few comments from a Finnish history enthusiast: Larry was not really a big talker or language learner so he barely spoke any German. He was already a second lieutenant when arriving to Waffen-SS training in German June 1941 with other Finnish Waffen-SS volunteers. Larry wasn't also a really big fan of preussian military discipline and keeping it by-the-book at the barracks grounds. Also he liked to drink. All these things combined didn't make him an excellent officer/NCO candidate to the German officers who were assembling the 5th Waffen-SS "Viking Division" in 1941. So he was sent home in late summer of 1941 with just a handful of other Finnish men (most of the Finnish Waffen-SS volunteers fought in the Eastern front 1941-1943). How exactly he made that trip back to Finland - I'm not so sure. The second and last point: The Winter War was in my opinion and by many others a big defensive victory. Finland remained it's independence and the Soviets did not interfere with Finnish politics (a big issue!). However, the Continuation War was different. I consider it a massive loss even though Finland kept it's independence. Why I consider it a loss? All the patriotic movements were forced to shut down immediately, the Finnish war heroes and great politicians who kept Finland independent (Mr. Ryti for example) were imprisoned. The communists were allowed to come from the underground to the daylight and to politics. The communists manned the important cultural posts, like the Finnish national broadcasting company. The Finnish communists had power, and the years 1944-1948 were really tricky. Many feared (SS-men for example) that they would be deported to Siberia. It was heavily rumoured that in March 1948 there would be a communist coup de tat in Finland by the communists, but luckily, the Finnish communists really sucked and it never happened. Stalin did knew about the arms caching case (veterans gearing up for a guerrilla war) and I believe he thought a Finnish coup de tat backed by the Soviets would be a really shitty situation for Stalin, and he had already enough problems in Germany with the ex-Allies. This Finnish loss in the Continuation War is still visible today in various ways, please come visit Helsinki and I tell you more!

We have a white rose bush in the back yard of the variety 'John F Kennedy' . It is a variety breed to be planted around JFK and RFKes graves at Arlington National Cemetery. Grew up near DC so I have been there many times. Always makes me cry.

Well, what a lovely clip. I'm thrilled for the next one!

🤘🥁🎸 🎙🎶Started out as a reserve Soon promoted well deserved And the legend has begun🎵🥁🎸🎙 🤘

Notification squad reporting as ordered to SHOUT LAURI THÖRNI'S NAME

Visited Audie Murphy last December, amazing how his grave always has tributes on it. I myself placed a miniture American flag on his grave as a sign of respect

Sabaton history during the week and Great Saturdays at the weekend! Lockdown may be stressful but at least I'm learning new things! Great video as always gents, looking forward to part 3!

Mannerheim is a beast I need to buy his memoirs one day

lol it's Liberation Day here in Vietnam hope I don't get arrested watching this xd

me an 22 years logistics and economics student profesor hey now marx was right about a lot of things me DEATH IS A PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNISM

Im waiting for the moment "The Last Battle" will be covered

Loving this series! 🤘 Stay healthy team! 🥰

Recently discovered these guys about a month ago and I’m ADDICTED to their music! Plus learning a thing or two along the way. Want to see them in September, hopefully they’re still coming to Missouri!

I still wait for the Hollywood-level movie of Lauri.

I'm sure someone has already told you this, but Lauri has another tomb in Helsinki whit the date October 19, 1966

fun fact: one of the men who fought in detachment torni was future finnish president Mauno Koivisto.

This really is one of my favourite songs, it is just so energetic!! But now a rant about history classes: First of all, I am good in it, I have 15 points an A plus! But, two weeks ago we discussed how the first world war started. Last week we discussed about the war itself, and Shell Shock. But, this week we are already talking about the Weimar Republic. I accept that the First World War is not the most important topic, but seriously? 90 minutes about the First World War? That is just not enough!! We didn‘t talk about: any troop movements, the German Navy, fighting in Russia, the trench system, technical inventions, Nothing! Not about Verun, Arras, The Somme, Ypern, Paschendale, NOTHING I am seriously angry because we didn‘t talk about what the war brought, not the starving in Germany, really just nothing! The War has so many different facets and we did discussed just a little little bit and that is really sad!

Is it weird that I think Tourni was a handsome, handsome man? XD

Derp! Fighting fire with fire works more quickly than with water. You use a bigger fire or explosion to exhaust all the oxygen around the burning area and the fire will instantly extinguish due to lack of oxygen. Fighting fire with fire is the best way to actually fight fire.

These episodes are one of the best in my opinion. Great job you guys👍🏻

I think you made unbiased and accurate presentation. Thanks!

My grandfather is buried in Arlington Nation Cemetary. He fought in the Korean War, I wish I knew about him, so I could see his grave. Seeing Joakim there made my day, he'd had loved someone visiting the cemetary he rests in.

Army has a lot of MVP Audie Murphy, SGT York, Larry Thorne, Simo Hayha, Mad Jack Churchill, SGT Antolak, and Roy Benavidez

Nothing is ever black and white, it’s always so much more complex. Good video

I'd like to see Ken Burns partner with Indy and Sabaton to make a docu-series about Lauri Törni. So far, the closest we've ever had to a movie about him was "The Green Berets" where John Wayne's character, COL Mike Kirby, was based on him.

I always got confused because of the toomb of the unkown soldier sence always i hear "the unknown soldier" i think of the Väinö Linna book with the same name and the movie also

Thank you for brightening up the dull days of quarantine. Love the episodes!

Lauri Törni is what happens when you mix Democracy, Discipline, and self-motivatation together

This is by far one of my favorite Sabaton songs. One thing I want to know however is what did Lauri do to receive an Iron Cross while with the SS

Torni working with the SS to fight the Soviets can be summed up in one familiar quote. "The enemy of my enemy is my ally."

Every Memorial Day I go and pay respect to the veterans cemeteries around me

Really cool episode! cant wait for part 3

-URSS (& millions mens strong Red Army) : *WE'RE TAKING YOUR CITY AND YOUR FAMILY HOUSE.* -Lauri Törni (all alone) : I'll take it back, 'tiz just a matter of days. See ya. Cheers. -Lauri Törni's mom : good son. Be quick, I forgot a chicken in the oven. The key is under the doormat as usual.

10/2020...coming up on anniversary of his death. True hero.

as an american, I'm honored to have such a hero resting among us.

I thank you so very much for make part two happen 🤘🏻 Hello Ryan ✊🏻!!! Liebe grüße Alex to you all 🤘🏻🍻😎please stay tuned😊

great episode, as allways. stay safe guys and keep it up.

8:06 So glad that he didn't include the Poles.

nobody: captions at 12:55: Oh here we are, Larry Alan Porn

I think that’s the greatest intro to a video ever

What is funny is that during the Finns training under the SS, it was recorded in quite a few books that even though the SS tried to indoctrinate the Finns to their ideology, none cared. They were there to learn to be better soldiers/leaders. Törni especially. In addition, it was noted that Finnish Jews fought alongside the Germans, in their various missions, with zero issues. Also, in a number of books, the Finnish Jews and Germans actually got along well. And a huge chunk of the story is missing. 1) Törni went back to Germany, after Finland acquiesced to Russian terms, to continue to fight Russians. With a group of other Finns, he went back to Germany for more training in case Russia invaded Finland again. Getting stuck in Germany he continued to fight Russians via underground units. 2) After the fall of Germany, he did surrender to an Allied unit (British) with Russians on his tail. Story goes, by multiple accounts, that the Russians knew who he was and wanted him. After a standoff, with the British troops and Russian troops pulling their weapons on each other, needless to say, Törni was held in an British camp. And of course he escaped and made it back to Finland.

going to Arlington really puts things into perspective. It really makes you think about the sacrifice that is made, and for instance, The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, it is always scary silent, i would say bone chilling. Even when my color guard group put a wreath in front it, it was bone chilling.

I’ve been to that graveyard a few years back... it’s got one hell of a presence... you walk through it and it fells like it’s pulling you a few feet’s into hell

Stalin was looking under his bed every night for this guy!!!!

Awesome.

holy crap, last year I had walked pass that and did not that that he was burried there

Weekend at Stalin's staring: Lauri Törni and Simo Häyhä.

Finland had the most badass one army men

Indy: my friend Ryan is filming me, say hi Ryan. Ryan: Hello Me: You had one job!

Hello, I am writing to you from Finland. Finland owes about 3,000 Estonian soldiers. They are called "sons of Finland", they came across the sea to help Finland in the winter war, and in the continuation war. Their story should be made into a song, Finland could thank Estonia, and the sons of Finland. The Soviets hunted them down when they returned home. They lived in our forests... some until Estonia was liberated. They had the motto "For the freedom of Finland and the honor of Estonia"

You send Lauri Törni to kill the Boogeyman

The Tomb of the Unknown will be guarded even unto the ending of the world...if the 3rd Infantry has any say.

Joakim looks like he's been hitting too many Czech beers

I know a lot of Latvian and Estonian soldiers fought with the Nazis because they felt they needed help against the Soviets, but felt they'd easily toss the Nazis out once they were free of the Soviets. I'm sure many Finns felt the same way, and unfortunately the Estonians and Latvians suffered the Soviets for a very long time.

Chief of staff: The guys Finnish, an SS, a War hero and Also Prisoner turned new leaf...But one thing we can agree on is, He hates Communism. Defense Secretary: Ho do you know that? Chief of staff: Larry! Lauri: Yes sir? Chief of staff: How much do you hate Communism? Lauri: I SEE RED FLAG, I GO BRRRRRRRT

Indy looks good in any light

My favorite song

Larry got a memorial place in family grave in Malmi`s cemetery in Helsinki Finland, but his remains were buried with three south Vietnamese air force men. one reason for why Larry isn't in sacred ground in Finland is after the helicopter accident bodies were in such condition after decades on the ground they couldn't separate them. So they didn't want to bury a "wrong person" in cemetery in Malmi

Me: DAMN SON u look good in German uniform

4:30 Lauri be like: Remember me Assholes?

"The only land you will get in Finland is the graveyard for your Ivans"

I was listening to a podcast of a soldier who served 18 years in special operations but he said the hardest thing he did in the military was a two year billet at the tomb of the unknown soldier. The guy was in Delta Force for a time.....

Bought the Soldier of Three Army’s! This is something to get my head around with Germany being the Monster, but Russia being the present monster!

German and US Army: from a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you hate the color red? Lauri Torni: *how to count pass infinity* German and US Army: alright, that's the only answer we need

I know this just came out and I am looking forward to hearing about Lauri's service in the Green Berets, but I noticed there's no video about Uprising yet. I'd love to see a video covering the Warsaw Uprising and the Polish resistance. When is it coming out?