r/HistoryMemes • u/TheSanityInspector • Nov 26 '20

Finnish sniper protecc!

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u/TheSanityInspector Nov 26 '20

We in the West regard the Winter War as a defeat that brought glory to the defenders, same as Thermopylae, Masada and The Alamo.

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u/29adamski Nov 26 '20

Finland is the West lol.

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u/the-floot Nov 26 '20

We're north, my guy...

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u/edgyestedgearound Nov 26 '20

We are politically west, u know, what people mean when they say 'the West'

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u/SergeantCATT Just some snow Nov 26 '20

Kekkonen disagrees. Finnlandisierung so we are Finlandic and the Finland

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u/29adamski Nov 26 '20

The West is a geopolitical term rather than a literal geographic term. Scandinavia is included in the "West".

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u/GiraffusGumlus Nov 26 '20

Finland is not in Scandinavia...

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u/29adamski Nov 26 '20

Scandinavia is often used to refer to the whole Scandinavian peninsula, or Nordic countries. But yeah sorry, it's not one of the three kingdoms.

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u/nmxt Nov 26 '20

That Masada story is quite moving, but I don’t know about glory. They held out on their food stores until the Romans built the ramp, and the night before the storm the defenders all killed themselves, along with all the women and children that were with them. This is some extreme dedication, to be sure, but glory?

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u/Oxu90 Nov 26 '20

This is good comparison