06.12.1917 Finlands birthday! Cheers to all!

skukko · Post by **skukko** » Wed Dec 06, 2000 5:09 am

Today is Finlands indepence day. Let's all celebrate it by playing Spwaw allnight long!Those who will remember how hard it is to be independent play fin-scenarios as a Fins. Those who don't care about whole thing play Sovjet side. Have a smile, UFOs are visiting zoo and taking pictures.

M4 Jess Housley · Post by **M4 Jess Housley** » Wed Dec 06, 2000 7:03 am

Im in !! God Bless the Fin's! Ill play a ski patrol attacking a SU ammo compound.... ut oh.. what are those..

M4

Drex · Post by **Drex** » Wed Dec 06, 2000 7:26 am

Happy Birthday Finland and to all my Finnish friends on the forum!

Wild Bill · Post by **Wild Bill** » Wed Dec 06, 2000 8:22 am

Heartiest congratulations to the people of Finland on this auspicious day. I wish peace and happiness for all of you!

Wild Bill

Pack Rat · Post by **Pack Rat** » Wed Dec 06, 2000 8:35 am

Freedom is a wonderful thing, happy birthday to your Country.

Deepest Regards,
Al Kinner

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Wed Dec 06, 2000 11:31 am

Happy Birthday Finland,and to those who stood up against the Bear to the east.
Semper Fi
Randy

Red Baron · Post by **Red Baron** » Wed Dec 06, 2000 1:20 pm

Hi Mosh..
CONGRATS to all Finns!!!
Wish we Dann´s had helped much more than we did in the winter war 39-40. But at least we did help!
Regards..Red Baron

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mogami · Post by **mogami** » Wed Dec 06, 2000 3:41 pm

Happy Birthday Finland!!!! I will listen to Sibelius all day.

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I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a differant direction!

G. K. Zhukov · Post by **G. K. Zhukov** » Wed Dec 06, 2000 3:47 pm

May I add to the general choir singing happy birthday Finland?

And may I call your attention that today is the anniversary of the current Spanish democratic Constitution?

A great double Bank Holiday!

skukko · Post by **skukko** » Wed Dec 06, 2000 5:25 pm

G.K. Zhukov: Thanks for enlightening. I didn't know it. As you said:
"A great double Bank Holiday!"

So we'll have to play Spain scenarios too today to remember : )

skukko · Post by **skukko** » Wed Dec 06, 2000 5:35 pm

Red Baron: Those who couldn't help are forgiven. I've noticed that none of finns have thought of putting sticks under their fingernails. Us wanted to help more than they did, but they had sort of agreement with Sovjet, same thing was with numerious countries. Germans allthought helped us by supplying guns and infantry weapons. Ans we at winter war were made history, if all the willing forces had helped us, it's not samekind thing to be proud of. Winter war did unite finns in the way Stalin couldn't think, so after war it was one nation in hearts.

Kluckenbill · Post by **Kluckenbill** » Wed Dec 06, 2000 7:43 pm

Happy Birthday. You guys have a lot to be proud of. I'm just curious how you celebrate. We are fortunate enough to celebrate our independence in the middle of the summer. It must be awfully cold to have parades and such in FInland in December.

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Peregrine Falcon · Post by **Peregrine Falcon** » Wed Dec 06, 2000 8:30 pm

Actually, we have (unusually) pretty warm weather here now

(5 deg celsius / 41 deg Fahrenheit)

Some windy weather, but so far - no snow.
Where I live, we have usually snow during december, but now we have got none.

Must be because of that increasing greenhouse effect.....

Originally posted by Kluckenbill:
Happy Birthday. You guys have a lot to be proud of. I'm just curious how you celebrate. We are fortunate enough to celebrate our independence in the middle of the summer. It must be awfully cold to have parades and such in FInland in December.

Grumble · Post by **Grumble** » Wed Dec 06, 2000 9:41 pm

Happy Birthday Suomi.
Like a lot of Americans of Finnish descent, I fly the flag this week. I remember the first time I did this in Las Vegas, someone asked if it was the RUSSIAN flag. (Not a lot of Finns in Sin City apparently). My great uncle must have spun in his grave...Anyway, I'll force myself to have an olut or two in celebration.

halstein · Post by **halstein** » Wed Dec 06, 2000 10:33 pm

Happy Birthday!
I have some Finnish ancestors, but they left in the 17th century, for Norway.

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sami heimola · Post by **sami heimola** » Wed Dec 06, 2000 10:57 pm

Thank you Wild Bill and others here in Forum!
I will play some Winter/Continuation War battles today

... BTW, who has made campaigns from both wars?

Sami

Wolf · Post by **Wolf** » Thu Dec 07, 2000 12:13 pm

Happy Birthday Suomesta !!!
To some of the bravest warriors and their leader Gustav Mannerheim, one of this century's true military geniuses.

Over the years, I have spent numerous all-niters defeating the Russians deep in
the Karelian forests......what could be better than a suomi smg and a pair of skis!

Read "A Frozen Hell" by William Trotter and see the movie "The Winter War" and you to will choose to lead the Finns into battle.

Freedom and indepence forever,

Wolf

Joonas Parviainen · Post by **Joonas Parviainen** » Thu Dec 07, 2000 8:40 pm

Originally posted by skukko:
Germans allthought helped us by supplying guns and infantry weapons.

Not to nitpick, but during the Winter War
the Germans confiscated military equipment
(kindly donated by Italy) en route to
Finland. They had an... understanding with
the Soviets in this regard.

-J

Tuomo Vornanen · Post by **Tuomo Vornanen** » Thu Dec 07, 2000 10:00 pm

Originally posted by Kluckenbill:
Happy Birthday. You guys have a lot to be proud of. I'm just curious how you celebrate. We are fortunate enough to celebrate our independence in the middle of the summer. It must be awfully cold to have parades and such in FInland in December.

Independence Day without snow is a scandal. I have read from somewhere that in next century there won't be any snow at all in South Finland during "winter". Temperature would at the same level as now in Poland. I think I have to move to Lapland