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06.12.1917 Finlands birthday! Cheers to all!
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 5:09 am
by skukko
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 7:03 am
by M4 Jess Housley
Im in !! God Bless the Fin's! Ill play a ski patrol attacking a SU ammo compound.... ut oh.. what are those..
M4
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 7:26 am
by Drex
Happy Birthday Finland and to all my Finnish friends on the forum!
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 8:22 am
by Wild Bill
Heartiest congratulations to the people of Finland on this auspicious day. I wish peace and happiness for all of you!
Wild Bill
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 8:35 am
by Pack Rat
Freedom is a wonderful thing, happy birthday to your Country.
Deepest Regards,
Al Kinner
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 11:31 am
by Randy
Happy Birthday Finland,and to those who stood up against the Bear to the east.
Semper Fi
Randy
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 1:20 pm
by Red Baron
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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"SEMPER PARATUS" An Old Hawk Soldier Is Allways Ready!!
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 3:41 pm
by mogami
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!
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 3:47 pm
by G. K. Zhukov
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!
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 5:25 pm
by skukko
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 : )
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 5:35 pm
by skukko
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 7:43 pm
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.
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Target, Cease Fire !
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 8:30 pm
by Peregrine Falcon
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 9:41 pm
by Grumble
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 10:33 pm
by halstein
Happy Birthday!
I have some Finnish ancestors, but they left in the 17th century, for Norway.
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Halstein
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 10:57 pm
by sami heimola
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
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2000 12:13 pm
by Wolf
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
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2000 8:40 pm
by Joonas Parviainen
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
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2000 10:00 pm
by Tuomo Vornanen
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
