vampirevlord t1_j9wec9j wrote
Reply to comment by purplekaworu in TIL of Finnish man Lauri Allan Törni (born 1919) who fought in WW2 as both a Finnish and German soldier, and in the Vietnam War as a US Special Forces soldier. He was killed in a helicopter crash in 1965. by bermuda__
He did join the Waffen SS. However, the Finns have somewhat of an unfortunate history between themselves, the USSR and Nazi Germany. The USSR invaded Finland during the Winter War, so when Germany invaded the USSR many Finns signed up as a means of fighting back against the Soviets, this was called the Continuation War. The Finns did eventually switch sides to the allies, but the Finnish-German cooperation was born out of a common enemy.
aprofondir t1_j9xw8ue wrote
Relativising Nazis to own the commies - never change Reddit
vampirevlord t1_j9yjcep wrote
I'm biracial and my biological father fought in WW2 against the Nazis. There is no love or sympathy for Nazis from me. I am merely explaining how things came to be for Finland.
purplekaworu t1_ja0qi4n wrote
dude i dont think most finns joined the literal waffen ss
vampirevlord t1_ja0ssci wrote
All Finnish volunteers were placed with the SS and not with the Wehrmacht Forming the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS and the Finnish SS-Company
https://www.feldgrau.com/ww2-german-wehrmacht-finnish-volunteers/
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