vampirevlord

vampirevlord t1_ja0ssci 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__

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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vampirevlord t1_j9yjcep wrote

Reply to comment by aprofondir 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__

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.

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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.

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vampirevlord t1_j6o6nm0 wrote

Reply to comment by Darth_Brooks_II in TIL about the Kyujo Incident that occurred on Aug 14, 1945 where several Japanese officers occupied the Japanese Imperial Palace in an attempted coup of the Emperor to prevent him from surrendering to the Allies. They murdered several people and when their plot failed, they committed suicide. by ClownfishSoup

Lol, probably commit sepukku when they find out Japan is known for hentai and tentacle porn.

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vampirevlord t1_j2axkdw wrote

Reply to TIL in 1945 whilst firing at a kite for anti-aircraft practice, the gunners on Brazilian cruiser Bahia accidentally hit the ship's depth charges, causing an explosion that sank her. Survivors endured days of no food, high temperatures, and full exposure to the sun until they were rescued by holyhesh

Imagine being the one that shot the depth charge and having to survive out in the water with everyone. I mean. What would you do? Stick your head under the water and breath in?

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