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Sir. The enemy has cut the battalion in half.

Captain Lammio has given the order to retreat.

You are the senior company commander on this side.

Get me the Task Force Commander.

Put me through to the lieutenant colonel.

Captain. Sir.

- First. - Withdraw to the last line.

- You must hold that position. - I can go around.

You're not to go around! You must hold the position!

Dammit. A quick strike will solve the situation.

The manner of execution is up to you.

- Yes, sir. - Out.

Out.

A BENEVOLENT SUN

The Fourth Platoon joins the First in the attack.

- And takes back the enemy position. - Sir.

We don't have enough men.

Group the platoons for the attack.

If we swing around through these swamps, we can avoid the enemy.

The order was clear.

The line won't hold even with our present troops.

The commander is aware of the situation.

He doesn't know what he's asking for.

The enemy has been there three hours already.

You can bet they're already dug in up to their necks.

It only hurts once.

You know the order.

Where's Rokka?

We need to assemble an assault group.

The Russkies have flanked the battalion command post.

We'll stage a counterattack.

I'm a one-man assault group on my own.

Kariluoto will attack on the other side of the road.

OK.

Come here, Asumaniemi.

- Sir. - You're coming with me.

- Okay. - A lot of men will die tonight.

Sure, if it's up to me.

Move out!

Call for fire to Shepherd. 3rd battery.

Target from point 152, 60 mils to the right. Strike.

Ukkola!

Form a line!

Let's get 'em!

Let's not give up! Fourth Platoon!

Forward!

- Let's get 'em! - Forward!

Forward!

Forward!

Jesus fuck!

Fire at that pile of branches! Fire like hell!

Then wait, and give me cover.

Give him cover!

Give me cover!

Give me cover!

Jesus fuck!

Bread.

Let's empty a couple of holes. Then we charge.

You know what a black cat is in French?

"Le dark meow."

Shit.

We can't get through.

- You have grenades? - No.

- Let's go! - Fuck yeah!

Koskela, this way!

Forward!

Form a line!

- Private. - Sir.

Go tell Captain Kariluoto we retook the battalion command post.

- And that we lost Major Sarastie. - Understood.

Shit.

Forward!

- Messenger! - Let's get 'em!

Captain. Sir.

Lieutenant Koskela says we lost Major Sarastie.

- He suggests you wait. - Wait for what?

If we don't push through now, it ain't happening later.

- Tell Koskela we're advancing. - Understood.

Squad leaders, lead by example!

- Fourth platoon, forward! - Let's retreat!

Forward!

Sir, the battalion will not continue the attack under my command.

You will not abandon your positions!

Sir! The enemy is breaking through.

The enemy is attacking the line now. We're at risk of being surrounded.

- We're retreating. - Bring along the equipment!

I'll bring the battalion. Out.

Let's not answer that phone for a while.

- Collect the wounded. - What about the dead?

We collected the captain's body.

The wounded will be work enough.

Rally the companies. Get moving.

Dump the machine guns into the lake. Leave one as a memento.

- Will you take yours? - It's all the same to me.

- Shall we dump them? - Yes.

Here we go.

I won't miss you.

Carry the wounded and let's get moving. Viirilé in front.

Follow me.

Hurry UP-

Ukkola.

It's alright. Just hang on.

Vanhala.

If you have to leave me, at least cover me up.

- Lieutenant. - Koskela.

The enemy broke through the line.

Continue retreating. You need to reach the road.

- Understood. - That's an order!

You will end that berry picking now, is that clear?

Affirmative. Out.

Keep further apart!

- Stay further apart! - Keep pedaling.

Take care of that bike so you can flee.

- Mark my words. - My bike's broken. Can I get a ride?

We don't drive shit around. That's how it is, dammit.

Leave the bike and hop onto the next vehicle.

Private Korpela, what did you just say?

There's enough to pull as it is.

I'm not giving rides to the rich folk's tramps!

One more word and it won't end well.

Shut yer mouth, you goddamn fancy pants!

Men, who's this peacock struttin' behind me?

Dung flies usually bother horses, not people.

You're under arrest. I need a few men here.

Take Private Korpela's rifle and belt.

- Air raid! - Go deeper into the forest!

Come help me with this, you goddamn buffoons!

Yeah, run like hell and leave the poor horse here to be killed!

Don't you fuckin' come here!

I don't need any help from you!

- I'll move to another unit. - What goddamn unit?

I'll go to the ass end of the world if I have to!

As long as I don't have to see your face again. Fuck!

In this army, you don't spit on your superiors' face, even in defeat!

The cart can stay here.

They're bullying innocent animals.

- It's coming back! - As if you've ever hurt anyone.

Go deeper into the forest!

Run away!

Just fire away, dammit! Go on!

Load the wounded onto the trucks.

Bloody hell, where were your reserves?

Squatting by the side of the road without backup.

Sir.

You panicked and we lost our best position.

The men were demoralized by casualties.

I'm not in the market for excuses.

Take the battalion until Lammio gets the supply line set up.

Lieutenant Ovaska will take the MG's.

I ordered them to be sunk so that the men could carry the wounded.

You sank the machine guns, goddammit?

This is mutiny! Deliberately aiding the enemy!

I ordered you to bring the equipment!

Machine gunners are machine gunners, not medics.

You were the battalion commander, not a damn nurse.

And men. Attention!

Which are you? Sheep? Or Finnish soldiers?

We take up positions and either hold them or die trying.

You should be ashamed, dammit!

I wouldn't call myself Finnish if I were you.

And now, take up positions.

PFC Vanhala. Are you a sheep or a Finnish soldier?

I'm the world's greatest forest fighter.

Right. I have but one wish:

that the war would end so I could serve as a stud.

A stud, goddammit... Well, why not?

A man came from Arimathea and shoved his head up his ass.

Let's fuckin' show 'em. Long live anarchy and bloody rags.

For fuck's sake.

- Alright, here we are. - Let's dig some holes, then.

Your company holds a key position.

You must stop the enemy here.

I'll take two.

Cigarette?

Thanks.

Hold your positions!

- They'll roll us over! - No, they won't!

There's a roadblock! Stay where you are!

Sergeant, take the satchel charges, and let's go.

Impossible!

Give it to me.

Run!

Go, go, go.

Goddammit!

The positions are lost. Third company is in total disarray.

Dammit! Dammit!

Damn flock of sheep! Not a step further!

Take up positions! Any man who keeps running is dead.

Not a step further!

Stop or I'll shoot you!

Men, Finland's future is at stake.

- Stop fooling around! - The tanks are coming!

Halt! Where are you going?

For the last time, stop! Where are you going?

Up north to hump wolves.

Under military law I sentenced the traitor to death.

Finland's future is at stake.

To your positions! Dammit!

Positions!

Dammit!

- Go, go! - Don't run away!

Stop running away! To your positions!

To your positions!

Don't...

Help me!

To your positions!

LAST LINE OF DEFENSE JULY 1944

Remember swimming in the Vuoksi River as kids?

We'll never see that river again. There are dead bodies floating in it.

But we'll be swimmin' in this river.

If we even get that far.

Don't be saving them sugar rations now.

They'll get wet and be ruined. We're going for a swim soon.

- We could jump over that river. - Don't you start with me, kid.

Eat the sugar! Don't leave it to get wet.

The brass says we'll be able to hold our positions.

Why is it so hard to get along with officers?

I don't know...

You ever wonder if the problem is with you?

Me?

Yeah.

I always tell it the way it is. They just talk crap.

We lost Karelia. We lost the war.

I've got nothing left to lose.

I want to make 'em pay for the home I lost.

Alright, let's have a good fight!

Ant“, you cam stay there. Ant“.

Antti, get in the foxhole.

It's time to go.

Begin withdrawal.

- You too, Susi. Go. - Onto the bridge, boys.

Take the machine gun.

Get back, boys! Get back!

You, youngsters. You go first! Méétté, get the machine gun across.

Go, go, go.

- Cross now! - Let's retreat!

Susi, go! Get in the water.

- They got me. - Where did they get ya?

They got me.

Leave me behind.

Rokka!

Cover us!

Antti! You got hit. I heard it.

Vanhala, assemble an assault group. We need to take that trench back.

- You see that body? - Yeah.

Right beside it is their light machine gun.

Try to get into the trench and take them out.

I'll get in. If not in there, then into my grave.

- I'll take Asumaniemi and Honkajoki. - We'll provide covering fire.

I'm too scared to volunteer. You have to order me.

- Then I'm ordering you. - That's a different matter.

Submachine gun.

Let's gm!

Damn, boy.

You ready?

One to the right.

The Russkies are leaving.

Go!

Charge!

They're retreating!

- We did it! - Assault Group Vanhala.

Excellent job. Your fatherland will remember you.

I ran out of ammo. You have any more...

ARMISTICE SEPTEMBER 4, 1944

Please, no more!

- No more! Stop! - Take cover!

- There'll be peace soon! - Let me go! Let me go!

Let me gm!

Let go of me!

Let me gm!

We lose, and they shut us up. That's it.

If only we still had your longbow.

Citizens. This is the situation briefly.

We have taken the first steps to establish relations

with our great eastern neighbor.

We've taken a step on a road that might sometimes be dangerous.

We don't know yet what conditions

our eastern neighbor will demand of us.

But because our great eastern neighbor

hasn't demanded our unconditional surrender,

we feel it is our duty

to meet whatever conditions the Soviet Union will set

to prove our genuine will to maintain peace.

THE PEACE TREATY DID NOT END THE HOSTILITIES IN FINLAND.

THE GERMANS DID NOT LEAVE NORTHERN FINLAND WITHOUT FIGHT.

THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE LAPLAND WAR, APRIL 27, 1945,

IS COMMEMORATED ON THE NATIONAL VETERAN'S DAY.

FINLAND WAS THE ONLY CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN COUNTRY

NEVER OCCUPIED BY THE ENEMY.

TO MY FATHER