1 00:00:39,125 --> 00:00:42,500 Sir. The enemy has cut the battalion in half. 2 00:00:42,542 --> 00:00:45,042 Captain Lammio has given the order to retreat. 3 00:00:45,125 --> 00:00:48,583 You are the senior company commander on this side. 4 00:00:48,667 --> 00:00:51,542 Get me the Task Force Commander. 5 00:00:53,292 --> 00:00:56,125 Put me through to the lieutenant colonel. 6 00:01:00,583 --> 00:01:02,750 Captain. Sir. 7 00:01:06,625 --> 00:01:10,042 - First. - Withdraw to the last line. 8 00:01:10,125 --> 00:01:14,083 - You must hold that position. - I can go around. 9 00:01:14,167 --> 00:01:18,792 You're not to go around! You must hold the position! 10 00:01:18,875 --> 00:01:23,250 Dammit. A quick strike will solve the situation. 11 00:01:23,333 --> 00:01:26,292 The manner of execution is up to you. 12 00:01:26,375 --> 00:01:28,667 - Yes, sir. - Out. 13 00:01:28,750 --> 00:01:30,583 Out. 14 00:03:01,500 --> 00:03:08,208 A BENEVOLENT SUN 15 00:03:31,042 --> 00:03:34,875 The Fourth Platoon joins the First in the attack. 16 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,833 - And takes back the enemy position. - Sir. 17 00:03:37,917 --> 00:03:39,917 We don't have enough men. 18 00:03:43,458 --> 00:03:46,292 Group the platoons for the attack. 19 00:03:46,375 --> 00:03:50,042 If we swing around through these swamps, we can avoid the enemy. 20 00:03:50,125 --> 00:03:51,500 The order was clear. 21 00:03:51,542 --> 00:03:54,500 The line won't hold even with our present troops. 22 00:03:54,542 --> 00:03:57,583 The commander is aware of the situation. 23 00:03:57,667 --> 00:04:00,417 He doesn't know what he's asking for. 24 00:04:03,833 --> 00:04:06,708 The enemy has been there three hours already. 25 00:04:06,792 --> 00:04:10,583 You can bet they're already dug in up to their necks. 26 00:04:10,667 --> 00:04:13,333 It only hurts once. 27 00:04:16,667 --> 00:04:19,292 You know the order. 28 00:04:32,792 --> 00:04:34,667 Where's Rokka? 29 00:04:42,208 --> 00:04:45,083 We need to assemble an assault group. 30 00:04:45,167 --> 00:04:47,917 The Russkies have flanked the battalion command post. 31 00:04:48,042 --> 00:04:49,875 We'll stage a counterattack. 32 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,583 I'm a one-man assault group on my own. 33 00:04:53,667 --> 00:04:56,500 Kariluoto will attack on the other side of the road. 34 00:04:56,583 --> 00:04:58,375 OK. 35 00:05:00,292 --> 00:05:02,000 Come here, Asumaniemi. 36 00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:11,292 - Sir. - You're coming with me. 37 00:05:11,375 --> 00:05:15,292 - Okay. - A lot of men will die tonight. 38 00:05:16,750 --> 00:05:19,083 Sure, if it's up to me. 39 00:05:23,792 --> 00:05:26,125 Move out! 40 00:07:20,167 --> 00:07:23,292 Call for fire to Shepherd. 3rd battery. 41 00:07:23,375 --> 00:07:27,500 Target from point 152, 60 mils to the right. Strike. 42 00:08:11,417 --> 00:08:14,250 Ukkola! 43 00:08:16,708 --> 00:08:20,542 Form a line! 44 00:08:44,333 --> 00:08:47,792 Let's get 'em! 45 00:08:47,875 --> 00:08:50,917 Let's not give up! Fourth Platoon! 46 00:08:51,042 --> 00:08:53,500 Forward! 47 00:08:53,542 --> 00:08:56,375 - Let's get 'em! - Forward! 48 00:09:23,083 --> 00:09:25,333 Forward! 49 00:09:25,417 --> 00:09:28,000 Forward! 50 00:09:28,083 --> 00:09:31,500 Jesus fuck! 51 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:05,125 Fire at that pile of branches! Fire like hell! 52 00:10:05,208 --> 00:10:08,833 Then wait, and give me cover. 53 00:10:31,208 --> 00:10:33,833 Give him cover! 54 00:10:57,333 --> 00:10:59,417 Give me cover! 55 00:11:02,542 --> 00:11:04,625 Give me cover! 56 00:11:33,792 --> 00:11:35,542 Jesus fuck! 57 00:11:42,750 --> 00:11:44,792 Bread. 58 00:11:46,167 --> 00:11:50,500 Let's empty a couple of holes. Then we charge. 59 00:11:50,542 --> 00:11:53,792 You know what a black cat is in French? 60 00:11:55,667 --> 00:11:57,833 "Le dark meow." 61 00:11:57,917 --> 00:12:00,042 Shit. 62 00:12:14,250 --> 00:12:16,208 We can't get through. 63 00:12:18,583 --> 00:12:21,125 - You have grenades? - No. 64 00:12:24,417 --> 00:12:26,708 - Let's go! - Fuck yeah! 65 00:12:38,625 --> 00:12:41,042 Koskela, this way! 66 00:12:41,125 --> 00:12:44,125 Forward! 67 00:12:44,208 --> 00:12:46,583 Form a line! 68 00:13:08,667 --> 00:13:10,667 - Private. - Sir. 69 00:13:10,750 --> 00:13:15,500 Go tell Captain Kariluoto we retook the battalion command post. 70 00:13:15,583 --> 00:13:20,250 - And that we lost Major Sarastie. - Understood. 71 00:14:09,542 --> 00:14:11,750 Shit. 72 00:14:35,250 --> 00:14:37,875 Forward! 73 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,125 - Messenger! - Let's get 'em! 74 00:14:41,708 --> 00:14:43,542 Captain. Sir. 75 00:14:43,625 --> 00:14:47,500 Lieutenant Koskela says we lost Major Sarastie. 76 00:14:47,542 --> 00:14:50,500 - He suggests you wait. - Wait for what? 77 00:14:50,583 --> 00:14:53,917 If we don't push through now, it ain't happening later. 78 00:14:54,042 --> 00:14:57,333 - Tell Koskela we're advancing. - Understood. 79 00:15:05,542 --> 00:15:08,500 Squad leaders, lead by example! 80 00:15:08,542 --> 00:15:11,708 - Fourth platoon, forward! - Let's retreat! 81 00:15:35,333 --> 00:15:37,333 Forward! 82 00:16:29,708 --> 00:16:33,167 Sir, the battalion will not continue the attack under my command. 83 00:16:33,250 --> 00:16:36,042 You will not abandon your positions! 84 00:16:36,125 --> 00:16:39,167 Sir! The enemy is breaking through. 85 00:16:39,250 --> 00:16:43,000 The enemy is attacking the line now. We're at risk of being surrounded. 86 00:16:43,083 --> 00:16:46,125 - We're retreating. - Bring along the equipment! 87 00:16:47,292 --> 00:16:49,333 I'll bring the battalion. Out. 88 00:16:49,417 --> 00:16:52,458 Let's not answer that phone for a while. 89 00:16:52,500 --> 00:16:55,500 - Collect the wounded. - What about the dead? 90 00:16:55,542 --> 00:16:58,125 We collected the captain's body. 91 00:16:58,208 --> 00:17:00,375 The wounded will be work enough. 92 00:17:00,458 --> 00:17:04,583 Rally the companies. Get moving. 93 00:17:08,875 --> 00:17:14,375 Dump the machine guns into the lake. Leave one as a memento. 94 00:17:14,458 --> 00:17:17,208 - Will you take yours? - It's all the same to me. 95 00:17:17,292 --> 00:17:20,083 - Shall we dump them? - Yes. 96 00:17:28,500 --> 00:17:30,500 Here we go. 97 00:17:37,250 --> 00:17:39,625 I won't miss you. 98 00:17:39,708 --> 00:17:44,500 Carry the wounded and let's get moving. Viirilé in front. 99 00:17:44,542 --> 00:17:46,917 Follow me. 100 00:17:49,292 --> 00:17:51,208 Hurry UP- 101 00:18:21,292 --> 00:18:24,000 Ukkola. 102 00:18:27,833 --> 00:18:30,542 It's alright. Just hang on. 103 00:18:50,208 --> 00:18:52,833 Vanhala. 104 00:18:52,917 --> 00:18:56,458 If you have to leave me, at least cover me up. 105 00:19:31,542 --> 00:19:35,708 - Lieutenant. - Koskela. 106 00:19:35,792 --> 00:19:37,750 The enemy broke through the line. 107 00:19:37,833 --> 00:19:41,375 Continue retreating. You need to reach the road. 108 00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:44,708 - Understood. - That's an order! 109 00:19:44,792 --> 00:19:49,125 You will end that berry picking now, is that clear? 110 00:19:49,208 --> 00:19:51,875 Affirmative. Out. 111 00:21:48,625 --> 00:21:53,042 Keep further apart! 112 00:21:56,542 --> 00:21:59,417 - Stay further apart! - Keep pedaling. 113 00:21:59,500 --> 00:22:02,583 Take care of that bike so you can flee. 114 00:22:02,667 --> 00:22:05,667 - Mark my words. - My bike's broken. Can I get a ride? 115 00:22:05,750 --> 00:22:10,708 We don't drive shit around. That's how it is, dammit. 116 00:22:10,792 --> 00:22:13,792 Leave the bike and hop onto the next vehicle. 117 00:22:15,083 --> 00:22:18,792 Private Korpela, what did you just say? 118 00:22:18,875 --> 00:22:21,208 There's enough to pull as it is. 119 00:22:22,375 --> 00:22:26,250 I'm not giving rides to the rich folk's tramps! 120 00:22:26,333 --> 00:22:28,583 One more word and it won't end well. 121 00:22:28,667 --> 00:22:31,917 Shut yer mouth, you goddamn fancy pants! 122 00:22:32,042 --> 00:22:37,625 Men, who's this peacock struttin' behind me? 123 00:22:37,708 --> 00:22:43,208 Dung flies usually bother horses, not people. 124 00:22:43,292 --> 00:22:45,917 You're under arrest. I need a few men here. 125 00:22:46,042 --> 00:22:48,375 Take Private Korpela's rifle and belt. 126 00:22:48,458 --> 00:22:53,458 - Air raid! - Go deeper into the forest! 127 00:23:14,792 --> 00:23:18,875 Come help me with this, you goddamn buffoons! 128 00:23:22,458 --> 00:23:29,125 Yeah, run like hell and leave the poor horse here to be killed! 129 00:23:32,875 --> 00:23:35,375 Don't you fuckin' come here! 130 00:23:35,458 --> 00:23:39,000 I don't need any help from you! 131 00:23:39,083 --> 00:23:42,625 - I'll move to another unit. - What goddamn unit? 132 00:23:42,708 --> 00:23:46,125 I'll go to the ass end of the world if I have to! 133 00:23:46,208 --> 00:23:51,208 As long as I don't have to see your face again. Fuck! 134 00:23:51,292 --> 00:23:55,708 In this army, you don't spit on your superiors' face, even in defeat! 135 00:23:55,792 --> 00:23:57,792 The cart can stay here. 136 00:24:05,042 --> 00:24:07,417 They're bullying innocent animals. 137 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:11,583 - It's coming back! - As if you've ever hurt anyone. 138 00:24:11,667 --> 00:24:14,375 Go deeper into the forest! 139 00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:20,750 Run away! 140 00:24:23,750 --> 00:24:27,542 Just fire away, dammit! Go on! 141 00:25:12,792 --> 00:25:15,750 Load the wounded onto the trucks. 142 00:25:24,292 --> 00:25:27,708 Bloody hell, where were your reserves? 143 00:25:27,792 --> 00:25:30,583 Squatting by the side of the road without backup. 144 00:25:30,667 --> 00:25:32,042 Sir. 145 00:25:32,125 --> 00:25:36,125 You panicked and we lost our best position. 146 00:25:36,208 --> 00:25:38,250 The men were demoralized by casualties. 147 00:25:38,333 --> 00:25:41,875 I'm not in the market for excuses. 148 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,250 Take the battalion until Lammio gets the supply line set up. 149 00:25:45,333 --> 00:25:47,333 Lieutenant Ovaska will take the MG's. 150 00:25:47,417 --> 00:25:53,750 I ordered them to be sunk so that the men could carry the wounded. 151 00:25:55,375 --> 00:26:00,250 You sank the machine guns, goddammit? 152 00:26:03,250 --> 00:26:07,333 This is mutiny! Deliberately aiding the enemy! 153 00:26:08,375 --> 00:26:10,667 I ordered you to bring the equipment! 154 00:26:10,750 --> 00:26:15,333 Machine gunners are machine gunners, not medics. 155 00:26:15,417 --> 00:26:19,292 You were the battalion commander, not a damn nurse. 156 00:26:20,875 --> 00:26:24,042 And men. Attention! 157 00:26:26,292 --> 00:26:29,583 Which are you? Sheep? Or Finnish soldiers? 158 00:26:32,250 --> 00:26:37,250 We take up positions and either hold them or die trying. 159 00:26:38,500 --> 00:26:41,333 You should be ashamed, dammit! 160 00:26:44,917 --> 00:26:49,583 I wouldn't call myself Finnish if I were you. 161 00:26:53,125 --> 00:26:55,750 And now, take up positions. 162 00:27:09,750 --> 00:27:15,292 PFC Vanhala. Are you a sheep or a Finnish soldier? 163 00:27:15,375 --> 00:27:18,375 I'm the world's greatest forest fighter. 164 00:27:18,458 --> 00:27:22,917 Right. I have but one wish: 165 00:27:23,042 --> 00:27:27,208 that the war would end so I could serve as a stud. 166 00:27:28,250 --> 00:27:32,000 A stud, goddammit... Well, why not? 167 00:27:32,083 --> 00:27:35,875 A man came from Arimathea and shoved his head up his ass. 168 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:40,417 Let's fuckin' show 'em. Long live anarchy and bloody rags. 169 00:27:40,500 --> 00:27:42,000 For fuck's sake. 170 00:27:45,625 --> 00:27:50,125 - Alright, here we are. - Let's dig some holes, then. 171 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,500 Your company holds a key position. 172 00:28:15,583 --> 00:28:17,917 You must stop the enemy here. 173 00:28:34,875 --> 00:28:37,208 I'll take two. 174 00:29:48,500 --> 00:29:50,500 Cigarette? 175 00:29:59,708 --> 00:30:01,500 Thanks. 176 00:30:52,875 --> 00:30:55,125 Hold your positions! 177 00:31:29,792 --> 00:31:32,417 - They'll roll us over! - No, they won't! 178 00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:35,500 There's a roadblock! Stay where you are! 179 00:31:41,667 --> 00:31:44,333 Sergeant, take the satchel charges, and let's go. 180 00:31:44,417 --> 00:31:46,083 Impossible! 181 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,917 Give it to me. 182 00:32:04,292 --> 00:32:06,042 Run! 183 00:32:34,875 --> 00:32:37,083 Go, go, go. 184 00:34:08,083 --> 00:34:10,208 Goddammit! 185 00:34:15,583 --> 00:34:20,542 The positions are lost. Third company is in total disarray. 186 00:34:25,667 --> 00:34:28,917 Dammit! Dammit! 187 00:34:40,708 --> 00:34:44,667 Damn flock of sheep! Not a step further! 188 00:34:44,750 --> 00:34:49,542 Take up positions! Any man who keeps running is dead. 189 00:34:49,625 --> 00:34:52,000 Not a step further! 190 00:34:52,083 --> 00:34:54,708 Stop or I'll shoot you! 191 00:34:54,792 --> 00:34:58,000 Men, Finland's future is at stake. 192 00:34:58,083 --> 00:35:01,375 - Stop fooling around! - The tanks are coming! 193 00:35:02,500 --> 00:35:05,042 Halt! Where are you going? 194 00:35:05,125 --> 00:35:08,125 For the last time, stop! Where are you going? 195 00:35:08,208 --> 00:35:10,792 Up north to hump wolves. 196 00:35:11,792 --> 00:35:15,500 Under military law I sentenced the traitor to death. 197 00:35:16,792 --> 00:35:19,500 Finland's future is at stake. 198 00:35:20,875 --> 00:35:23,750 To your positions! Dammit! 199 00:35:28,500 --> 00:35:30,125 Positions! 200 00:35:31,167 --> 00:35:32,583 Dammit! 201 00:35:42,125 --> 00:35:45,500 - Go, go! - Don't run away! 202 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:52,375 Stop running away! To your positions! 203 00:35:56,167 --> 00:35:57,875 To your positions! 204 00:35:59,875 --> 00:36:02,458 Don't... 205 00:36:06,667 --> 00:36:08,625 Help me! 206 00:36:17,042 --> 00:36:19,417 To your positions! 207 00:36:41,625 --> 00:36:47,667 LAST LINE OF DEFENSE JULY 1944 208 00:37:07,125 --> 00:37:10,042 Remember swimming in the Vuoksi River as kids? 209 00:37:10,125 --> 00:37:14,875 We'll never see that river again. There are dead bodies floating in it. 210 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,417 But we'll be swimmin' in this river. 211 00:37:18,500 --> 00:37:21,125 If we even get that far. 212 00:37:30,083 --> 00:37:32,458 Don't be saving them sugar rations now. 213 00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:36,542 They'll get wet and be ruined. We're going for a swim soon. 214 00:37:36,625 --> 00:37:40,542 - We could jump over that river. - Don't you start with me, kid. 215 00:37:41,750 --> 00:37:44,458 Eat the sugar! Don't leave it to get wet. 216 00:37:44,500 --> 00:37:47,292 The brass says we'll be able to hold our positions. 217 00:37:47,375 --> 00:37:50,292 Why is it so hard to get along with officers? 218 00:37:50,375 --> 00:37:53,208 I don't know... 219 00:37:53,292 --> 00:37:58,458 You ever wonder if the problem is with you? 220 00:38:01,750 --> 00:38:03,125 Me? 221 00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:06,375 Yeah. 222 00:38:09,042 --> 00:38:12,500 I always tell it the way it is. They just talk crap. 223 00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:20,500 We lost Karelia. We lost the war. 224 00:38:20,542 --> 00:38:23,417 I've got nothing left to lose. 225 00:38:23,500 --> 00:38:26,333 I want to make 'em pay for the home I lost. 226 00:39:03,375 --> 00:39:05,792 Alright, let's have a good fight! 227 00:39:12,833 --> 00:39:16,042 Ant“, you cam stay there. Ant“. 228 00:39:16,125 --> 00:39:17,667 Antti, get in the foxhole. 229 00:39:26,583 --> 00:39:28,750 It's time to go. 230 00:39:28,833 --> 00:39:31,833 Begin withdrawal. 231 00:39:31,917 --> 00:39:35,208 - You too, Susi. Go. - Onto the bridge, boys. 232 00:39:36,417 --> 00:39:38,458 Take the machine gun. 233 00:39:58,333 --> 00:40:01,208 Get back, boys! Get back! 234 00:40:42,833 --> 00:40:47,542 You, youngsters. You go first! Méétté, get the machine gun across. 235 00:40:47,625 --> 00:40:50,417 Go, go, go. 236 00:41:28,833 --> 00:41:32,292 - Cross now! - Let's retreat! 237 00:41:38,750 --> 00:41:42,333 Susi, go! Get in the water. 238 00:41:51,750 --> 00:41:54,792 - They got me. - Where did they get ya? 239 00:41:57,208 --> 00:42:00,750 They got me. 240 00:42:06,042 --> 00:42:08,375 Leave me behind. 241 00:42:48,167 --> 00:42:50,208 Rokka! 242 00:43:00,833 --> 00:43:04,042 Cover us! 243 00:43:44,833 --> 00:43:49,500 Antti! You got hit. I heard it. 244 00:44:24,458 --> 00:44:28,792 Vanhala, assemble an assault group. We need to take that trench back. 245 00:44:29,792 --> 00:44:32,375 - You see that body? - Yeah. 246 00:44:32,458 --> 00:44:35,667 Right beside it is their light machine gun. 247 00:44:35,750 --> 00:44:38,625 Try to get into the trench and take them out. 248 00:44:38,708 --> 00:44:42,208 I'll get in. If not in there, then into my grave. 249 00:44:42,292 --> 00:44:47,167 - I'll take Asumaniemi and Honkajoki. - We'll provide covering fire. 250 00:44:47,250 --> 00:44:51,875 I'm too scared to volunteer. You have to order me. 251 00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:55,792 - Then I'm ordering you. - That's a different matter. 252 00:44:55,875 --> 00:44:58,208 Submachine gun. 253 00:45:07,458 --> 00:45:08,750 Let's gm! 254 00:45:23,500 --> 00:45:25,500 Damn, boy. 255 00:45:25,542 --> 00:45:27,583 You ready? 256 00:45:49,583 --> 00:45:51,500 One to the right. 257 00:46:15,542 --> 00:46:18,167 The Russkies are leaving. 258 00:46:20,542 --> 00:46:22,792 Go! 259 00:46:22,875 --> 00:46:25,750 Charge! 260 00:46:25,833 --> 00:46:28,042 They're retreating! 261 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:37,708 - We did it! - Assault Group Vanhala. 262 00:46:37,792 --> 00:46:41,667 Excellent job. Your fatherland will remember you. 263 00:46:41,750 --> 00:46:44,583 I ran out of ammo. You have any more... 264 00:47:18,625 --> 00:47:23,667 ARMISTICE SEPTEMBER 4, 1944 265 00:47:28,583 --> 00:47:31,125 Please, no more! 266 00:47:40,625 --> 00:47:45,333 - No more! Stop! - Take cover! 267 00:47:45,417 --> 00:47:50,000 - There'll be peace soon! - Let me go! Let me go! 268 00:47:50,083 --> 00:47:52,542 Let me gm! 269 00:47:52,625 --> 00:47:54,750 Let go of me! 270 00:47:57,083 --> 00:47:59,083 Let me gm! 271 00:48:33,833 --> 00:48:37,833 We lose, and they shut us up. That's it. 272 00:48:43,083 --> 00:48:45,833 If only we still had your longbow. 273 00:48:57,708 --> 00:49:02,292 Citizens. This is the situation briefly. 274 00:49:02,375 --> 00:49:08,583 We have taken the first steps to establish relations 275 00:49:08,667 --> 00:49:11,500 with our great eastern neighbor. 276 00:49:11,583 --> 00:49:17,750 We've taken a step on a road that might sometimes be dangerous. 277 00:49:17,833 --> 00:49:20,083 We don't know yet what conditions 278 00:49:20,167 --> 00:49:22,333 our eastern neighbor will demand of us. 279 00:49:22,417 --> 00:49:25,125 But because our great eastern neighbor 280 00:49:25,208 --> 00:49:28,583 hasn't demanded our unconditional surrender, 281 00:49:28,667 --> 00:49:31,375 we feel it is our duty 282 00:49:31,458 --> 00:49:36,292 to meet whatever conditions the Soviet Union will set 283 00:49:36,375 --> 00:49:41,000 to prove our genuine will to maintain peace. 284 00:51:57,167 --> 00:52:00,125 THE PEACE TREATY DID NOT END THE HOSTILITIES IN FINLAND. 285 00:52:00,208 --> 00:52:03,292 THE GERMANS DID NOT LEAVE NORTHERN FINLAND WITHOUT FIGHT. 286 00:52:03,375 --> 00:52:06,625 THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE LAPLAND WAR, APRIL 27, 1945, 287 00:52:06,708 --> 00:52:09,167 IS COMMEMORATED ON THE NATIONAL VETERAN'S DAY. 288 00:52:09,250 --> 00:52:11,833 FINLAND WAS THE ONLY CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN COUNTRY 289 00:52:11,917 --> 00:52:13,500 NEVER OCCUPIED BY THE ENEMY. 290 00:52:13,542 --> 00:52:18,500 TO MY FATHER