Pretty awesome Finland in colour war pictures which I would like to share. Some of them are from the winter war of 1939 and the others are from the world war two. I don't have information about this photo's so if you know something about them then please tell! I only know something about the first 6 pic's. I've add Finnish or Suomi (which is Finnish for Finland) music.
Songs;
- Finnish Suomi SS Potpourri (that's a mix of different Finnish songs which you may know since they are 'stolen' from the Germans)
- Suomi Marssi (sounds just like the Englandlied)
- Div. SS Wiking - Asevoikka (Suomi) (sounds like ' mein guter Kamerad, ich hatt einen kameraden' )
I guess they also sing something that's pretty alike to what the Germans sing so that's why I've add the graveyard pictures there.
I will try to find some lyrics, I have found the songtext of the Finnish Erika song which means Kaarina in Finnish.
Kaarina (Erika) Suomi Finnish
Kankahalla kasvaa kaunis kukkanen,
Nimeltään Kaarina.
Perhot kirjosiivet kiertää kilvaten,
Miss´ on hän, Kaarina.
Hällä huuli kun on hunajaa,
Tuoksu kummustansa tulvahtaa.
Kankahalla kasvaa kaunis kukkanen,
Nimeltään Kaarina.
Siellä jossain tiedän sievän tyttösen,
Nimeltään Kaarina.
Mua hän muistelee tuo hellyys herttainen,
Aartehein, Kaarina.
Voi kun luonto säihkyy väreissään,
Hälle lennätän mä laulun tän.
Kankahalla kasvaa kaunis kukkanen,
Nimeltään Kaarina.
Kukka kaunis myös on kamarissa mun,
Nimeltään Kaarina.
Aamunkoittehesta päivän laskuhun,
Katsoo mua, Kaarina.
On kuin kuulisin sen kuiskaavan:
Pikku morsiantas muistathan,
Suahan täällä jossain itkee tyttönen,
Nimeltään Kaarina.
Suomen marssi
Sanat: Ovat eessämme kunniamme päivät,
Meitä odottaa taistelu ja työ
Taas taaksemme rauhantoimet jäivät,
Taas suomen leijona nyt lyö
Chorus:
Siis nyt isketään, eesta heimon tään
Taas kalvat lyö, kun valjennut on kansamme työ
Siis nyt eespäin, veikot esspäin
Suomi marssii aamunkoittohon
Suomi marssii aamunkoittohon
Ylös ryntäämme vainolaista vastaan,
Eesta kallin maamme pohjoisen
Se ei konsanaan luovu karjalastaan
Heitä seuraavat henget isien
Ja jos kohtalo niinkin käydä sallis
Että kentällä sankarhaudan saan
Niin et itkeä saa sä tyttö kallis
Minä kaaduinhan eestä synnyinmaan
Some information;
The Finnisches Freiwilligen-Bataillon der Waffen-SS was a Finnish volunteer combat battalion of the German Waffen-SS. It saw action on the Eastern Front during World War II.
Formed in 1941 as SS Freiwilligen-Battalion Nordost, the battalion was made up of 1,200 Finnish volunteers who had signed to fight against the Soviet Union for two years. While many Finns were already serving with the SS-Division Wiking, the battalion differed in that it was staffed with Finnish officers and NCOs (Wiking being commanded by Germans).
The mathematician Rolf Nevanlinna was chairman of the Committee for the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS.
After initial training in Vienna the battalion was transferred to Stralsund in June 1941 and at the beginning of August to the infantry barracks at Gross-Born, Pomerania, for more training and where it was attached to SS Division Wiking.
The battalion was sent to the Eastern front in January 1942 and took part on battles along the Mius River and later in the Caucasus campaign of 1942, forming the vanguard of the furthest south made by the Germans during the campaign, reaching the Grozny oil fields before finally being pushed back by the Soviets.
In May 1943 the battalion was transferred away from the front, as the two years was at an end, and was disbanded in July 1943. Those members of the battalion who wanted to stay in Waffen-SS joined SS Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier Division Nordland or SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers.
The unit lost 255 men killed in action, 686 wounded and 14 missing during its service.
The battalion was praised by many Waffen-SS commanders, even Heinrich Himmler, for its combat performance. Himmler said "Where a Finnish SS-man stood, enemy was always defeated." Moreover, the unit or its members were never accused of any war crimes.
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