Kindred Nations Wars 1918-1922. The Finnish volunteers in the Estonian war of independence

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FINALY i was able to load this in here Youtube has been a strange and has not let me download this video in here. Kindred Nations wars 1918-1922 "Heimosodat" Finland had just won its national independence, and a part of the population felt that they had obligations to help other Finnic peoples to attain the same. Estonia, the closest and numerically biggest "kindred nation", had gained its independence at the same time, but had less resources, less institutions ready to support its attained position, and more Russian troops inside its borders. Other Finnic peoples were at a much lower cultural, economic and political capability level. The Finnish Civil War had awakened a strong nationalistic feeling that sought tangible ways to make itself have impact. Finland had, for the two next decades, a relatively high citizen participation in nationalistic activities (e.g. Karelianism and Finnicization of the country and its institutions). Only the strenuous five-year period 1939--45 of total war drained excess enthusiasm. Aunus expedition Strength Finland about 2500-2700 Aunus about 1000 Soviet Russia about 20 000 Viena expedition Strength Finland 1500 Red Guards and Karelians 1550 East Karelian Uprising and Soviet--Finnish conflict 1921--1922 Strength Finnish volunteers 550 East Karelians 2500 Total: 3050 Red Army 13 000 And 3700 Finnish volunteer fight for Estonian freedom.