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Thursday, November 11, 2021

Surrendering for makhorka

 During the Winter War, Finnish troops along the front lines hear a Soviet commissar yelling with a megaphone "Surrender to us, and we'll give you some makhorka!"

One Finn grabs a megaphone and yells back "Surrender to us, and we'll give you a pack of real cigarettes!"

The commissar yells back "Join us, we have communism!"

The Finn replies "I bet you're lying about the makhorka, too!"

One Finn is worth ten Russians!

 A Red Army division is marching through Finland during the height of the Winter War, when they hear a voice in the woods yell "One Finn is worth ten Russians!"

The commander sends in a squadron, and they are all quickly shot dead by a hidden Finnish sniper.

The voice calls again, "One Finn is worth a hundred Russians!" The commander sends in a regiment, and all his soldiers end up shot dead.

The voice yells "One Finn is worth a thousand Russians!" so the commander orders his entire division into the woods, knowing he has enough to overwhelm them.

Only one wounded survivor staggers out, saying "It's a trap, there are two Finns in the woods!"