The Times: I finlandesi umiliano i soldati americani – Ai riservisti finlandesi è stato chiesto di prendersela comoda durante un’esercitazione NATO. I soldati americani trovarono le perdite troppo umilianti.

Translation for those few out there who don’t speak Finnish

> According to the British newspaper The Times, Finnish reservists performed so well in a NATO exercise in northern Norway last year that the exercise leadership asked them to ease the pressure on American troops.
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> This was the Joint Viking exercise, held in March 2025, which tested NATO’s operational capabilities in Arctic conditions. In the exercise, Finnish reservists played the attacking side, while US forces played a defensive role.

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> Finnish Defence Forces conscripts beat the world’s most famous elite military unit in a NATO war exercise
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> According to a military source interviewed by the newspaper, the Finns were “asked to stop defeating the Americans” because the losses were perceived as humiliating and demoralising for the American troops.
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> **Indication of a wider problem**
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> According to The Times, the incident reflects a broader problem with the United States’ Arctic military capabilities. The newspaper’s assessment is that European NATO countries, especially Finland, Norway and the United Kingdom, clearly have more experience and capabilities to operate in northern and cold conditions.
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> The article also discusses US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that Russia and China pose an immediate military threat to Greenland.
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> However, experts interviewed by The Times dispute Trump’s claims and emphasise that Russia’s military activity in the Arctic has weakened due to the war in Ukraine.

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> According to the newspaper, it is the expertise of European NATO allies, such as Finland, that plays a key role in the security of the Arctic region.
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> The United States is said to be dependent on Finland for, among other things, icebreaker technology and Arctic warfare expertise.

> **Joint Viking**
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> Joint Viking is a NATO winter exercise led by the Norwegian Defence Forces, which took place in Northern Norway in March 2025.
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> The exercise involved approximately 10,000 soldiers from several NATO countries, and its aim was to develop the alliance’s cooperation and operational capabilities in demanding Arctic conditions.
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> According to the Finnish Defence Forces, troops from the Jaeger Brigade readiness unit participated in the exercise. The United States included troops from the US Marine Corps’ II Army Corps (II MEF) and the US Army’s 41st Field Artillery Brigade.

[Here’s the English-language article](https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/greenland-russians-chinese-nato-8q6pvgdx6) referred to, but it’s behind a paywall

What’s the point of this. Yes. Finns do well in cold weather training. It’s natural they do well against us. I assume this is in response to Trumps comments against troops. I totally agree bad comment he made. Have no idea how he says these things. I know his plan is to stop NATO and break it up.

That’s funny. Greetings from Finland.

You can say it was home turf advantage.