The Hakkapeliittas – brutally infamous Finnish cavalry

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The hakkapeliitta riders are no doubt the most famous unit of Finnish military history before the Second World War. So let’s take a look at these harbingers of death from the battlefields of the Thirty Years’ War. In this video we will look at the history, tactics, equipment and reputation of the famous Finnish mounted harbingers of death, as well as their famous war cry "Hakkaa päälle, pohjan poika!"

00:00 Hakkapeliittas – the infamous Finnish cavalry
00:40 Thirty Years' War and Europe in the 1600s
01:36 How did one become a Hakkapeliitta?
02:53 Arms & armor of the hakkapeliittas
06:10 How did the hakkapeliittas fight?

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