Finland’s Accidental Super Soldier: The Wild True Story of Aimo Koivunen and the Meth-Fueled Ski Escape

Dive into the unbelievable true story of Aimo Koivunen, the Finnish soldier who survived a Soviet ambush, consumed an entire bottle of military-issued methamphetamine, skied more than 250 miles through Arctic wilderness, survived a landmine explosion, hallucinations, starvation, and freezing temperatures, and somehow lived to tell the tale. In this hilarious and deeply detailed episode of The Strange History Podcast, we explore one of the most extreme survival stories in military history. Blending humor, true accounts, and the cultural backbone of Finnish “sisu,” this episode reveals how one man accidentally became a real-life super soldier in one of history’s strangest wartime moments.

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