JensenPark Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 question I'd throw out there: Wonder why the Soviets didn't go in and finish off Finland (no pun intended) after (or during) the war? I mean, it's not as if Stalin wasn't looking to expand the empire - and they obviously had 'history'. Yea, the Finns fought well in the 'continuation war' etc, but I couldn't imagine them having a chance against the USSR of 1945... appreciate your thoughts on this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta7 Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 some info here http://www.rajajoki.com/ basically the finns were suing for peace after stalingrad and after the poor results of their Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleTap Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 some info here http://www.rajajoki.com/ basically the finns were suing for peace after stalingrad and after the poor results of their Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunflower Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 In the Avalon Hill game Squad Leader the Finns are arguably the best infantry in the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensenPark Posted November 7, 2006 Author Share Posted November 7, 2006 thanks all... just reading a (very long, and dry but informative) booked called 900 Days - about the seige of Leningrad. On page 200 and it is just now getting to the start of the war. Couple things: it is absolutely amazing how badly Stalin misread Hitler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo.Pepper Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Harrison Salisbury! Great - epic -definitive book (Just skip over the Russian poetry parts!) I think they didn't swallow up Finland at the end of the war because there was no need to. If the USSR wanted something from Finland, resources, concession, etc they would get it. Finland signed a pact with USSR at the end of the war stating that while they were not allied with the USSR, if an attack on the USSR passed through Finland, then Finland would resist and repulse it. The term became known as Finlandization and is sometimes applied to Canada and our participation in North American Defence (I.E. NORAD, DEW Line etc.) In Finland and Canada's case geography dictated policy. One disgruntled Canadian diplomat disparagingly remarked that "we are all stuck on our flypaper". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Painless Posted November 7, 2006 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted November 7, 2006 ~S~ What a fascinating thread !! Not a topic I've ever known that much about other than watching Discovery channel documentaries on the subject. None of it surprises me in as far as the way in which the Finns were regarded. Having talked to Klinger , who as some of you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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