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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: 49thMIMOMander who wrote (17657)	5/21/2003 10:36:01 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

It is a basic fact that Finland fought with Germany against the USSR from 1941-1944. That makes Finland and Germany allies by definition. Your assertion that Finland wasn't involved in WWII and wasn't an ally of Nazi Germany just makes you look both dishonest and foolish. Here is a picture of one of the Finnish Air Force's planes used during WWII: hkkk.fi And a book entitled Finnish Aces of World War 2 ospreypublishing.com Note the swastikas on the side of Finland's planes. If you're interested in sources, you could check out: Finland In The Second World War: Between Germany and Russia Olli Venvilainen, Gerard McAlester (Translator) search.barnesandnoble.com From the Publisher On 30 November 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Finland and tried to establish a puppet regime there. After a heroic three-month struggle fought in the snow and darkness of the northern winter, Finland survived as an independent democratic nation. Isolated and embittered by the human and territorial losses it had suffered, it sought German protection, and in June 1941 the Finnish Army under Field Marshal Mannerheim joined the German offensive against the Soviet Union. When the fortunes of war turned against it, it managed in autumn 1944 to extricate itself from the war and conclude an armistice with the USSR. Finland was the only country on the Axis side that was never occupied, and the only western neighbour of the Soviet Union where the Communists did not succeed in seizing power.