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> Finland did not fight a brutal civil war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Civil_War#Red_and_White_terror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Civil_War
by zokier 6y ago
> Finland did not fight a brutal civil war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Civil_War#Red_and_White_terror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Civil_War#Red_and_Whit...
"Together with the harsh prison-camp treatment of the Reds during 1918, the executions inflicted the deepest mental scars on the Finns, regardless of their political allegiance"
"The Civil War was a catastrophe for Finland: around 36,000 people – 1.2 percent of the population – perished. The war left approximately 15,000 children orphaned"
- syops 6y agoI did not know about this. Thank you for the correction. I think the rest of my point stands. I hope!