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you mean WWII? If so, this is just wrong, no-one in Finland "voted" to join the Axis, she was not technically a part of Axis and didn't want to side with German
by Seasandthequote 2y ago
you mean WWII? If so, this is just wrong, no-one in Finland "voted" to join the Axis, she was not technically a part of Axis and didn't want to side with Germany at all. GB and Sweden were first asked but they weren't able to help in the defence from Soviet Union. AFAIK they weren't fighting anywhere but their own territory
- noinsight 2y agoFinland did cross the old borders in parts, but we specifically didn’t participate in the Siege of Leningrad and refused all German demands for assistance.
- int_19h 2y agoFinland had quite a few far right figures in its government at the time who were obsessed with "Greater Finland", for which they needed to occupy and annex East Karelia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_military_administration_in_Eastern_Karelia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_military_administratio...