Finland 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

Finland 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...