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Another strange alliance - when the Finns fought "with" the Germans against the Russian. I'm using quotes because they weren't allies, really, but were against
by tcopeland 12y ago
Another strange alliance - when the Finns fought "with" the Germans against the Russian. I'm using quotes because they weren't allies, really, but were against a common enemy at the time. Some discussion of that in "The Winter War" - http://www.amazon.com/Winter-War-The-Finland-1939-1940/dp/0811724336 http://www.amazon.com/Winter-War-The-Finland-1939-1940/dp/08....
- kiiski 12y agoI'm not sure what discussion you mean, but the Winter War was, as the title says, in the winter 39-40. Finland and Germany only started fighting together against Soviets in 41 (Continuation War). There wasn't really anything strange about that de facto alliance; Germany wanted to attack the Soviets, and Finland wanted back the land lost in the Winter War. Naturally they would cooperate.
- tcopeland 12y agoYup, it's a brief mention on page 147.
- comrh 12y agoAlso the closest I believe we've come to having two democracies openingly fighting each other (USA v. Finland)
- kiiski 12y agoUK (and Canada, Australia, etc.) did declare war on Finland, and attacked a Finnish harbour[1]. While USA didn't declare war, I doubt anything would have changed if they did, since Finland was out of their reach anyway. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Kirkenes_and_Petsamo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Kirkenes_and_Petsamo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuation_War#Finland_and_the_Western_allies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuation_War#Finland_and_th...
- chrisdevereux 12y agoDepending on how you define 'Democracy', you could count the war of 1812 (USA vs UK) as two democracies openly fighting. Both had elected legislatures & executives at the time (although both with a heavily restricted franchise)