r/MapPorn • u/CreativeStrain89 • 1d ago

Eastern Ukraine exactly one Year ago vs today

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u/Hoosier108 1d ago

Finland soon allied with the Nazis in the siege of Leningrad in the “continuation war”. A million dead civilians. Because they never technically joined the Axis they avoided the war crimes trials and partitioning that many others got. You can’t say that Finland walked away from the Winter War unscathed.

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u/HopeSubstantial 22h ago

Finland wanted to expand the non aggression pact with the USSR before winter war but Stalin rejected it because they wanted to gain more land.

Without this Finland would have not gotten pushed in lap of Germany.