Likewise, Finland actually sided with Germany during that time. ...But not because they wanted to! At the time, Finland had not been a free country again for very long, and Russia was eager to regain control of the small country. As Finland was SO small, and seeing as how nobody else would come to their aid against Russia, Finland had no choice but to side with Russia's enemy and ours, Germany. In the end, Finland still lost part of their land mass (Karelia), but was able to keep their overall freedom.
Sadly, due to their taking sides with Germany, Finland was later forced (by NATO and the UN) to downsize their military to below bare-minimum levels for several decades, as well as dismantling their entire air force and navy, as small as they were. When that time ended, they chose to show the world that they truly did not want to side the way they did, and kept their military very small.
Since that time, Russia has made repeated threats to try and take over control of the little country yet again, but fortunately for Finland, they now have the rest of the free world backing it.
Before Russia, Finland had been invaded by both the Vikings (like who hadn't, right?) as well as Sweden. So during WWII, Finland was really stuck between a rock and a hard place, with former invaders on either side of them.
Wasn't originally going to get into this little bit of history today, but then thought it might be even more appropriate on this day, as we are celebrating our own independence. Am actually glad it was brought up earlier.
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