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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

NATO is gonna fail as hard as the nazis did when they tried to advance eastward. Sorry europe, not gonna work this time either.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

i'm legitimately curious about this one, i always thought that finland aligned with nazi germany in order to help defend them in the winter war, but finland itself never really helped nazism or nazi germany in any capacity ๐Ÿค”

(though i never really delved into this topic, so i'm not sure)

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No probs! This is a very detailed account of the history, negotiations and details around the winter war. Remember also that Finland crushed their own workers revolts in 1919, and were part of the alliance attacking the USSR in the russian civil war / revolution, as they were to do again in ww2 alongside nazi germany.

The safety of Leningrad (which was within artillery range of Finland, and which had been attacked in the previous decades by Finland, Britain and Germany, and which Finland later assisted nazi germany in nearly starving leningrad's people to death), was the primary issue of the winter war.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

they definitely adapted fascism for quite a bit, until the soviets smacked them upside the head

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

they definitely adapted fascism for quite a bit

how so?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Well their military and government was chock full of it, which is why Finland was so eager to help germany:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-11/report-finds-finnish-soldiers-were-complicit-in-wwii-atrocities/10798222

German influence in the government and many other aspect was apparent in the buildup of the Lapua movement in the early 30s. It was crushed, but the fact a fascist revolution even could happen is indicative of its popularity.

I hate to use wikipedia, but this article I had in my drives has been checked to be found pretty good: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right_politics_in_Finland

It specifically highlights the existence of heightened fascist power from 1929 on to the early 40s. That is why it so eagerly sided with Nazis, took part in miniature holocausts, and participated in an idea of expansionism into soviet territory. It wanted land it lost in 1940 due to losing the winter war, even though the Soviets signed a large truce and guaranteed their independence as a country moving forward. Fascism heightens imperialist ambitions of capitalism, causing them to side with the barbaric nazis as they tore through the USSR's countryside in Barbarossa.

The Soviets though, again, started kicking their ass back into their lands, and killing their fascist elements. I said Finland had adapted Fascism, not become it, so they just needed to be entirely threatened to be shown the error of such ways, and then turned against fascism.

Sadly since the fall of the soviets they have slowly started up "Finland First" fascist movements. They've regressed on taking care of their school system, which is at risk of quickly falling in quality.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

The liberal cope will be unreal when NATO inevitably loses.

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (69 children)

Finland helping make sure that Ukraine bleeds to the last Ukrainian that can hold a gun.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (21 children)

Finland, supporting nazis from 1939

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (21 children)

they literally had the Swastika in their nations Air force flag until a few years ago

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My god, the same person is still downvoting all my shit

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

lmao, someone doesnt recieve enough sunlight

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

At this point, I'm considering to write a script to automate the process

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