World At War: Distant War 3 of 6

[TroyBilt007]

In hindsight it seems Churchill was the only one in Great Brittan who could see the world as it actually was. Thank god for Churchill.

[fullstopltd]

rip ANZAC

[thx291]

Supposedly Churchill was booed in Parliament when he called the Munich agreement "a defeat."

[randy95023]

I've always felt sorry for the way Finland was manipulated and forced to be part of the Axis. They had fought so hard and bravely against the Soviets that they naturally sided with Germany when Germans were crushing the hated Soviets. Finland got screwed twice! First they were crushed by the inept Soviets and secondly they were forced into suffering defeat while sided with the Axis powers. I'm certain that Finland would have just as soon avoided the entire war and allowed neutrality..

[DutchDanimal]

Not entirely true. Finalnd's fight against the Soviets was another than the German one and that became apparent at the siege of Leningrad in which the Fins did refuse to fully cooperate. That was noticed by the Soviets and saved Finland's independence as a democratic 'western' state. So to state they were part of the Axis is not true.

[electricguitarplayr]

Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary were also members of the axis.

[MokomaSusi]

"First they were crushed by the inept Soviets and secondly they were forced into suffering defeat while sided with the Axis powers."

Finland wasn't never crushed by soviets. When war ended finnish army was stronger and more better equipped than it had been before. Our army was still in fighting condition when war ended.

[Wachetpower]

250,000 men(Finland) vs. 1,000,000 men(Soviet)

"Don't fuck with Finland," is all I haveto say.

[alexander33345]

You were lucky fins!

[phaeryen]

more like stalin was stupid. (to execute his high command and officers before a war!)

[dlnorthc]

the real issue isn't luck or stalin's decisions...

the real issue is that FINLAND IS A FROZEN WASTELAND! It's hard to attack! :)

j/k wachet I think Finland is a really beautiful country

[IiiERT]

What does that mean?

"Don't fuck with Finland, they don't have the manpower."

[21Blitz]

@Wachetpower Its easy to say that, Soviets would of done it faster but that fucking Mannerheim Line the Finna made was one hell of a fortafied spot. Soviets did take it but, dam it took along time.

[tripper85]

its unfair how small neutral countries payed a lot of price in this war