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Re:Red Dawn in Lapland by jacquesm on Monday January 08, 2018 @12:39PM (#16098349)
> And recalling how Fins cozied up to the Nazis

Not until after they were rebuffed by Sweden and Great Britain, there was no way they were going to stand up to Russia in the longer term without outside help.

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Re:Red Dawn in Lapland by nikanj on Monday January 08, 2018 @01:01PM (#16098490)
We would have preferred a deal with the devil, but Hitler had tanks and guns.
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Re:Red Dawn in Lapland by jacobush on Monday January 08, 2018 @02:29PM (#16099439)
A lot of people felt a little guilty about it afterwards, on both the Allied side and the Finnish side, I think.
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