What is "Finnishization"? Why did Finland jump around repeatedly during World War II without being carved up?

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Less than three months ago, at the beginning of the war in Ukraine, many people in the international community said that it may also be that the result of the Ukrainian war will make Ukraine become Finnish, but no one expected that it will be almost three months, the war on the Ukrainian side has not been completed, can Ukraine become Finnish, we don't know, but Finland is really likely to be Ukrainianized in the future, why?

Because Finland has decided to give up its neutrality for more than 70 years and applied to NATO for membership, Ukraine cannot become a member of NATO in the future, and Finland will soon become a member of NATO.

And what impact will this have on Finland in the future? Let's first explore, what is Finnishization? How did Finnishization come about?

Before World War II, the situation in Europe as a whole was very critical, germany's strong rise has made the neighboring countries feel chills, and the most worried is the Soviet Union, because of ideological reasons, Germany and the Soviet Union are aware of the inevitable war between the two sides, but when to fight.

For Germany, it would take a little time to sweep away the countries of Western Europe first, and for the Soviet Union, it would also need a period of recuperation to adjust back to the decline in the combat effectiveness of the army caused by the Great Purge.

For the British and French countries, they know that the rise of Germany is a troublesome thing, but they want to cause trouble, they want Germany and the Soviet Union to fight, so that we will lose both of us.

So in this sense, we have to understand why Britain and France were engaged in this appeasement at that time, not because they did not know the terrible rise of Germany, but because they hoped that after germany's rise, they would not come and bite us, you would bite the Soviet Union, so that we could watch from the sidelines.

But they did not expect that Hitler took the lead in signing a peace agreement with the Soviet Union in order to give himself enough time to sweep away Western Europe first, but for Stalin, he also knew that sooner or later, Germany would turn around and fight back, so Stalin wanted to build an eastern defense line and push the border of his territory to the west for another few hundred kilometers.

In such a state, the Soviet Union attacked Finland, some people may say, then you are not the Soviet Union is also an aggressor, we have talked about one thing in the past, the Spring and Autumn War.

When you foresee that a powerful and evil force is going to invade you, do you have to do some self-protection, and your self-protection may hurt other innocents, but in the face of a grander goal, you can only do this first.

So it is possible to say that the Soviet Union fought Finland as an invasion, but this may also be a helpless act, but of course, the Soviet-Finnish War we have talked to you before, the Soviet Union fought very badly, which made Hitler feel that the Soviets were really vulnerable, and he could quickly prepare to attack the Soviet Union.

Of course, although the Soviets fought very hard, they finally won a crushing victory, because in any case, Finland's size was too small, the population was too small, and the territory of the country was too narrow, so in the end Finland could only sign the alliance under the city, which lost to the Soviet Union, and Hitler found it.

Hitler said you were bullied by the Soviet Union, just when I was going to beat him, no, we can't cooperate, give your territory back, you think about Finland at that time, what can he do?

Although I think that Both Germany and Stalin are not easy to mess with, and both ends are demonic beings, but I have been bullied by the Soviet Union for a while, and Germany wants to come to help at this time, then I will get along with Germany.

So when the Nazis attacked the Soviet Union, Finland sent a large number of troops, Finland not only took back the territory it had lost, but also sent troops to participate in the siege of Stalingrad, And Finland's move was initially understood by Britain, France, and the United States, after all, you were beaten by the Soviet Union.

However, when Finland had taken back the land it had lost before the war and continued to send troops, Britain and the United States did not do it, and Britain later declared war on Finland.

The meaning of Britain and the United States is also very clear, it turns out that you were invaded by the Soviet Union, we can support you morally, now you are attacking the Soviet Union with Nazi Germany, we are now united front with the Soviet Union, so there is no way, we can only declare war with you, so in fact Finland is also a member of the Axis powers, Finland also sent troops to participate in the invasion of the Soviet Union.

And according to normal calculations, you, Finland after World War II, is a defeated country, you have to cut the land to pay reparations, but things are so interesting, in 1943, after Hitler's several major attacks were thwarted, Finland also slowly realized, and then mixed with German devils, I am afraid there is no good end, the Soviet Union will fight back sooner or later.

Moreover, the Soviet Union was already allied with Britain, France, and the United States at that time, and those countries had good relations with Finland, so Finland especially wanted to talk with the Soviet Union privately about cooperation and peace negotiations, to see if it could give us a chance to withdraw.

To tell the truth, if you do not negotiate with the Soviet Union, then as soon as the Soviet army arrives, you Finland and Germany are the same, the Soviet Red Army is pushed flat to Berlin, the whole of Germany is divided in two, Germany has become a defeated country and an occupied country, if You Finland does not negotiate peace with the Soviet Union, then Finland's fate is the same as Germany, and your territory will have to be dismembered.

After realizing this, the Finns wisely consulted with the Soviet Union through multiple channels, explaining that they were forced to be tied to a chariot by the Germans, hoping that the big brother of the Soviet Union would open up to them, never pursue their faults, and quickly reach a peace agreement with them.

For Stalin, the war was still going on, of course, many helpers were helpers, so Stalin also sent people to negotiate peace with Finland, and the final result was that if Finland could withdraw from the Axis camp early, then the Soviet Union promised not to divide him after the end of World War II, not to occupy him, as long as the land occupied by Finland was returned to the Soviet Union.

Receiving the results of this negotiation, the Finns were finally more pleased, and then the Finns turned their guns and went to war with the Germans in their own country, trying to drive the Germans away in order to prove themselves and completely withdraw from the Axis camp.

So Finland is a very interesting country, before World War II with the Soviet Union, in World War II with Germany, until the end of World War II, Stalin kept his promise and did not occupy Finland.

But there is a demand for Finland, I can not occupy you, you can not become my vassal state, but diplomatically, you can not be on the side of Britain and the United States, you have to be on my side.

At the end of World War II, how arrogant was the Soviet Union? The whole of Central and Eastern Europe, plus half of Germany, was in fact in the hands of the Soviet Union, and if Stalin had asked for a little, Finland would have become a vassal of the Soviet Union.

But given the international outlook and the peace agreement between Finland and the Soviet Union during World War II, Stalin did not send troops to occupy Finland.

But Finland itself was very aware of its situation, Finland at that time, basically under the siege of the entire Soviet union, so Finland said that I would remain neutral, I would not join any military group, I would not join the Warsaw Pact, I would not join NATO.

But in fact, many of Finland's foreign policies were for the Soviet Union, a state that guaranteed Finland's security, which is the origin of Finland's nationalization.

That is to say, when a small country and your neighbors are too powerful, you follow in the footsteps of your neighbors in many major international policies in exchange for the security of the country.

Before the war between Russia and Ukraine, many people thought that Ukraine would one day be Finnishized, but who wants to get that Finland itself is not Finnish now, Finland seized the opportunity, abandoned the policy of neutrality for more than 70 years, and wants to join NATO.

Original author: Li Chengwei