James A. Donald kirjoitti:
> Eugene Holman) wrote:
>> 1. The Soviets tried the intervention model in Finland in 1939.
Although
>> they won the war and got most of what they wanted in the 1940 treaty,
the
>> price was exceptionally high, and they had to defend their ill-gotten
>> gains against vengeful Finns and their German corades-in-arms between
1941
>> and 1944. The Soviets learned the hard way that Finland is not worth
the
>> trouble that it would take to subdue or subjugate it.
> Except that the Finns were advertising that they would not fight this
> time around
As did the Soviets. (If they actually would have honoured the agreement
in case of a "Stalin the 2nd" is another story.)
> - which is part of what "finlandization" means.
Wrong again. "Finlandization" roughly speaking means self-imposed,
voluntary censor****p (censor****p was not required by law) and
appeasement towards the Soviets.
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Anton
