Eugene Holman kirjoitti:
> In article <6v9ma4tb5jaagmeojpke565u19f69u09es@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, James A. Donald
> <jamesd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Had Finland hung tough till the cold war started, hung
>> tough till 1946, then it would have been in a
>> considerably better position.
You really are detached from reality.
> Finland was too small and war weary in the fall of 1944 to "hang tough".
> It was under strong diplomatic pressure from both its neighbors, Sweden
> and the USSR, as well as from the US through Swedish diplomatic
> connections, to make a deal, any deal, and get the hell out of the lost
> cause of a war. The USSR pointed to the fate of Estonia, Latvia, and
> Lithuania as the likely outcome for Finland if it did not make a serious
> effort to get itself out of the war as soon as possible. Germany was the
> only country that decided to "hang tough" to the bitter end, and look
what
> happened to it.
PS. I'm honoring Peteris' request and dropping s.c.baltics (as well as
other unrelated groups). Followups go to soc.culture.nordic only.
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Anton
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