Finland in WWII

OK, I know this is kind of random, but I've been reading a bit about this lately. Finland is like a European Mexico (any Mexican readers, please excuse the following analogy, if you find it offensive; I'm sure no Finns read this blog, and if any do, no offense meant, either; if there any Finnish-Mexicans, I guess no apology would work . . .): It's a small country next-door to a very large and powerful country. In Finland's case, that neighbor was the U.S.S.R. Finland had been a part of Russia until the end of the First World War, and its leaders were always concerned that the Soviets would invade. Oh, and they had reason to, given the Soviet attack on Finland in 1939, the Winter War.

Through 1940-41, the British were somewhat sympathetic to the Finns. But once Hitler invaded the U.S.S.R. and thus cemented the alliance between Britain and the Soviets, the Brits were less concerned with the Finns. And Hitler had invaded Norway and Denmark, and the Swedes were not any help. The Finns had to choose sides, and you wouldn't choose the side that promised to swallow you, would you? So they worked with the Axis powers . . .

Link.

Worth a look. An interesting situation, from a foreign-policy perspective.