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RE: Finnish Fascist Flyers? - A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words
Loved the old photos, always interesting to see history captured that way.
As far as Finland during the Nazi era, I would say it had a lot more to do with countering Soviet territorial ambitions than any love for Hitler. As you mentioned, the Winter War of 1939 left most Finns feeling bitter towards the Soviets.
Not defending their decision of course, but honestly, at that time, there wasn't a great ammount of difference between the horrors of Nazi Germany and the horrors of the Stalinist Soviet Union with it's purges and forced starvations and gulags.
It was a nasty time all around I think.
You hit the nail on the head. Tough decision for the Finns. The evil you know vs the evil that everyone else knows. I don't necessarily blame the Finns for the decision, but I hate hearing excuses about why. You joined a group of people that were exterminating others. They could've tried to go the "neutrality" route like Sweden, but Sweden was about as neutral as Austria.