Karlsonn

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by Karlsonn 5y ago
I am not trolling. But I agree with you that I was wrong in saying that the Finns were German allies throughout. They were not allies from 1939-1940 and started to be German allies in 1941.
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by Karlsonn 5y ago
I am not offended. You seem to like history so I am going to leave a few sources on Finland: [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_and_Mannerheim_recordin... Hitler and Mannerheim were very close. [2] The Finns even
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by Karlsonn 5y ago
The Finnish leader was Hitler's best friend, sharing his ideology and offering him military support during the siege of Leningrad. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim It took until 2018 for
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by Karlsonn 5y ago
Perhaps to make WW2 less strange, think of alliances as British/Russian group vs. French/German group with US participating at the end on the British/Russian side. The Finns were German allies throughout. The pre-war Germans
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by Karlsonn 5y ago
Half the "neutral" or "Defeated" countries during WW2 were just too shy to admit they were pro-German. The popularity of far right movements in these countries today is a good indicator of their allegiance back then
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by Karlsonn 5y ago
To be honest, I never lived in Switzerland and only know about it from my Swiss-German friends which, I imagine is a vastly different perspective than a Swiss-French, Swiss-Romansch or a Swiss-Italian would provide. On the German side, ther
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by Karlsonn 5y ago
There is very very little overlap between US and Swiss culture. The swiss were known for being good mercenaries and for living in such rugged terrain that few nations dared to take them over. Unlike the US, the Swiss have universal healthca