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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 5296019" data-attributes="member: 48469">You have very little, if any consideration for nuance or grey area in anything you post. Finns and Germans were fighting and killing each other well before the end of WWII in Europe.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.historyhit.com/countries-that-switched-from-the-axis-powers-to-the-allies/[/URL]&quot;Never a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, Finland was nonetheless a co-belligerent on the side of the Axis Powers. This was a result of the Soviet invasion of Finland, as sanctioned by the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.With little or no support from other powers, <a href="https://www.historyhit.com/why-did-300-jewish-soldiers-fight-alongside-the-nazis/" target="_blank">Finland signed the Anti-Comintern Pact</a>, an anti-communist agreement of mainly fascist powers, in November 1941. The main reason for Finland’s siding with Germany was to regain territory lost to the Soviets in the Winter War of 1939 – 1940.As opposed to Axis Power states and affiliates, Finland granted asylum to Jews and <a href="https://www.historyhit.com/why-did-300-jewish-soldiers-fight-alongside-the-nazis/" target="_blank">had Jewish soldiers serving in its military</a>. It also refused to participate in the Siege of Leningrad.By August 1944 Finland had a new president who began to hold secret talks with the Soviet Union, negotiating a peace by September, which also required the expulsion of German troops. This resulted in the Lapland War between Finland and Germany (September 1944 – April 1945).&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 5296019, member: 48469"] You have very little, if any consideration for nuance or grey area in anything you post. Finns and Germans were fighting and killing each other well before the end of WWII in Europe. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.historyhit.com/countries-that-switched-from-the-axis-powers-to-the-allies/[/URL] "Never a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, Finland was nonetheless a co-belligerent on the side of the Axis Powers. [B]This was a result of the Soviet invasion of Finland, as sanctioned by the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.[/B] With little or no support from other powers, [URL='https://www.historyhit.com/why-did-300-jewish-soldiers-fight-alongside-the-nazis/']Finland signed the Anti-Comintern Pact[/URL], an anti-communist agreement of mainly fascist powers, in November 1941. [B]The main reason for Finland’s siding with Germany was to regain territory lost to the Soviets in the Winter War of 1939 – 1940. As opposed to Axis Power states and affiliates, Finland granted asylum to Jews and [URL='https://www.historyhit.com/why-did-300-jewish-soldiers-fight-alongside-the-nazis/']had Jewish soldiers serving in its military[/URL]. [/B]It also refused to participate in the Siege of Leningrad. By August 1944 Finland had a new president who began to hold secret talks with the Soviet Union, negotiating a peace by September, which also required the expulsion of German troops. [B]This resulted in the Lapland War between Finland and Germany (September 1944 – April 1945).[/B]" [/QUOTE]

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