What comes to your mind if you think of Finland?

[Zebra]

a brave fight against Russia once

 

[Zebra]

10000000 lakes .....

 

[Mack The Finger]

Finland

 

[Oddball]

 

[Zebra]

Helsinki

 

[shockedcanadian]

hockey, cold, former Eastern Bloc country, soldiers who fight over their weight class, famous WWII sniper

 

[Zebra]

hockey, cold, former Eastern Bloc country, soldiers who fight over their weight class, famous WWII sniper

Eastern Bloc?


??

not really ...

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Mods, this is a remake of eight days ago.

 

[80zephyr]

An ally of the Nazi's.

 

[Zebra]

snow

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Russian killers

 

[shockedcanadian]

Eastern Bloc?


??

not really ...

Yes you are correct technically. Not akin to the Czechoslovakia or East Germany, but yes indeed they had allegiances.

Though not in the same manner, they essentially accepted terms of neutrality during the Cold War (similar to others) and Russias boot was unofficially on their necks.

There is even a term for it if I recall, "Finlandization.

I didn't live through it obviously, but I can assure you, Russia had great influence though not officially as under their terms via the Warsaw Pact. Sweden was in the same boat I guess.

 

[Zebra]

Yes you are correct technically. Not akin to the Czechoslovakia or East Germany, but yes indeed they had allegiances.

Though not in the same manner, they essentially accepted terms of neutrality during the Cold War (similar to others) and Russias boot was unofficially on their necks.

There is even a term for it if I recall, "Finlandization.

I didn't live through it obviously, but I can assure you, Russia had great influence though not officially under their terms via the Warsaw Pact. Sweden was in the same boat I guess.

you are right there

 

[LuckyDuck01!]

a brave fight against Russia once

Nokia computers and cellphones.

 

[Rambunctious]

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

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In Finland, there are no bikini shots

 

[OKTexas]

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