Chapter 629： Solve the Finnish problem in half a month (1/2)
”We should have solved Finland's problems long ago.” Sitting in his chair, Stalin said steadily.
Finland is originally the territory of the Soviets! In Stalin's concept, this is the case. Finland's essential problems are actually similar to Poland. They all became independent when Tsarist Russia was overthrown!
Historically, Finland has always been the eastern territory of the Kingdom of Sweden, until the outbreak of the Northern War in 1700, Sweden was defeated by the emerging Russian Empire, and its power position was replaced by the latter.
After that, Russia made persistent efforts and obtained large-scale territorial compensation through new wars, and created the ”Grand Duchy of Finland” as a buffer state between Sweden and Russia. Tsar Alexander I also granted Finland a high degree of autonomy.
Until World War I, the Russian Empire finally collapsed due to the October Revolution, and Finland had a rare opportunity for independence. The Finnish Senate officially declared Finland's independence.
At that time, the nascent Soviet-Russian Bolshevik government was discussing the possibility of a truce with Germany. Faced with Finland’s request, they agreed in principle to Finland’s independence, but in fact they planned to organize a workers’ government to replace the current regime and replace Finland with The form of joining countries was re-incorporated into the Soviet Union.
It can be seen that Lao Maozi has never had any kindness, regardless of the political system, Lao Maozi is still that old Maozi.
Unfortunately, this time Lao Maozi miscalculated.
The Red Army supported by the Soviet Union and the White Army supported by Germany formally broke out in a civil war. After several years of **** and brutal civil war, the White Army finally won and took control of the national territory.
Unfortunately, Germany also became a defeated country and was unable to control Finland, so Finland officially became independent. Moreover, because Soviet Russia was still engaged in the Soviet-Polish war with Poland, as a result, Finland was able to obtain very favorable results on the border. The southern border of the Isthmus of Karelia is only 32 kilometers away from Leningrad, a large Russian city. The northern and eastern borders have been beyond the period of the Grand Duchy, bordering the Arctic Ocean, and it also has an ice-free port in the Arctic Circle, Bechamo.
After the Soviet Union and Poland finished the war, they could finally turn around to deal with Finland. Over the years, the borders have been raging, but it hasn't been much trouble.
The Soviet Union has always been dragged down by many things, and it was unable to launch a large-scale battle to bring back Finnish territory. Just a few years ago, when the Soviet Union and Germany signed a secret treaty, Germany had agreed in principle. Leave Finland to the Soviet Union.
This also made Stalin very satisfied. Unfortunately, he didn't know how deep and terrible Finland was, waiting for them to jump.
The senior Soviet commanders are quite optimistic at this time.
The Soviets have a vast land, a large population, and a great potential for war. Isn't it a matter of minutes to fight Finland? Even if it is the war that is breaking out in Europe, if the Soviet Union is to go up, this is definitely not the result.
And now, I didn't expect that the Finns would dare to take the initiative to provoke!
This incident, in the eyes of both parties, was the first shot the other side fired.
From the perspective of Finland, the Soviets took the initiative to cross the border, and after coming over, they picked up their guns and shot them, killing the Finnish cavalry. After that, the Finnish frontier cavalry had to fight back.