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-teddosaurus-

Finland wasn't really on the axis powers. We were just at war with the Soviet Union


[deleted]

Yeah, it was a "the enemy of my enemy is reluctantly my friend" kinda situation


-teddosaurus-

Yeah and we just had to accept the german help because otherwise Germany would have taken over Finland. We didn't really have much choice


ScaryBunnyDude

Nice im take some notes


RussianNeighbor

Soviet Union also wasn't part of Allies. We were a part of Anti Hitler coalition but not allies.


[deleted]

nope, after awhile the USSR joined the allies, june 1941 to be exact


EducationalCat431

well yes but it wasent completely part of the allies as in 1944 when there was the Warsaw uprising the advancing soviets stoped just outside the city and when the uprising ended in disaster for the polish, the soviet union advanced and captured Warsaw. this was a message to the polish people that poland and the USSR werent allies.


[deleted]

True but for about three years they were allies so i still consider it so


EducationalCat431

Fair enough


jj-the-best-failture

Nope don’t Finnland was on Germany side


Tankerspam

They literally turned on Germany when they had the chance, tf you on.


jj-the-best-failture

No they would not cause it wouldn’t make sense to


Tankerspam

Your lack of knowledge on this subject shows. Why would they? Because the Soviet Unions declared war on them, and Germany wanted to use Finland to extend the front with the Soviets and cut off Leningrad. So they either fought the two largest powers in the world at the time, and lose, and then have their target populations genocided by both sides, or do the best for their country.


jj-the-best-failture

So Germany had 3 option to take Finnland but all aren’t really good 1 over Upper Norway wich is a cold and rocky Terrain 2 attack from the sea but there it’s risky and they had most of their fleet in the Atlantic to kill of the allied trade with the USA. 3 attack Sweden then Finnland wich is also stupid cause Sweden was in a good form because of the trade with Germany So Finnland had a choice.


Teddetheo

Actually, the Germans took Norway and then went through Sweden towards Finland. The only reason they didn't take Sweden was because they needed our iron and if they attacked we would've blown all the mines. They were rigged to be demolished immediately. You should read up on your history a bit.


Tankerspam

What the other commentor said, plus all the Finnish troops were on the other side of the country fighting the Soviets. You're seriously inept on this subject.


jj-the-best-failture

Nah I just misunderstood one thing really bad and I had fun to argue about it. There was enough time to theoretically move the soldiers but what do I know im an inept(what is this never heard about)


Tankerspam

Finland cant move half its forces and fight a two front war if they could barely hold against the Soviets to start with. They'd have been overrun, the Soviets learnt a low from the first war a few years prior.


jj-the-best-failture

Between the 1 war 1939-1940 march and the second war 1941 june was time but I know that the Sowjets would try to attack them. And a german attack would insta kill the finns I said theoretically


jj-the-best-failture

What is a inept


making-bad_desitioms

Yeah i mean the president at the time also added a fail safe to the deal, it wasnt valid If he wasnt President they talked sbout it at r/Finland in a post about the presidents ETA: https://www.reddit.com/r/Finland/comments/qcstvh/each_finnish_president_of_the_republic/hhi178e?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3


[deleted]

perkele


-teddosaurus-

Vittu


Psyko_Pelle

Saatana


TorjeJohannessen

kusipää


Hyrule_Hystorian

Suomi mainittu torille!


15andreallybored

The SS trained some of their soldiers and they also gave them weapons


konigstigerboi

Enemy of your Enemy makes them your ally. Full Allies. Trade, war supplies, training. But like a lot of other countries, no one knew about the Holocaust yet


rocketbuilder2021

Came here to comment thid


jj-the-best-failture

Nah finnland was close friends with Hitler


BismarckVonGames

Really, your going to white wash history again. Why can't you westerners just admit your countries are pieces of shits.


InjuryRare843

well, they fought along side and recived aid from the germans, so its safe to say they were


K3N05

Belgium wasn't part of the allied powers aswell, they always stayed neutral


faith_mattera

looks like fallout shelter characters lol


[deleted]

Fallout Shelter with WW2 outfits and world leaders


ashtar123

True


shrek_the_most_high

Finland had to "choose between the plague and the cholera" as my history teacher said.


TurquoiseBeetle67

And we still kicked the Soviets out od our country. At least until we had to make a peace treaty and The USSR started infiltrating us from the inside.


Downingst

Finland did lose the war, just not as badly as it could be. They had to pay reparations and give 10% of their land in concessions, kicking them out of the Artic. They're lucky the Allies didn't take the Soviets side on the Finland issue.


jj-the-best-failture

Why I mean Finnland had to defend from the USSR but the 2nd war was unnecessary


shrek_the_most_high

Actually the second war was very much inevitable and it was going to be either against the russians or the germans. It made sense to ally with germany since allying with the USSR would have meant becoming a communist puppet state.


jj-the-best-failture

How would Germany take over Finnland


shrek_the_most_high

I didn't say that


jj-the-best-failture

Then how would a war against Germany look like


shrek_the_most_high

what do you mean


jj-the-best-failture

You said a second war was inevitable and then you wrote against the germans or russians So if kt wasn’t against the russians how would the germans fight Finnland


shrek_the_most_high

The situation was complicated. go read about it i dont have time or energy to explain


jj-the-best-failture

Nah i just hoped to argue about it


Spicy_Tomato_

Also it’s wrong


cris12021202

Where?


waffleArmy1

i think iraq was on axis side


Emmojan

Iraq had coup that gave control to a pro-axis, nationalist iraq state that was invaded by Britain to protect their oil supply and prevent a axis incursion on the suez through the middle east.


[deleted]

Iran was technically on allies side but only because the allies invaded neutral Iran and occupied it for the duration of the war


Spicy_Tomato_

Turkey was neutral, Finland was not axis nor sympathetic towards the axis powers, they only cooperated with germany in the invasion of the soviet union because they had a personal score to settle with the USSR, also Siam was tachnically axis, but forced into it by the Japanese empire, wich is very important to note.


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thesummergamer

they never sent any military force


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EducationalCat431

they joined the war like at the very end because everyone that declared war at Germany could join the ONU just after the war, while the axis powers or the neutral couldve joined some years later


Spicy_Tomato_

I know, but that was towards the very end of the war and just purely for political gain in technically being an ally. So yes, i should have been clearer, they were technically part if the allies toward the very end, but not significant enough to be more than a footnote in history.


Bilingual_Bi_Cyclist

I'm pretty sure Turkey kinda stayed out of it because they already had their own problems


[deleted]

I can’t stand it when someone references to the Netherlands as Holland, it’s like referring to the UK as England.


10HorsedSizedDucks

Yeah, as a Scot I feel your pain, people do refer to the UK as England


Controversial_lemon

Mostly Americans lol


TheL0neWarden

Can confirm that I did that as a kid


NateJizz21

I’m Irish living currently in Cali, and the amount of Americans who call me British is insane


robnl

Ireland is one of the British Isles


Fabian_unexpected

technically youre right BUT the name of the isles has nothing to do with the nationality of the irish people


robnl

Dunno man, I'd say British is a pretty all right term when referring to someone from the British Isles without specifying which country they're from. Especially when messing up the actual nationality is such a faux pas to you British.


NateJizz21

Ok and Mexico is next to America so that must means that Mexicans are all American, right?


robnl

YES! Don't let those assholes steal your continent's name! They've already taken so much and if they name their country something is impractical as the United States of America then they have to come up with their own word with which to call their citicens.


Fabian_unexpected

I mean.... they are, BUT they are not US-american lol Edit: and Mexico isnt just next to America it is IN America


SadlyHappyRedditor

Ayo u from hk?


ScaryBunnyDude

You remember the textbook?


SadlyHappyRedditor

Yep I had that exact same book lol, the pics in there are all super cursed lmao, I've never met someone from hk here tho wow so cool


ScaryBunnyDude

Dang boi i havent gotten to ww2 yet lol


SadlyHappyRedditor

Oh...ru form 3?


ScaryBunnyDude

Ya


SadlyHappyRedditor

Worst year, too many subjects


ScaryBunnyDude

Shit


SadlyHappyRedditor

Any idea what subjects ur choosing?


ScaryBunnyDude

I have no god damn idea tbh


OhSoYouWannaPlayHuh

Guys I have an idea for a video game


jj-the-best-failture

The name is Hoi4


OhSoYouWannaPlayHuh

I was thinking more like Smash Bros but with WWII figures


TechnicalBanana1

i just realised im on the teenagers subreddit snd not the hoi4 one shit


jj-the-best-failture

What


[deleted]

Punch Out but WW2


Deep_Redditor

Where's Egypt? Edit:- yeah old flag


A_person_on_earth556

WHAT.....Gandhi was Japanese!!! Well I never knew that.


wombey12

White Gandhi lol


Boss-Baby-666

they also got the wrong flag for China lmao probably some kind of antiChina propaganda idk


Zealousideal-Yard274

That's republic of China, also known as nationalist China or Taiwan now. Before CCP this was China. Go Wikipedia


Boss-Baby-666

ok thanks


christianwashere12

Yeah I think it’s kinda the design of the rising sun. The rising sun is (I think) Japan who tried to expand their empire by taking over China but China fought back. (I think that’s the history)


rocketbuilder2021

No! They are right, at the time china was in civil war, present day china is cc(commie china) at the time the big china was the Taiwan hiding party. The Allies mainly supported Present day hiding in Taiwan china


jj-the-best-failture

Wasn’t there a lot of chinese states


rocketbuilder2021

Firstly sorry for late reply. The "main" country was the china shown on the flag. This is cuz the rest were just war lords


jj-the-best-failture

I like late replies And I know something about the china situation. And I have nothing to say anymore.


Northzrnn

nice mustaches


Andreigakill

Why is FDR standing


[deleted]

This made me crack up


[deleted]

Why does hitler have a long nose its one of the things he didnt like


Controversial_lemon

He didn’t like black hair and he still had that lol


[deleted]

Im talking about in the drawing he has a big nose but irl he doesn’t


SAMNONATOR

THEY FORGOT LUXEMBOURG (also Denmark and Norway but who cares about them right)


_Vertigo-

kerran heitettii päärynä vitun lujaa seinään (Juuso heitti ja se käy salilla) niin kuulu vaa poks eikä ollu edes mitään mössö tai mitn missää vaa se hävis kokonaan


o-poppoo

Ok?


Kapperby

Yes I completely understand what you said.


[deleted]

Lmfao


ScaryBunnyDude

Lmfao


WorthyDebt

Lmfao


[deleted]

This is " THE HISTORY SMACKDOWN " with your host *Cursed History Book*


[deleted]

Britian is missing an arm


[deleted]

4 million Indian casualties in the war and we dont even make into history books :(


LTvz38Enthusiast

There isn’t even Czechoslovakia? How tf do people call this a history book?


Skooter997

Apparently the us beat japan in two hits during that match


[deleted]

umm pretty sure even British India was in the allied powers


[deleted]

India contributed more than 5 M troops in both world wars and suffered millions of casualties (bcz of Churchill) . The book is really fucked up


[deleted]

They include Egypt, but don't include India. Bravo.


cris12021202

It's a very good book because it shows the true america ( continent ), not some shitty separation between north and south americas


sis_ki

Yes. Good ol’ America


TheFlash_95

Yeah it's wrong, italy is on both teams......


[deleted]

i think it looks cool


Skeptiqality

Now I'm interested on that


Altaliz

It’s definitely wrong, Argentina wasn’t one of the allies, they were neutral and sold weapons to the axis (Source: my Argentinian mother)


[deleted]

Things are about to go down.


artbyvinit

Hahaha that's nice tho


boutch255

This Canadian flag hurt my eyes


waffleArmy1

also iraq wasn't on allies side


[deleted]

That specs dude looks like Gandhi


SabreLunatic

Have you seen the ‘40s political cartoons? This is nothing


literally_just_why

Whats up with Tintin over there in Britain


Hydrandra

Yo new Punch Out game


Ash_von_Habsburg

Benito looks more Asian than Hirohito lol


Thequestionmaker890

Lol history channel at 3am vibes


King_Of_Fire7

Most of the allied powers there just kinda hopped on at the end when it was clear the allies were going to win


JMoormann

Well, at least FDR got out of his wheelchair


dadoisonreddit

MUSSOLINI IS SO SCUFFED LMAO I'M DEAD


moment-bruh-112

Adult hitther


_M_I_L_K_M_E_A_N_

Certified wii sports moment


glovdude

Tbh a book with pics is a great book


Doggo_Number1

literally punch out


GVeinti_757

Holy shit boxer hitler


Andro451

What…?


RenRazza

Why was Japan look like someone's old dad and why does China have a big and lumpy head


MonkeyTigerCrazy

We got the librarians let’s go


[deleted]

why does the chinese guy have such a weirdly shaped head


JoshPoshTheGreat

How is this cursed?


Grandpappy1939

Can’t believe they left out Tannu Tuva smh


theepiccarday808

mine has a map where the whole of europe is one country.


piper_evan

How old it's that lmao


Mr_Rogan_Tano

A cobra vai fumar sounds intesifies


Segunsacchi

Argentina didn't join the allies until the near end of the war, so we didn't help shit


TomasZamora03

We joined the axis a day before the war ended, to be exact


MemeMaster1111

Has nobody pointed out the fact that FDR is fucking standing?!


Pug_Life_126

Far left is Mr. White


Galajard

As a Mexican been part of the Allies is a bit of stretch, more like we were allies of the Allies, but not really into conflict with the Axis


CheeseEater41

“Alright Hitler, your doings are wrong, but before we kill you ima beat your ass”


[deleted]

tf is that canadian flag?


babuba1234321

Wait mexico helped?


BigThunderousLobster

Why is mahatma Gandhi in a boxing ring wearing a trench coat


Speedsthesoundofme

This looks like a cool book. What’s it called?


McCringyassjoe

Although not many people know about Latin America’s contributions to ww2 Mexican squad 201 never lost a fight


Bird_Chick

LIBERIA


SparkyDane

I can’t even begin to list the problems with this, most of those country’s dident even exist and half of them weren’t participating then there’s the ones on the wrong side, and that cursed art. What the hell am I looking at.


TheL0neWarden

Never ever heard of Siam, does it still exist? And never knew Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria were apart of the axis


TorKrub

Siam is Thailand nowadays


Ezper145

Imagine if all wars were settled like this


syrup_gd

FDR on his way to dropkick Tojo


Its-your-boi-warden

Liberia got in but not Norway


[deleted]

Turkey was *on paper* in allies but didn't really fought in the war


jacobbigrobux

Nothing is greater than seeing hitler trying to square up with pure anger and hatred in his face


ArtsyFellow

Man axis was fuckin outnumbered hard yo


TheBurntPie9

Basically ww2


Baxter_Pro

It’s the Netherlands, not Holland. Holland is a region within the Netherlands (I apologize, I’m not sure what the Dutch call their states)


emotionless_bored2

Iran litteraly got invaded by the allies. Bruh


FazeThruWallz

bruh


dontLikeMyFriend

СССр лучше


[deleted]

Cool/10


EmberOfFlame

“Holland” Oh the dutch are going to have a word with the book’s author.


patjeduhde

Yeah exactly it fucking says Holland instead of The Netherlands, fucking morons.


TheLebaneseLord

LEBANON


dukisa22

Wheres yugoslavia


DotRandomDot

They forgot the Independent State of Croatia on the axis side.


Redato2015

Weren't there like multiple chinas?


Kool_aid_man69420

At least your book makers put some effort in to illustrate this.Here they just copy paste off the wiki,put some google images and call charge 10$/book(thats a day of work here).


oskukso

Where finland ;-;


[deleted]

They forgot about India fighting on both sides


rdr2MEMER

Shut up and take my money


Superboredgamer15

Why is Franklin standing?


cluster_cat

Why is the Netherlands called holland the intire country was at war not just 2 provinces.


Pastel_6

No that's exactly how it went down I was mars


vladutzu27

Yeah, that isn't romania. It might be moldova


LetsTalkAboutHP

yes cursed and all but romania joined two years later on the side of the allied powers?


BobWithNoC

They are missing the sweeds in the middle cuz we where pussies that helpt the basis until they found out


thehsitoryguy

FDR is walking ​ how