Finland

From Turtledove

Finland is a nation in northern Europe.

[edit] Finland in In the Presence of Mine Enemies

Finland was one of the independent allies of the Greater German Reich. In 2011, the government of Finland decried the SS led putsch against reformer Führer Heinz Buckliger.

[edit] Finland in Southern Victory

Finland was a province of the Russian Empire until the Second Great War. It was a restive province as Finnish nationalists fought a resistance movement against the Russians. The Finns were supported by Germany in this effort, and the members of the Central Powers promised to grant diplomatic recognition to an independent Finland in 1943.

[edit] Finland in Worldwar

The Soviet Union invaded Finland, a Russian province before the Russian Revolution, in 1939. Finland resisted Soviet conquest, but took heavy losses and was forced to make unfair concessions. In 1941, when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in World War II, Finland aligned itself with the Axis and invaded formerly Finnish Soviet territories. It suspended this invasion when the Race's Conquest Fleet invaded Earth in 1942.

In the frigid polar regions and under German protection, Finland was allowed to remain independent under the terms of the Peace of Cairo. Finland was dominated by Germany until 1965, when Germany was defeated in the Race-German War of 1965. Finland, fearing that the Soviets would once again threaten a Finland without a powerful ally, invited the Race to establish a permanent military base within Finnish territory, much to the horror and outrage of Soviet general secretary, Vyacheslav Molotov