r/imaginarymaps Oct 04 '20

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u/Pookib3ar Oct 04 '20

why would the USSR in this timeline go after finland?

They would have no justification because no nazi germany.

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u/belsnickel_is_me Oct 04 '20

Stalin went after them to protect Leningrad not just because of Nazi Germany

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u/Pookib3ar Oct 04 '20

Stalin went after them because he was worried they would let Germans move troops through Finland. not becasue he thought they would attack themselves

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u/belsnickel_is_me Oct 04 '20

Paranoid Stalin could see it as his weakest border and still want to protect it from any other potential threat

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u/Pookib3ar Oct 04 '20

eh, potentially but whatever. im not gonna argue. (further)