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When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Finland participated in the invasion primarily to recover the territories it was forced to cede to the USSR after the Moscow Peace Treaty which ended the Winter War between the Finns and the Soviets. Military success quickly resulted in the Finnish occupation of Eastern Karelia.
after which,
adolf hitler labelled the suomi "Ehrenarier" (honorary aryan):
Hitler decreed in November 1942 that "from now on Finland and the Finnish people be treated and designated as a Nordic state and a Nordic people", which he considered one of the highest compliments that the Nazi government could bestow upon another country.
this convenient political fiction
was continued by the swedish government
to provide a trip-wire/buffer-state of soviet intrusion.
amusingly,
this was a compliment hitler - also - extended to the japanese
and select jews.
„Dem Denken des Nationalsozialismus entsprechend, jedem anderen Volke volle Gerechtigkeit widerfahren zu lassen,*
ist dabei niemals von höher- oder minderwertigen, sondern stets nur von fremden Rasseneinschlägen die Rede.“
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