Why didn't the USSR Annex Finland (Short Animated Documentary)

I fixed it. Sorry.

Why didn't the USSR, the largest country, not simply eat the other one? If you want to know why then watch this short and simple animated documentary.

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[webzentertainment]

“Which means no NATO”
*2023 Finland* “Yeah about that”

[funakfunak]

Urho Kekkonen (president of Finland) was on a state visit to the Soviet Union. In the evening he dined with Khrushchev, They were talking and drinking, and getting along tremendously. Suddenly Khrushchev said: "You know, Urho, I've been thinking... Our two countries get along so very well, and we have such great co-operation, and we are such good friends... Do we really need that border between us?"

All the Finnish diplomats in the room froze. Kekkonen calmly emptied his glass and said: "You know, Nikita, I've been thinking about the same thing, but I've come to the conclusion that I'm way too old to rule such a large country!"

[wess]

It should have been mentioned that Finland as a culture (language, customs, etc.) existed as a separate entity but under Sweden for most of its existence - this beginning makes it appear as if it was originally part of the Russian empire (this was for a relatively short time).

[davidrapin]

I lived in Finland for 6 months when I was 19 years old, back in 2004. It was one of the best periods of my life. I love Finland and Finnish people!!

[senorbit]

A wise man said, "don't EAT what you can't Finnish "

[uncleflagzz]

The USSR didn't have the financial support of James Bissonette to annex Finland

[BartlomiejDmowski]

In the 1960s, my Polish grandfather was given a place on the organised trip USSR-Finland. He gave it to my grandmother, who was very excited about it. She visited cities like Moscow and Leningrad and later, Helsinki. What is quite funny is that while Russians proudly presented them places like Red Square or Bolshoi Theatre, she and everybody else couldn't wait to see only Finland, a different world. They really wanted to visit a capitalist country. To this day, when she tells about it, her eyes shine with amazement when she reminds herself of Finland. Not magnificent Moscow or beautiful Leningrad, it was Finland everybody wanted to see and everybody remembered the most.

The Lenin's corpse disgusted her btw

[themilfhunter]

Everybody gangsta untill the snow speaking finnish

[jonasl]

More like why didn't Finland annex the USSR

[ragael]

and now, in 2023, Putin did what Stalin feared to do: made Finland part of NATO :))

[sirpaulen]

As a Finn I found it hard to recognise the Finnish leaders but got there in the end. Mannerheim was pretty easy, the one with the glasses I think is J. K. Paasikivi and the partially bald one with the small moustache is Risto Ryti (although Ryti is shown during the winter war, when the president was Kyösti Kallio.)

[ericschockemohle]

"Why didn't the Soviet Union annex Finland?"

Simple answer: The Soviet Union existet until the 26th of Dezember 1991,
Simo Häyhä existed until the 1st of April 2002.

[finket]

Finland is still the only country to have fully paid back owed WW2 reparations.

[JimmyRingz]

People should also know that Finland's population those days was less than 4 million... and now think about this whole setting again. That's some persistence and damn honorable bravery.

[galboy]

Who's watching after Finland decided to join NATO?

[tobesfb]

I'd argue that saying that "Finland chose war" is an oversimplification. What the Finnish politicians were afraid of (and rightfully so) was that the Soviets would keep on coming with new demands and in the end try to occupy Finland by force anyways. Going to war was not really a choice, it was the only option.

[grangermontag]

Germany: invades USSR in late summer
Stalin: some people never learn from history

USSR: invades Finland in the winter

[Tommy-nhsu]

1:07 there's a little mistake there. The Soviet Union did want the land showed right there since Finland's border then was very close to Leningrad (Petersburg) in exchange for Finland getting some other land up north. But the reason Finland didn't accept was that they also wanted some islands from the south and they wanted to rent an area inside of Finland for military purposes. Finland couldn't accept these deals since they wished to stay neutral which is why the Soviet Union made up a story about Finnish mortars hitting their soil, giving the soviets a reason to attack.

[LOEKASH]

The fact that Finland could border such a massive superpower and NOT get annexed by it is like sitting a cage full of hungry lions and slowly walking out of it with not even a scratch.

[modmaker]

"Finlandisation"

Poland: Polonisation was better.