While I personally would not have categorized the Finnish government as fascist (as much as I understand that sentiment), it’s indisputable that it intentionally collaborated with the Third Reich. That is a bit of an understatement, though.
Although I have a feeling that many of you are scratching your heads right now and wondering how I can know all this and still categorize WWII‐era Finland as something other than fascist.
I hate Finnaboos. They are everywhere. EVERYWHERE!
They exist because it’s socially acceptable Nazism.
While I personally would not have categorized the Finnish government as fascist (as much as I understand that sentiment), it’s indisputable that it intentionally collaborated with the Third Reich. That is a bit of an understatement, though.
As a matter of fact, Fascist propaganda was fairly popular in Finland, both Finnish and German anticommunists found each other’s racial policies agreeable, both the Finnish and German anticommunists could attest that it was easier to trade with one another than it was to accept the Soviets’ quid pro quo agreements, some members of the Finnish police had been involved in the mass murder of Communists and Jews among the Soviet POWs in Axis‐controlled northern Finland in 1942, and 30% of the non‐Germanic invaders in Operation Barbarossa were Finnish—among other facts that I could name. There’s a book titled Finland’s Holocaust (which I admittedly have not read yet) that goes into more detail concerning the Finnish anticommunists’ atrocities.
Although I have a feeling that many of you are scratching your heads right now and wondering how I can know all this and still categorize WWII‐era Finland as something other than fascist.