• Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    That’s not Winter War, that’s Continuation War. Simo Häyhä didn’t fight in Continuation War. As for war aims during Continuation War, the answer is obvious, to defeat USSR. It’s like asking why Germany bombed the UK.

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      10 months ago

      He wanted to fight in the Continuation War, he was barred entry to the army.

      Also the Continuation War began in 1944. Those things I mentioned happened in 1941, during Operation Barbarossa. Finland was an ally of Nazi Germany.

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        10 months ago

        He wanted to fight in the Continuation War, he was barred entry to the army.

        Yes

        Also the Continuation War began in 1944.

        No, Continuation War happened 1941-44. You’re thinking of Lapland War now. That’s 1944-45.

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            10 months ago

            *puts on spectacles*

            Uhm, achkshually, that would be a lot funnier if people weren’t arguing with me about the dates and getting them wrong.

            *pushes them further up the nose*

            So there!

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              10 months ago

              Caught your ass. I was trying to get you to say that.

              And why did Finland begin fighting the continuation war at that time?