Finlands Winter War 1939-40

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

The Finns were allways very clear in stating that they were not allied with Germany. They just fought a separate war against a common enemy.

I think that the word 'co-belligerent' is correct here, just as the USA was a 'co-belligerent' and not 'ally' in The Great War.

Am I right in suggesting that the Germans also pressed the Finns to seek a peace with the USSR, given that the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact had parcelled-up Poland, and that after the partition folowing the Soviet invasion of Poland the resolution of the Winter War was essential?

I find the 1944-45 Soviet thrust towards northern Norway also fascinating.