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  1. DrakonFin

    Consequences of Leningrad falling in 1941-42?

    IMHO, it is not very likely for the Red Army to put up a significantly worse effort in the Winter War than IOTL, the OTL result was very good and lucky for the Finns as it was. Just prior to the Winter War, many people in important positions believed that the Finnish military could not prevail...
  2. DrakonFin

    Consequences of Leningrad falling in 1941-42?

    Sorry, I had the wrong year there. Bases in the Baltic states were already occupied by the Soviet military since October 1939, based on the "mutual assistance treaties" Moscow forced on the Baltic states in the fall of 1939. The Soviets for example used airfields in Estonia to bomb Finnish...
  3. DrakonFin

    Consequences of Leningrad falling in 1941-42?

    One important thing to remember is that there already were Soviet troops in the Baltics since late 1939, in bases Moscow forced the Baltics to hand over at the same time they were bullying Finland, too, prior to the Winter War. So, these Red Army bases would necessarily slow down the German...
  4. DrakonFin

    Salvage post Soviet Russian naval & airforces

    Add to that the fact that the Finnish Air Force has been the most Western/US-oriented of our military branches since before the end of the Cold War. You could conceivably see the army or the navy get more than OTL Russian equipment in the 1990s, to help Moscow pay off their Soviet-era debts to...
  5. DrakonFin

    Peace in our time - 1941 or 1943?

    What kind of equipment would that be, and when would it have been provided to Finland?
  6. DrakonFin

    Of lost monkeys and broken vehicles

    You are writing a very good timeline here, but it sort of puts me off that you seem to be letting your personal negative attitudes against countries show in the writing. Earlier I have noticed this in terms of Finland's WWII actions, and now you appear to be moralizing about Sweden's neutrality...
  7. DrakonFin

    Leningrad 1943 Instead of Kursk

    It depends. If Germany demands Finland's participation in the occupation of Leningrad, then Finnish resources would not be freed up, rather to the contrary. And even if Finnish troops are freed up, there are only very limited ways they would be realistically used offensively. An attack towards...
  8. DrakonFin

    Your own Spitfire wank

    If the Finnish Air Force had Mk I. Spitfires in signicant numbers, you could also see a Frankenstein version of them in the Continuation War: up-engined with Soviet war booty engines like the "Mörkö-Morane" was IOTL, or maybe German-built engines.
  9. DrakonFin

    Of lost monkeys and broken vehicles

    How do the Western Allies have a naval presence on the Baltic Sea, let alone a supremacy? They had no such thing IOTL, and here as well the Danish straits would be heavily mined by 1945. It would be very dangerous and potentially costly to send a Western Allied naval expedition to the northern...
  10. DrakonFin

    Of lost monkeys and broken vehicles

    Realistically speaking, it would be *very* unlikely for Sweden to risk war against the USSR, an Allied power, to grab any part of Finland outside the Ålands. And even in the Ålands, the Swedish "expeditionary force" would be likely to blink first and bug out when the Soviet Navy turns up to...
  11. DrakonFin

    America Be Watching With The Popcorn Redux- The Search For A Higher Reaction Score

    I can't see who could win against Kekkonen in 1974, to be honest. Kekkonen deciding to retire himself at that point is the one realistic chance to avoid another term for him, IMO.
  12. DrakonFin

    Of lost monkeys and broken vehicles

    In July 1944, the Soviets have taken Viipuri and reached Lake Saimaa... and the Finnish army is still fighting at the river Svir? The Finnish military leadership has really failed at withdrawing troops from Eastern Karelia ITTL. I wonder why, IOTL they started the withdrawal in June. Here they...
  13. DrakonFin

    Question: Molotov-Ribbentrop without Stalin?

    To be fair, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania saw WWII end as parts of the USSR. In the same timeframe, Britain and France never annexed any of the smaller countries in their backyard. I think we can argue that there was some difference in how much these countries respected the sovereignty of their...
  14. DrakonFin

    Question: Molotov-Ribbentrop without Stalin?

    I just love how cavalier the proposal is about the sovereignty and territorial integrity of smaller nations even when explicitly saying that the goal is to protect their independence, like here:
  15. DrakonFin

    What are some 'highly likely' wars that didn't happen irl but would happen in most other universes?

    I do rather agree. In the Stalin era, an argument could be made for a post-1944 Soviet invasion, given a suitable POD. After 1953, the USSR making a grab at Finland becomes significantly more unlikely.
  16. DrakonFin

    Absolute Best Case Scenario for the USSR in WW2

    Either leave Finland well enough alone, and practically support their attempt to form a neutral mini-bloc with Sweden, or then attack Finland with enough resources to easily beat the Finns in under two months, and occupy (and likely annex) the country. Like I've commented before, Soviet control...
  17. DrakonFin

    AHC - Minimize Soviet losses in WW2

    My very point is that without the Winter War, the Finnish government would not want a war to happen. Without Soviet aggression, there is no *automatic* process for Finland to align with Germany as a belligerent. After all, Sweden didn't align with Germany and join the war, either, even if since...
  18. DrakonFin

    AHC - Minimize Soviet losses in WW2

    The bolded is not consistent with reality. Prior to the Winter War, Finland would have wanted nothing more than to stay neutral in the European war. Finland was very ill-prepared for war, as the 1930s governments had neglected defence acquisitions. Your examples are also not really relevant...
  19. DrakonFin

    WI - Disaster on the Vistula - No WW2? Or WW2 East vs West?

    I'd invite you to consider the actual timeline: by the time of the Battle of Warsaw in August 1920, the Finnish Civil War had been wrapped up already in the summer of 1918, over two years previously. All three Baltic states had made peace with the Soviet state before the beginning of the Battle...
  20. DrakonFin

    WI: Sweden joined Axis in WWII?

    If Finland went Red already in 1918, then the butterflies for the 20s and 30s would be manifold. It would be unlikely we would see WWII along the OTL lines, or with OTL leaders. The war might well be delayed or avoided, even Nazi Germany as we know it might be avoided, etc.
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