WI Britian and France intervene in the Finnish Winter War

I hate to necro, but I am just wondering and loathe to make a new thread for such a question. Let's say the Allies launch the invasion of Scandinavia. However, the Germans receive word at the last moment and decide they need to strike as well. So you have a joint invasion of Scandinavia by both sides at the same time, which side would Norway and Sweden take?

Or even if just the Allies invade and the Germans then make good on their claims and invade Sweden and Norway in the coming days, is it a definite that Sweden and Norway side with German? Geographically they needed to tread lightly by ideologically both Sweden and Norway were friendly with the Western Allies, at least from what I know.
 
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Stalin's too intelligent to fight the West over Finland, if the Soviet Union is going to be picking that kind of fight, they are going to do it on their own terms. Finland can become a communist puppet state any time, however preparing the Soviet Union for war makes it priceless.

As people have already said, the likely outcome is the Soviets move towards Germany, again this still doesn't change Hitler's own plans against the Soviet Union no matter how close the two get to each other nor does it change the fact that Stalin distrusts Hitler (and still would even if this happened) and ultimately only threw a lot in with the Nazis when it was convenient or necessary for Soviet interests or both. Again the problem with any sort of serious alliance is probably going to be Hitler, Stalin will never fully commit to an alliance if he suspects (and he probably would) that he would stand to lose in the process, nor does he feel the need to help Nazi Germany any more than he really has to. Hitler has a complex where he thinks the great and powerful German nation really is on the same level as the Soviet Union in regards to ability, and his claims reflected accordingly when it came to places they wanted within their sphere of influence. Hitler won't abandon claims he feels are German to Stalin and Stalin will not abandon claims he feels are Soviet to Hitler.

I really, really wouldn't pin much on this alliance lasting too long, especially when (not if, when) Germany gets into a fight with the Western powers, if it's before the Soviets are ready, they'll just trade with Germany and leave them to dry otherwise, if the Soviets ARE ready, there will be a good, long period in the Politburo while the leadership deliberates the idea of backstabbing Hitler and grabbing every last thing that isn't nailed to the ground in exchange for European aid.
 
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