Finland*

when did we go to war with Finland?

On 22 Feb 2004 17:34:56 GMT, (Proctor46) wrote:

Finland*

when did we go to war with Finland?

Late 1941. The Finns wanted help with the Continuation War against the
USSR - which was already Britain's ally against Germany. The Germans
were willing/able to help Finland, as they were also fighting the
USSR, and so the UK end up at war with Finland. I'm not sure if there
was any actual shooting between the UK and Finland, as the UK had its
own problems to worry about. (transport topic - I was forced to watch
a video on the Finland-USSR wars while on-board a VR train)
--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

In article ,
Proctor46 wrote:
Finland*

when did we go to war with Finland?

1853 ish. But it was run by the Russians at the time. As part of the
Crimean War we (and the French) bombarded the island fortress just off
Helsinki.

It was the other bit of Russia we could reach by sea.

The fortress had originally been built with French assistance. That was
when Finland was part of Sweden!

John

John Haines wrote:
In article ,
Proctor46 wrote:
Finland*

when did we go to war with Finland?

1853 ish. But it was run by the Russians at the time. As part of the
Crimean War we (and the French) bombarded the island fortress just off
Helsinki.

It was the other bit of Russia we could reach by sea.

The fortress had originally been built with French assistance. That
was when Finland was part of Sweden!

Not forgetting Russia itself in 1919.