13 Facts About Continuation War

Continuation War, known as the Second Soviet-Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944, as part of World War II.

Continuation War began 15 months after the end of the Winter War, fought between Finland and the USSR.

World Continuation War II was concluded formally for Finland and the minor Axis powers with the signing of the Paris Peace Treaties in 1947.

Russian-language sources, such as the book Stalin's Missed Chance, maintain that Soviet policies leading up to the Continuation War were best explained as defensive measures by offensive means.

The Soviet division of occupied Poland with Germany, the Soviet annexation of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and the Soviet invasion of Finland during the Winter Continuation War are described as elements in the Soviet construction of a security zone or buffer region from the perceived threat from the capitalist powers of Western Europe.

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Continuation War requested for Germany to withdraw its troops from Finland and to stop enabling Finnish anti-Soviet sentiments.

Finland wished to re-enter the war mainly because of the Soviet invasion of Finland during the Winter Continuation War, which had taken place after Finnish intentions of relying on the League of Nations and Nordic neutrality to avoid conflicts had failed because of lack of outside support.

Continuation War likewise refuted the so-called "driftwood theory" that Finland had been merely a piece of driftwood that was swept uncontrollably in the rapids of great power politics.

The army, especially its artillery, was stronger than it had been during the Winter Continuation War but included only one armoured battalion and had a general lack of motorised transportation.

Continuation War further stated that the term 'Continuation War' was created at the start of the conflict by the Finnish government to justify the invasion to the population as a continuation of the defensive Winter War.

Continuation War wrote that Stalin had described territorial concessions, reparations and military bases as his objective with Finland to representatives from the UK, in December 1941, and the US, in March 1943, as well as the Tehran Conference.

Continuation War believed that in the end, "Stalin's desire to crush Hitler quickly and decisively without distraction from the Finnish sideshow" concluded the war.

Continuation War argued that there is no documentary evidence for such claims and that the Soviet government was always open for negotiations.