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CCIP · 09-10-11, 08:23 PM

I used to really have an issue with the Finnish position in the siege, but the more I learned the more understanding I became towards it. At the end of the day, if the Finns didn't choose to stop at the Svir' (and they easily could've chosen otherwise), Leningrad may have been doomed. Historically, I think Finland needs to accept some culpability in this massive (and mostly German) war crime, but then of course Russia also has to accept the massive injustices it committed towards Finland that didn't leave them much choice except to side with the Germans.

I think it's also safe to say that if the Finns didn't choose to stop their advance at the Svir', I wouldn't be alive today.

09-10-11, 08:23 PM	#15
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I used to really have an issue with the Finnish position in the siege, but the more I learned the more understanding I became towards it. At the end of the day, if the Finns didn't choose to stop at the Svir' (and they easily could've chosen otherwise), Leningrad may have been doomed. Historically, I think Finland needs to accept some culpability in this massive (and mostly German) war crime, but then of course Russia also has to accept the massive injustices it committed towards Finland that didn't leave them much choice except to side with the Germans. I think it's also safe to say that if the Finns didn't choose to stop their advance at the Svir', I wouldn't be alive today. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)