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Originally Posted by Letum
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Originally Posted by NEON DEON
When was the last time 2 democratic nations started a war with each other?
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Err....WW2, England, the USA, etc declared war on Finland. Or was it the other way round.
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Stalin attacked Finland, and they fought three different wars during WWII, 39-40, and 41-44 and 44-45. Finland after the first war and after the German attack on Russia found itself supporting the war of the Nazis against Russia, and even invaded russia itself, for nationalist dreams of a Greater Finland they nevertheless had. This has been the reason why Britain declared war on Fiunland in I think 1941. Before the first war with russia, hopes and request for help from England and america had been turned down by these countries. It made a separate peace with Russia, than fought off the German troops that had been sent to their areas to show them that the third Reich would assist them against ongoing russian attacks. Although loosing much ground to Russia, it was able to finally fight off both russia and germany, and remained relatively intact as stable, survivable state.
The british war declaration was an answer to some nationalistic megalomaniac dream of a Greater finland which would have consisted of parts of it's neighbouring nations as well. not by force but by the thinking in that it showed a bit off like to be the bully of the block. For that itdid not have the muscle, though.
You see, it has been a bit more complicated than like you try it to make appear.