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=== [[wikipedia:Continuation War|Continuation War]] === When [[Germany]] and its allies started the invasion of the Soviet Union on Sunday, 22 June 1941, Finland joined the war three days later after months of secret negotiations and joint planning, seeking to retake territorial concessions lost a year earlier. Although it never formally joined the Axis, it was bolstered by German supplies, know-how, and military technology. The Finns reversed the territorial concessions with a vengeance: They conquered additional territories in [[wikipedia:East Karelia|East Karelia]], established siege positions on the northern flank of Leningrad, but fell short of the strategic objective to cut the [[wikipedia:Lend-Lease|Lend-Lease]] artery running from [[wikipedia:Murmansk|Murmansk]] down south, however. For the next three years, the front remained mostly static, blocking attempts to relieve Leningrad from the north. When the tides of war turned and the Soviet Union launched a massive strategic offensive to drive the Finns out of their conquered territories, the Continuation War was at an end. Once again, rather than suffer an ignoble defeat, Finland opted to negotiate. Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, the same man that led the White forces, the defense of Finland in 1941, and managed to grind the [[wikipedia:Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive|Karelian Offensive]] to a halt, now negotiated with the Soviet Union regarding the fate of the nation. They had a choice: Turn on their former allies, pay reparations, and return to 1940 borders, or risk subjugation. Mannerheim chose humiliation over honor. Although the impoverished, agrarian Finland took on a heavy burden, it maintained its sovereignty, while the pressure exerted by the Soviets forced it to modernize, industrialize, and develop an enduring welfare state that would eventually become the envy of Europe.
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