Technically, Finland never joined the Axis. Yet, the Finns fought alongside the Axis against the Soviet Union from 1941-1944. Although some might see Germany and Finland as “natural” allies this was far less the case than some might suspect. There were various issues like politics, ideology and the recent Winter War where there some issues or strong disagreement, of course there was also some common ground. Thumbnail: Kalle Sjöblom, Finnish National Board of Antiquities - Musketti, Historian kuvakokoelma; Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hitler_Mannerheim_Ryti.jpg #FinlandWW2, #Finland,#ContinuationWar »» GET OUR BOOK «« » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon, see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Müller, Rolf-Dieter: An der Seite der Wehrmacht: Hitlers ausländische Helfer beim „Kreuzzug gegen den Bolschewismus“ ; 1941 - 1945. 1. Aufl, Links: Berlin, 2007. Stahel, David (Ed.): Joining Hitler’s Crusade: European Nations and the Invasion of the Soviet Union, 1941. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge ; New York, NY, 2018. Kistle, Thomas William: Finland in Nazi Germany’s war strategy 1939-1945, University of Monata: 1968. Cambridge History of the Second World War. Volume II. Politics and Ideology. Cambridge University Press: UK, 2015. The Cambridge History of the Second World War, Volume I: Fighting the War. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2015. Maier, Klaus A.: Die Errichtung der Hegemonie auf dem europäischen Kontinent. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt: Stuttgart, 1979 (Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg, Bd. 2). Mawdsley, Evan: