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Post by Juha Tompuri » 19 Feb 2003, 00:50

oleg wrote:
Juha Tompuri wrote:Oleg,

What do you think were "your" military and political goals when you invaded Finland 301139?
Did "you" reach them?

Regards, Juha
oleg wrote: From the report of Commander in Chief of Leningrad Military District to the peoples Commissar of Defense -in regards to plan of defeat of of land and naval forces of Finland. From October 29 1939.
oleg wrote: Obviously, upon defeat of Finnish Army, Soviet government would have several venues open to it - from total occupation of the country and eventual incorporation to USSR , to placing territorial demands as it was historically done. As far as I am concerned the issue is not a clear one
Oleg,
Finnish arithmetic: defeat of military forces + USSR placed puppert government of O.W. Kuusinen = occupation
oleg wrote: Did not this book http://www.sonic.net/~bstone/archives/020210.shtml has a Stalin’s speech in that regard?
At the 7th session(evening 170440) Stalin states at his final speech that the goals were Viborg, Sortavala(and a flanking hit to the Karelian Isthmus) , Oulu & Tornio (= Lapland). Luckily (for "us") the goals were not reached. We would have been separated from the rest of the world, and the end would have arrived soon. However we must remember that the speech was made after the Winter War. Representing more far reaching war plans (which did not materialise) would have been... embarrasing.
oleg wrote: As for Mainila – 90% of probability that it was staged. There however seem to be some earlier accidents that were not – none of them were the main reason behind the war.
I will be back at the Mainila in the near future (hoping to find the lacking 10%), but could you be more specific about the "earlier accidents".

Regards, Juha

P.S.
Have you read? http://www.geocities.com/kumbayaaa/finnishpeoparmy.html
Have you heard? The answer of a soviet private when asked about the finnish minefields and Kuusines Army: "Nje znaju, est´li finskije mini, no minskije finni jest´"

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