What is the historical significance of a Finland and its inhabitants?

They prevented Communism from taking hold in Scandinavian countries.

>>2937443

It's time to stop posting Mario, you've got the princess to rescue.

>>2937443
they had no impact on world and even european history up until relatively recently

so not very significant

Suomi=Sami
Nevar 5git that they're Uralic savages.

NOT EUROPEAN NOT EUROPEAN

NOT IE=NOT EUROPEAN

>>2937447
This brings up another good point.

Why were the Russians so shitty in the Winter War?

>>2937460
Because Russia's best weapon is Russia, so they naturally suck at offensive wars.

>>2937468
With the industrial/military technology advantage they had Russia should have been able to easily conquer such an archaic and uncivilized region.

>>2937481
They could've if they had sent their entire military might at the Finnish, but they didn't thus they lost. It's the same exact reason the U.S. lost Nam.

>>2937534
Everyone knows those "Finns" were actually Proto-Cretan Tyrrhenians who evolved in the Aegean 700,000 BP.

>>2937539
Stop shitposting millions died there.

For a non-meme answer, Finland is relevant mostly as a border country for conflicts and trade between neighboring nations (Mostly Russia/some form of Russia and Sweden).

But also the simple fact that we have a modern western-influenced uralic culture with interesting background in it's own right.

>>2937460
Classic historical mistake of attacking Finland in the Winter

>>2937460
Mostly Stalins fault. He basically wanted to showoff that soviets can blitzkrieg like his best buddy hitler. He kept rejecting his experienced generals plans until a inexperienced bootlicker said he had a plan that would take 2 weeks. It didnt take 2 weeks and the rest is history.