Excellent points......but my major question is if Stalin could of as you say invaded Finland but didnt,after WW2.....might this mean that he really had no intention of conquering the whole of Finland to begin with? could it be that maybe Stalin only did want to push the border back a little further to protect St. petersburg with a buffer Zone? after all St. Petersburg being Russias second largest city was only 40 miles from the Finish border.Cant this infact be used as a legitimate point for an open discussion on Stalin not wanting to conquer Finland as a whole?

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