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The USSR invaded on 30 November 1939.<ref>[https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/a-short-history-of-the-winter-war "A Short History of the Winter War". Imperial War Museum]</ref >

The Continuation War was the war between the Soviet Union and Finland in the period 1941–44, when in alliance with Germany Finland sought to reverse its losses in the Winter War of 1939–40.  The [[Siege of Leningrad]] began in September 1941 when [[Nazi Germany]] and Finnish armies surrounded the [[Russia]]n city of Leningrad (now [[St. Petersburg]]).  During the winter of 1941-42 people in Leningrad began to die in large numbers because the Germans and Finns would not allow food into the city.  During the siege 1.2 million people died of starvation caused by the Germans and Finns.

The Continuation War was the war between the Soviet Union and Finland in the period 1941–44, when in alliance with Germany Finland sought to reverse its losses in the Winter War of 1939–40.  The [[Siege of Leningrad]] began in September 1941 when [[Nazi Germany]] and Finnish armies surrounded the [[Russia]]n city of Leningrad (now [[St. Petersburg]]).  During the winter of 1941-42 people in Leningrad began to die in large numbers because the Germans and Finns would not allow food into the city.  During the siege 1.2 million people died of starvation caused by the Germans and Finns. Some historian describe this as genocide.

Finland's basic foreign policy goal from the end of the [[Continuation War]] with the Soviet Union in 1944 until 1991 was to avoid great-power conflicts and to build mutual confidence with the Soviet Union. Although the country was culturally, socially, and politically Western, Finns realized they must live in peace with the Soviet Union and take no action that might be interpreted as a security threat. The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 opened up dramatic new possibilities for Finland and has resulted in the Finns actively seeking greater participation in Western political and economic structures. Finland joined the European Union in 1995 and euro in 2002.

Finland's basic foreign policy goal from the end of the [[Continuation War]] with the Soviet Union in 1944 until 1991 was to avoid great-power conflicts and to build mutual confidence with the Soviet Union. Although the country was culturally, socially, and politically Western, Finns realized they must live in peace with the Soviet Union and take no action that might be interpreted as a security threat. The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 opened up dramatic new possibilities for Finland and has resulted in the Finns actively seeking greater participation in Western political and economic structures. Finland joined the European Union in 1995 and euro in 2002.