Baryshnikov, V. N. THE AIMS OF FINLAND’S POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN THE WAR AGAINST THE USSR IN 1941. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2026;48(4):27–36. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2026.1318


World history

THE AIMS OF FINLAND’S POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN THE WAR AGAINST THE USSR IN 1941

Baryshnikov
V. N. 		Sankt Petersburg State University, Russian Christian Academy for Humanities named after Fyodor Dostoevsky
Keywords:
K. G. Mannerheim
“Greater Finland”
Finnish-American Relations
1941
Finnish occupation of Soviet Karelia		 Summary: The only public statement outlining specific objectives for Finland’s participation in the war against the USSR on the side of Nazi Germany was Karl G. Mannerheim’s order of July 10, 1941. In this order, Mannerheim clearly stated that the plans of the war was to seize significant territories of the Soviet Union and create a “Greater Finland”. However, in a number of cases, Finnish leadership representatives in 1941 also made similar statements, which were not intended for widespread publicity. Little is known about them in the scholarly literature, but they were entirely consistent with the content of the Marshal’s order. However, unpublished documents from the Finnish Foreign Policy Archives, as well as documents from the US State Department, indicate that the Finnish president, as well as the foreign minister, repeatedly informed American diplomats in 1941 about the true goals of Finland’s participation in the war. Thus, it was a completely official Finnish state policy, the aim of which was to seize significant territory from the Soviet Union. However, the Finnish leadership did not actively proclaim this aggressive plan.



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