Quote Originally Posted by Ironside View Post
A treaty that gives that Finland if forced to help Soviet if Soviet is attacked through Finland and that Soviet will help if Finland is attacked. First question is if the conditions would actually occur, would Finland keep it?
Pacta sunt servanda. What if Soviet Union would have attacked Norway? Would Usa and others start full scale war? I think it is better to assume that all treaties would have been kept.

Second, NATO-forces would have to go through Sweden to get to Finland and Sweden wouldn't allow that with anything less but a Soviet declaration of war. That would make the Soviet request a transit through Finland (something not put in any treay). Would Finland accept such a demand during the Cold (now hot) war?
At least Nato's plans treated Finland more like an ally of Soviets than neutral contry.

Third, who exactly was the enemy that the oversized Finnish army trained to face?
I really can't say. Why nations have armies? And was Finnish army really that oversized, when compared to, lets say, Swedish army?