troll
2013-04-29 19:40:00 UTC
After managing to tiptoe around posting statements
to another thread about how it might have been
beneficial to the Soviet Union to have maintained
the Winter War into the summer and annex all of
Finland, since Finland did indirectly aid Hitler
later on when Operation Barbarrossa happened,
and how it might have been easier to maintain
occupation forces after the leaders had been
shipped to Siberia, then to have engaged in
active warfare on two fronts while the Soviet
Union was invaded, I decided to step back
a century when Finland first became in
personal union with Russia.
During certain parts of the Napoleonic
Wars Sweden was somewhat allied
with Great Britain and opposed to
the Continental System of Napoleon
but both Russia and Norway-Denmark
supported it.
Before Russia became opposed to
Napoleon it managed to make war
on Sweden and as a result the Grand
Dutchy of Finland within Russia was
created which became associated with
the Russian Empire until World War I.
As a net result of the Napoleonic Wars,
however, Norway was broken off from
Denmark and a personal union between
Sweden and Norway was created which
lasted until 1905.
The POD is this. Somehow Sweden
manages to remain neutral throughout
the Napoleonic Wars enough to not
get into a war with anyone.
The basic question is this. What happens
to Norway and Finland in the alternate
1800s all the way to 2010?
Is it feasible that Norway could remain
in some sort of union with Denmark
all the way to the 21st century? Is it
feasible that Finland could remain
in some sort of union with Sweden
all of the way to the 21st century?
to another thread about how it might have been
beneficial to the Soviet Union to have maintained
the Winter War into the summer and annex all of
Finland, since Finland did indirectly aid Hitler
later on when Operation Barbarrossa happened,
and how it might have been easier to maintain
occupation forces after the leaders had been
shipped to Siberia, then to have engaged in
active warfare on two fronts while the Soviet
Union was invaded, I decided to step back
a century when Finland first became in
personal union with Russia.
During certain parts of the Napoleonic
Wars Sweden was somewhat allied
with Great Britain and opposed to
the Continental System of Napoleon
but both Russia and Norway-Denmark
supported it.
Before Russia became opposed to
Napoleon it managed to make war
on Sweden and as a result the Grand
Dutchy of Finland within Russia was
created which became associated with
the Russian Empire until World War I.
As a net result of the Napoleonic Wars,
however, Norway was broken off from
Denmark and a personal union between
Sweden and Norway was created which
lasted until 1905.
The POD is this. Somehow Sweden
manages to remain neutral throughout
the Napoleonic Wars enough to not
get into a war with anyone.
The basic question is this. What happens
to Norway and Finland in the alternate
1800s all the way to 2010?
Is it feasible that Norway could remain
in some sort of union with Denmark
all the way to the 21st century? Is it
feasible that Finland could remain
in some sort of union with Sweden
all of the way to the 21st century?