Joe Rogan Experience #2559 - Sam Morril · Aired Sep 29, 2026
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Finland held off the Nazis and Stalin.
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The Stalin half holds up. In the 1939 to 1940 Winter War, Finland kept its independence against a much larger Soviet invasion, though it gave up territory. The Nazi half is misleading. From 1941 to 1944 Finland fought alongside Germany against the Soviet Union and only turned on German troops in the 1944 to 1945 Lapland War, as its armistice with the Soviets required.
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Is it true that Finland held off the Nazis and Stalin?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. The Stalin half holds up. In the 1939 to 1940 Winter War, Finland kept its independence against a much larger Soviet invasion, though it gave up territory. Sam Morril said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2559 - Sam Morril, aired Sep 29, 2026, at 3:29. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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