1.0The Churchill Project - Hillsdale Collegehttps://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.eduSoren Geigerhttps://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/author/sgeiger/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="27v8UUzPzT"><a href="https://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/mannerheim-finland/attachment/1942/">1942</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/mannerheim-finland/attachment/1942/embed/#?secret=27v8UUzPzT" width="600" height="338" title="“1942” — The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College" data-secret="27v8UUzPzT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1942.jpg640415Immola Airfield, 4 June 1942, Mannerheim’s 75th birthday. L-R: Field Marshal Keitel (far left), Hitler, Mannerheim and Finnish President Rysto Riti. During this meeting Hitler asked for more Finnish support against Stalin. Mannerheim refused. Like other Baltic states, Finland in World War II had a choice between barbarians. Seeing Russia as the greater threat, Mannerheim sided with the Germans until 1944. (Kalle Sjöblom, Wikimedia)