Re: Re: Sweden in WW2
Originally posted by Idiotboy
Hardly, most of the goverment would have nothing to do with the nazis if they could make a choice. But most of them liked the communists even less so they did the smart thing. Sat on the side and watched and when someone demanded something of them they refused if they could and if not accepted and kept their heads low. Perhaps not the most honourable thing to do but then it´s easy to speak of such things when you are a major power and not surrounded by stronger neighbours.
Yeah, you are correct. What saved Sweden, was that the majority of the politicians were against german influence. Many in the swedish military wanted to join regardless.
Anyway, I still feel Sweden has many dirty facts from WW2 they have not dealt with, but kept "hidden", ie, many Norwegian refugees that fled to Sweden were handed directly to the Germans, part of the German invasion of Norway used Swedish railroads to move up the land, many swedes fought for Germany, especially on the soviet front.
But of course, you could say they did what was in their best interest, to avoid war, the the fact is, Sweden was nothing much than a puppet of Germany, being pro-germany in the begining, and would in all likelyhood joined the third reich had they suceeded. When things started to look grim for the germans, the Swedish attitude changed.
My point is, Sweden were not the kind helpful neutrals that most think they were, but then again, they did do what they thought was in their best interest, to avoid war. What good is honor if you're dead..?
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