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I listened to Iceland - Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Semi Final 1 - BBC Three on and also Eurovision SC Final 2007 - Finland - Hanna Pakarinen on youtube when I wrote this chapter.
"Germany, If any of those hostages are harmed in any kind of way. I will personally have all of the German Prisoners of War shot along with all of the German Staff plus the patients." Finland said firmly and clearly to Germany who looked shocked. Germany had wanted his citizens back and he thought by using Finland's people to get his own people free.
It was October 1 1944 and Germany no longer threatened Finland's citizens that are his hostages for he did not want any of his citizens killed. On October 11 1944 that was when Finland smiled for his citizens that had been captured by Germany have been returned and they were unharmed. There was still some way to go, but Finland believed that his people could do it.
Finland noticed that his citizen's attitudes towards Germans have turned anti and he felt the villages burning. It made his heart ache and he wanted all of them out of his land. Finland ignored the pain for the most part and overlooking the burn marks on his body. His mind was set on having Germany's citizens out of his land and to be Norway's problem. He wanted the war to be done and over with however it will not end so quickly. His body felt as if it was on fire and Finland carried on. The agreement with Russia will be up held and he is not going to back down from Germany.
It was now 1945 and it is the month of April. All of the Germans are gone from Finland's land and it had been a rather difficult battle because Russia had his army demobilized.
"Finally, they are gone." Finland muttered to himself and he wondered what will happen next. He had not seen Russia since that night when Russia learned the truth and Finland felt slightly worried. No idea as to what Russia is planning to do or anything like that at all for the moment. Finland sighed heavily to himself and he felt tired, but it was not over yet. He closed his eyes for a moment and thought of America's wide smile that showed off all his white teeth. Finland opened his eyes again and he wondered how America was doing in the war. The question that lays before Finland is what will happen next and he wondered if he should seek out Russia to ask him.
"I will help you since you had helped me." Germany had said calmly and he looked Finland in the eyes. He was being truthful and honest to Finland. Germany did not say how Finland had helped him for he knew that Finland knows about what he is referring to without it being said.
"Because of the two weeks." Finland replied and he look Germany in the eyes. Finland remembered those two weeks of having sex with Russia and keeping him from finding out the truth. In the end Russia had found out and he has not seen him ever since.
"Some of your people could go to Sweden." Germany suggested lightly and he watched as Finland's lip twitched slightly at the mention of Sweden.
"Some of my citizen's will go to the southern part. I do not want all of them to be in Sweden." Finland said firmly. They managed to evacuate most of the civilian's in the population of Lapland to Sweden and Southern Finland, but not the people in the Tornio area. Finland had decided on a risk invasion from the sea on October 1 1944 and it lasted for about a week. The Germans had to withdraw and Finland had one hundred Germans as prisoners of war. That was when Germany decided to take some of Finland's people hostage and he just wanted his people back.
"I can't believe I almost forgot about Sweden." Finland said to himself quietly and then sighed heavily. Sometimes in war a Nation has to worry and defend only itself not paying attention to others at times. Finland decided he might as well pay Russia a visit later on and then afterwards to check up on Sweden. He was debating as to when to visit Russia and then Sweden. His boss still not allowing him any contact with America and it made Finland sigh heavily. He hoped that soon he will see America, but it was not looking that way at the moment and Finland wondered how long he would have to wait. He might as well tell Russia about the Germans being out of his land personally and see how he is doing since Russia has not once came to see him since that night.
Some History
The Lapland War
Most of the civilian population of Lapland, totaling 168,000 persons, were evacuated to Sweden and Southern Finland, with the exception of the inhabitants of Tornio area. The civilian evacuation had been carried out as a cooperative effort of German military and Finnish authorities prior to the start of the hostilities. Fighting intensified when the Finns made a risky invasion from the sea on 1 October 1944 near Tornio on the border with Sweden. Heavy combat lasted for a week, and the Germans were forced to withdraw.
At the onset of the Tornio invasion, Finnish troops took about one hundred Germans as prisoners of war. In an effort to free them, Rendulic ordered Finnish civilians to be captured as hostage. Starting on the 1st of October 1944, Germans imprisoned 132 persons in the town of Kemi and 130 in Rovaniemi, 24 of them women. General Rendulic sent Major General Mathias Kräutler to the headquarters of the Finnish attack troops in Tornio, to deliver a letter to Lieutenant Colonel Wolf Halsti. He demanded that the Germans POWs must be freed, or the Finnish hostages would be shot and the Kemi pulp mill burned down.
Halsti conveyed this message to Lieutenant General Hjalmar Siilasvuo, commander of the Finnish III Army, who refused all bargains or deals with the Germans. Halsti delivered this reply, adding that should anything happen to the civilian hostages or to the mill, he would personally order all the German POWs held by his troops to be shot, together with all German staff and patients of the German military hospital in Tornio.
With this firm Finnish reply, the Germans dropped their threats, and released the Finnish hostages unharmed on 11 October, near Rovaniemi. During the intervening ten days, the situation was carefully followed in the Finnish press, helping to turn the general attitude of the Finns against their former German allies. A popular anti-German attitude intensified when Rendulic ordered scorched-earth tactics. In their retreat the German forces under General Lothar Rendulic devastated large areas of northern Finland with scorched earth tactics.
As a result, some 40–47% of the dwellings in the area were destroyed, and the provincial capital of Rovaniemi was burned to the ground, as well as the villages of Savukoski and Enontekiö. Two-thirds of the buildings in the main villages of Sodankylä, Muonio, Kolari, Salla and Pello were demolished, 675 bridges were blown up, all main roads were mined, and 3,700 km of telephone lines were destroyed. Siilasvuo pursued the Germans, who consistently fought back so as to cover their retreat towards Norway.
The last German troops were expelled in April 1945. By that time, as a result of the Soviet demand for the demobilization of the Finnish army, only 600 Finnish troops, mostly fresh recruits, were left facing them. Because of this, the latter half of the Lapland War is known in Finland as the Children's Crusade.
After the war the Allies convicted Rendulic of war crimes, and he was sentenced to 20 years in prison, although charges concerning the devastation of Lapland were dropped. He was released after six years.