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Originally Posted by Jan vd Heuvel

As or the Finnish State being an Axis State and therefor the Air Force being an Axis Air Force my opinion is that at certain times the FAF can be considered an Ally to Germany, but it as not an Axis Air Force.

In consider Axis Air Forces as being under the influance of Germany or under some sort of control by Germany.

And Finland was an Independant State and Germany had no control over it or influance over it.

As far as I know the Finns never declared themselfs as Allies to Germany.

Jan

I understand the political system of Finland and Germany were very different, and Finland had a very justify cause to fight Soviet after 1941, but whether Finland declared herself as Allies to Germany was just formality, Finland and Germany fought together against their common enemy Soviet Russia though for completely different reason, and this fact made them allies, and since after 1941, the fate of Finland would be heavily influenced by the result of the war between Germany and Soviet, so I do not agree Germany had no influence in Finland’s policy making. Of course Germany did control Finland, but America did not control Soviet either, that did not prevent them to be allies.