Word: finlandization
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...force. Between Germany and France lay The Netherlands, Belgium, tiny Luxembourg, and, south of the Westwall and Maginot Lines, Switzerland. All of them were ruled by Napoleon, liberated by Wellington. Along the North and Baltic Seas, where the British and German Navies may meet, were Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. Together these eight countries might turn the balance of power in Europe. None of them wanted...
Economically they are almost as dependent on Germany as they are on Britain and France. Next to Britain, Germany is the largest buyer of Danish butter, eggs and cattle. From Norway, Sweden and Finland, Germany buys ores, whale oil and timber, supplying them with machinery, chemical goods and ships. In the last war the northern neutrals got rich, all except violated Belgium. And Germany would have been strangled economically if it had not been for shipments from Scandinavia...
...that war the British fleet never ventured into the Baltic, but blockaded Germany from the North Sea. This time, with a North Sea fleet twice as big as Germany's, Britain might attempt to seize the dangerous Baltic. In such a case, Norway, Sweden and Finland would all lose rich trade with Germany. Norway, fourth largest shipper among the countries of the World, would find its shipping interfered with by even a North Sea blockade...
...Final score: Germany, 286; Sweden, 266; France, 130; Finland, 117; England, 93; Denmark, 57; Belgium, 42; Norway, 42; Poland, 36; America, 6; Rumania...