Why did Russia invade Finland in WWII?

Question: Why did Russia invade Finland in WWII!?
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The Russians were concerned that Finland might be used as a base by the Germans to attack Russia!. Their frontier with Finland was vulnerable because it is very close to the important cities of Leningrad and Murmansk!. The Russians therefore wanted to take some territory from the Finns to protect Leningrad and Murmansk!. They also wanted the Finns to provide them with a lease on Hanko, a naval base on the Gulf of Finland!.

In return the Russians offered to swap them some Russian territory in Karelia!. However, the Finns rejected the Russian demands, so the Russians attacked!.

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essentially because they wanted to recapture Finland- "return it to the motherland"!.!.!.
Finland was a russian colony in the Tsarist times!. They managed to get their freedom back during the revolution- same as Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia

the russians invaded Poland (as allies of Adolf H) in 1939!. They invaded ("liberated") Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia!.!.!. and Finland was simply the next bite!.
As it happened, the Finns proved more trouble than they expected!. hence the soviets reduced their demands!.

The story of "safe margin" is fake- the soviets did not need a margin- the nazis were their allies and in any case Finland was neutral (same as Sweden)
The story of "proposed generous land exchange rejected by nasty Finns" is just that- a story made up by propaganda services to justify the invasion
(after all "good communists" would never ever attack a neutral country!.!.!. yeah, right!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com

They are Russians, what can you expect!?Www@QuestionHome@Com