Because the sparse population base is one of the fundamental reasons for the conservative national policies of the three Nordic countries. You should know that in 1950, Norway's population was only 3.26 million. Sweden's population was 7 million. Finland had about 4 million! You should know that Sweden is a country with 450,000 square kilometers of land, and (although a considerable part of it is within the Arctic Circle) with a population of only 7 million, which can be described as a sparse population. This is especially true in Finland. The country with 338,000 square kilometers of land had only 4 million people in 1950!

Such a small population makes it impossible for these countries to organize a huge military force, and the government will be very sensitive to the casualties of military personnel. In this way, the cautious attitude of the three Nordic countries towards war is understandable. To be honest, population is different from industry. Industry can double within ten years, but population needs to grow slowly!

Therefore, in the foreseeable future, unless a large number of people enter the Three Nordic countries and enrich the human resources of the Three Kingdoms, even if they are willing to stand on the side of Germany, they may invest very little military force... Compared with the army of millions of countries participating in the Second World War, the military force of the Three Nordic countries is really not enough in terms of scale.

But this does not mean that the role of the Three Kingdoms is weak, and the Finnish army is small and elite. This is a testament to the Soviet-Finn War that Norway does not need much military force to be paid, and they can make the German army use ports and bases! The crown prince does not expect Norway to export...and what about Sweden? To be honest, except for Gustav V's attempt to restore the royal power and restore Sweden's past glory, both the Swedish government and the people were not so concerned about the war.

But if you say that Sweden is a weak man in military affairs, that is definitely wrong. How to say it? Sweden gives people the feeling of being a poisonous shrimp, which is very small in size, but if you want to mess with it, it will cause you great harm. Moreover, Sweden's own military industry is also pretty good. In the second battle, he designed single-engine and twin-engine bombers (interested readers can use the two aircrafts, saab17 and saab18.)

As for the 2nd post-War? Whether it is the Swedish strv103 tank (S-type tank), the Saab 35, Saab 37 and later the Jas39 Gripen fighter are all very classic works. (Some people call it the Road Three Angels, because the take-off and landing performance is very good.) In terms of the navy, whether it is the Visby stealth frigate or the first Gotland submarines using the AIP system, it can be seen that Sweden's military industrial heritage is extraordinary, far exceeding that of his size! Later, the Collins-class submarine in Australia was also designed and built by Sweden!

Therefore, even if Sweden cannot provide large-scale corps operations, if Swedish military industry can be integrated into the system of the allies, it will be of great help to Germany!

Some people may say that the three Nordic countries lack resources. How to say it? The resource issue is considered by the Germans in history to be an unavoidable problem, but for Germany in this plane? Do you tell Germany that there is a shortage of resources? What are you kidding?

Let’s talk about oil first. The Baku oil field can provide at least 24 million tons of crude oil to the Allies a year! The oil fields in the Mesopotamia basin can now provide more than 6 million tons of crude oil within a year! And as a crosser, Ruprecht is very clear that if he needs it, it is OK to make the fuel output of the Mesopotamia basin exceed the Baku oil field! Not to mention that Germany will control Persia in the future! In this way, it is not a problem to obtain more than 40 million tons of crude oil a year! Now there is no need to do coal-chemical oil. If the oil pipes are enough, who will use coal-chemical oil?

Besides, other resources, whether it is Zambia's copper mine, South Africa's gold, diamonds, and Guinea's bauxite (it is still in France, but a German company has signed a mining agreement.) These are enough for the entire Europe to use. As for coal and iron mines? Germany originally had no shortage of this thing, and now, even the Austro-Hungarian Empire is not short of it!

What? Do you think of rubber? The tropical areas of Africa are so large, and the natural rubber production is enough for Europe to use a large amount. And even if it is not enough, if there is enough oil, there is still a fear of no synthetic rubber? And the most important thing is that whether it is the Zambian copper mine, South Africa's gold or diamonds, or rubber in African plantations, these are all mined or laid a solid foundation by the British. After the Allies take over, they can easily transfer to production without even much effort. The cost is very low and the output is extremely high!

Therefore, the Allies are really not short of resources. During wartime, they do not ask for many combat troops provided by the three Nordic countries. As long as the industrial and military R&D systems of the three countries continue to provide various equipment and accessories to the allies, and can learn from Germany and Austria while researching and developing, then it is also very valuable for the improvement of the entire Allies.

Although the three Nordic countries are valuable, it is not easy for these salted fish who are used to living a stable life to pick up their guns and stand on the side of the Germans. Perhaps Finland has the idea of ​​getting closer to the Soviet threat, but it is a bit difficult to make Sweden stand on the side of the Germans. After all, Germany will not have to use military means to force Sweden. After all, in history, even more so, Ruprecht will not. And Sweden does not have to face the threat from the Soviet Union directly. So, the Swedes will ask the Germans, "Give me a reason to join you."

And Ruprecht really doesn't have a suitable excuse for this...

"If we want the Northern European countries to stand on our side, we need not only to release enough kindness to the Three Kingdoms, but more importantly, we must let them experience the pain of war!" Ruprecht said in his heart.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Soviet-Finn War will still break out in the future. As long as Germany does not express clear opposition... That's right, if the Soviet-Finn War breaks out again, unless Finland shows full sincerity! Otherwise, Germany will never give a lot of help to Finland. The reason is very simple! If you help Finland, Finland may not necessarily make real efforts in the outbreak of the future war. The crown prince will also ask the Finns: "If I help you, then what about your reward?"

Only when an unresolved hatred formed between the Soviet Union and Finland, Finland and Sweden behind Finland (Sweden also provided assistance to Finland during the Soviet-Finn War). They truly felt the threat from the Soviet Union and believed that as long as there was the Soviet Union, there would be no Finland and Sweden good days before the crown prince would really help these two countries!

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