>>21372400The protocols within the Moltov-Ribbentrop pact heavily suggest that the goal was always to invade Finland and install a Soviet occupation government, had Finland accepted to give away the Karelian Isthmus the prepared defenses Finland had established along such a key chokepoint would have been given over to the Soviets without firing a shot, making the invasion that would probably still happen in the coming months/years much more easier. The Soviets weren't even able to break out of the Isthmus before the peace treaty
