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Proctor46 wrote:
Finland*

when did we go to war with Finland?

1853 ish. But it was run by the Russians at the time. As part of the
Crimean War we (and the French) bombarded the island fortress just off
Helsinki.

It was the other bit of Russia we could reach by sea.

The fortress had originally been built with French assistance. That was
when Finland was part of Sweden!

John