<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Phakathi nezimpi zezwe ezimbili neMpi Yomshoshaphansi, amazwe amahlanu aseNyakatho Yurophu amancane aphoqeleka ukuba enze izinto ezinzima ukuze alinganisele, kodwa agcina inkululeko yawo futhi athuthukisa intando yeningi enokuthula. Amazwe aseNordic ayengathathi hlangothi phakathi neMpi Yezwe I, kodwa phakathi neMpi Yezwe II ayengasakwazi ukuhlala ehlukile kwezombangazwe zezwe. ISoviet Union yahlasela iFinland ngo-1939 futhi iFinland yanikela ngendawo ngemva kweMpi Yasebusika. Ngo-1941, iFinland yaqala  <response>: ukuhlasela okuphindisela ngokuhlanganyela nokuhlasela kweJalimane eSoviet Union. Nokho, kwalahleka izindawo ezengeziwe futhi eminyakeni eminingi eyalandela inqubomgomo yezangaphandle yaseFinland yayisekelwe ekuthokoziseni iSoviet Union, ngisho noma iFinland yakwazi ukugcina uhlobo lwayo lombuso wentando yeningi. IDenmark neNorway zabanjwa iJalimane ngo-1940. Amabutho ahlangene aphendula ngokuhlasela i - Iceland, iziQhingi zaseFaroe neGreenland. ISweden yakwazi ukugcina ukungathathi hlangothi kwayo empini ye-Axis Allies futhi yagwema izimpi eziqondile, kodwa empeleni yazivumelanisa nezifiso zamandla amakhulu - okokuqala iJalimane, kamuva ama-Allies. Nokho, phakathi neMpi Yasebusika phakathi kweFinland neRussia ngo-1939-1940, iSweden yasekela iFinland futhi yazibiza ngokuthi ayilwi kunokuba ingathathi hlangothi. 