 On 19 December , French Prime Minister Édouard Daladier introduced his plan to the General Staff and the British War Cabinet . In his plan , Daladier created linkage between the war in Finland and the iron ore in Sweden . There was a danger of Finland 's collapse under Soviet hegemony . In turn , Nazi Germany could occupy both Norway and Sweden . These two dictatorships could divide Scandinavia between them , as they had already done with Poland . The main motivation of the French and the British was to reduce the German war @-@ making ability . 
