Why didn't the USSR Annex Finland (Short Animated Documentary)

A video on YouTube. In History, a Krater category.

Summary by Krater

This video explains the historical reasons why the USSR did not annex Finland despite occupying it during World War II, concluding that the costs in lives, material, and geopolitical tension with Sweden outweighed the benefits, leading instead to Finlandisation.

From the video

Answers: Why didn't the USSR annex Finland?

Finnish independence
Winter War
Continuation War
Soviet-Finnish relations
Finlandisation

What it concludes

The USSR did not annex Finland because conquering it would have cost too many lives and materials needed against Germany.
Annexing Finland would have made Sweden much more hostile and pushed it into the arms of NATO.
Finland remained independent through Finlandisation, maintaining neutrality while avoiding opposition to Soviet foreign policy.

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