<P> Several other countries, however, were drawn into the conflict at this time . By 28 September 1939, the three Baltic Republics felt they had no choice but to permit Soviet bases and troops on their territory . The Baltic Republics were occupied by the Soviet army in June 1940, and finally annexed to the Soviet Union in August 1940 . </P> <P> The Soviet Union wanted to annex Finland and offered a union agreement, but Finland rejected it, which caused the Soviet Union to attack Finland on November 30 . This began the Winter War . After five months of hard fighting, Finns were only pushed from a strip of land bordering Russia, in spite of Soviet numerical superiority, the Soviet Union gave up attempts to subdue the whole country . In the Moscow Peace Treaty of 12 March 1940, Finland ceded 10% of her territory . The Finns were embittered over having lost more land in the peace than on the battlefields, and over the perceived lack of world sympathy . </P> <P> Meanwhile, in western Scandinavia, Germany invaded Denmark and Norway in April 1940, and in response, Britain occupied the Faroe Islands (a Danish territory) and invaded and occupied Iceland (a sovereign nation with the King of Denmark as its monarch). </P> <P> Sweden was able to remain neutral . </P>

Compare and contrast the european and pacific campaign in wwii