World War II: During the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuation_War" id="mwtg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Continuation War">Continuation War</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" id="mwtw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> demands unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyborg–Petrozavodsk_Offensive" id="mwuA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive">Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive</a>. The Finnish government refuses.