while germany was losing the war, finland had already progressed into the soviet union in order to regain the areas lost in the previous peace. finland wanted to end the war with the soviet union, which resulted in peace. once again finland had to give up the areas they had conquered. this time, the peace with the soviet union made finland and germany enemies. finns fought the germans, and germans retreated to norway, burning down all of lapland behind them. this is called the lapland war. finland remained independent.