Finland ends Winter War while Scandinavia targeted

Mar.11th, 1940

Eastern Front, Finland
After 105 days of conflict since being invaded, Finland signs a peace treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding 10% of their territory around the Baltic to improve Soviet defenses around their ports. Finland did not capitulate to the Soviet Union's attempt to annex their country, and retained independence. The war was near disaster for the Red Army, losing 200,000 men, while the Finns lost only 25,000.

Northern Front, Scandinavia
Hitler, convinced of his military planning ability after the victory against Poland in 1939, orders an attack on Norway. Denmark is also included in the plan. He takes personal charge, issuing orders through General Keitel and his Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) rather than planning through Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH), the Army high command.
Following on the heels of February's decision to circumvent a direct route planning to invade France and Western Europe, this sudden plan to invade the tactically weak north should have clued military advisers that Hitler's state of mind was on shaky ground even at this early a stage. By this time the Generals who had the most power were all cronies of Hitler, catering to his every whim and outrageous demand. Their lack of backbone would haunt them during the war to come.