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The Soviets bombed Helsinki on the first day of the war, and that didn't break the Finnish morale. In fact, the bombs mostly hit worker districts, in essence hurting people who'd be most likely to align with communists. Anyhow, after 105 days of putting up a fierce resistance, Finland had to sue for peace due to the Soviets breaking through the main Finnish defence lines, and also because Finland was running critically short on artillery ammunition. Finland agreed with the Soviet demands presented before the outbreak of hostilities; however, Finland's independence wasn't lost.
The Soviet main objective, the conquest of Finland, had failed.

Teaming up with the Nazis in the Continuation War is a bit of a murky thing, but the circumstances left very little choice. Following the Nazi occupation of Denmark and Norway, the fall of France, and the Soviet annexation of the Baltics, Finland was pretty much isolated. the UK had its hands full with the Blitz and Sweden was staying out of conflicts by being neutral *coughsellingoretonazisspyingforthealliescough*). The Soviets were putting pressure on Finland by demanding the demilitarization of the land islands, a share of Petsamo's nickel, and the return of equipment Finland had removed from Karelia before its ceding. Moreover, the Soviets had shot down a Finnish passenger plane over the Gulf of Finland in the summer of 1940, and groups with sympathies to or ties with USSR were rioting in the streets, not to mention suspicions of increased military activity near the Finnish-Soviet borders. The sentiments in Finland was that the Soviets hadn't abandoned their desire to take over and annex Finland, one way or the other. It was in late 1940 when Nazis approached Finland with their plans of invading the USSR.
As the phrase goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
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