Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn
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title:
Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn
text:
Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn is a historic photograph taken on 27 April 1945, which was the last day of the Second World War in Finland. It depicts a Finnish Army patrol of Battle Group Loimu, Infantry Regiment 1, raising the Finnish war flag on the three-country cairn between Norway, Sweden, and Finland. As the cairn was the westernmost point on the Finnish mainland, this symbolized that the last German troops were gone from Finland. The photograph was taken by the commander of I
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encyclopedia
description:
Historic photograph depicting the end of World War II in Finland
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_the_Three-Country_Cairn
date created:
2018-03-02T07:49:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T18:50:26Z
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