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For that matter, the swastika was still used by the Finnish Air Force until quite recently. I thought to double check this before posting and discovered news
by catalogia 6y ago
For that matter, the swastika was still used by the Finnish Air Force until quite recently. I thought to double check this before posting and discovered news articles about the change posted within the past hour.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Finnish-Air-Force-Command-drops-swastika-logo-as-15382180.php https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Finnish-Air-Force-...
- notahacker 6y agoThis one always seemed odd considering the Finnish military had particularly strong reasons to drop the symbol having ended up both fighting for and owing reparations to the Allies, and without any lingering affection for their alliance of convenience with Germany or sympathy with Nazi thought. If the Air Force didn't like the symbols the Defence Force switched to in 1945, substituting the Tursaansydän for the original swastika would have been an easy change to make...