World War Two Photos On Line

[undercoverbrother]

Finland just put 160,000 photos from WW2 on line.


Beware there are some disturbing photos.

Was Finland's alliance with Germany one of necessity, or were they facist #######s?

Spoiler!

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2...war-ii/100519/

http://sa-kuva.fi/neo?tem=webneoeng

[blankall]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Finland just put 160,000 photos from WW2 on line.




Was Finland's alliance with Germany one of necessity, or were they facist #######s?

Necessity.

They were being invaded by Stalin, who wasn't any better than Hitler. When Hitler asked Finland to turn over their Jews, they told Hitler to shove it.

[Brannigans Law]

Pretty remarkable stuff.

[Northendzone]

I looked at the first 40 or so, very interesting stuff.

[Locke]

War Reindeer. Wow.

[PIMking]

Originally Posted by Locke

War Reindeer. Wow.

Don't piss off Rudolph

[GreatWhiteEbola]

Originally Posted by PIMking

Don't piss off Rudolph

[FurnaceFace]

Finns pretty much universally hate the Germans (Nazis) for burning Lapland in WWII. That's only beaten by a much longer burning dislike of Russia and white hot loath of Sweden for taking turns conquering the country and fighting over the land.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by FurnaceFace

Finns pretty much universally hate the Germans (Nazis) for burning Lapland in WWII. That's only beaten by a much longer burning dislike of Russia and white hot loath of Sweden for taking turns conquering the country and fighting over the land.

Haven't Sweden and Finland shared monarchs back and forth amicably?

[FurnaceFace]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

Haven't Sweden and Finland shared monarchs back and forth amicably?

Finland doesn't have a monarchy so the only time they we under monarchic rule was when Sweden controlled them. I'm not Finnish so Itse or the other Finns might be best to comment but when I lived there, the friends I made had a clear dislike of Swedes.

I'd liken it to a big brother little brother rivalry. I'd say the relationship would be like Canada vs US but on a smaller and therefore more "intimate" scale. Beating the Swedes at anything is a huge deal to The Finns. I also think the relationship may be different depending on the area of Finland you're from. Turku has a large population with Swedish and there are pockets in Helsinki. Swedish was also the official government language for a long time and Finland recognizes both languages. Packaging is in both languages.

Back to the topic I'd say there was pretty universal dislike of The Nazis and I heard the "you know they burned all of Lapland?" comment from people around the country.