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Originally Posted by Flanker35M
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Finland still has the "hakaristi" or swastika in their Air Force flags and no-one has complained except the French  There is a big difference though between the NSDAP used one and the one we have. A certain moustache man had not even founded his "ideals" when Finland had this emblem painted on the FiAF planes since 1918. The emblem was from Count Von Rosen, Sweden. Had been his personal lucky charm, originaly from India where it had been used for some 2000+ years in this purpose.
The roundel we have now is after war when the Allies said a hakaristi can not be left on planes so thus the change.
Now, let's let the dead horse finally rotten away  |
It's sad that those nazi pigs have screwed up that historical symbol.
For those who do not know how to distinguish swastikas: The nazi swastika is
tilted. The Finnish hakaristi
stands upright and it's blue, accept on the armored vehicles. There it's black.
11-14-2010, 09:31 AM
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