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Finnish soldiers
raising the flag at the three-country cairn
between Norway, Sweden and Finland on 27 April 1945, following the end of the
Lapland War
and thus, the
end of World War II in Finland
. Taken by Colonel V.J. Oinonen, this photograph became an iconic symbol of the war in Finland and was compared to the American
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
and the Soviet
Raising a Flag over the Reichstag
.
Photograph: Colonel V.J. Oinonen
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