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Old 04-15-10, 02:56 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Dowly View Post
Nope, no parades here (what a surprise ).

Why people around the world don't celebrate the day? My take is that, and I mean no offence, you russians have your own history book that is very different from the truth. Again, no offence mean't, but you don't have to dig too deep to realise just how much WWII propaganda there still is going on over there.
I do not think that the majority of Finns wished to be at war with Soviet Union again. A characteristic example - Lappish war (Lapin sota). Though from all countries of allies of Germany of Finland has carried most. Greetings to northern neighbours.
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