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Finland phasing out swastikas on military unit flags

Finland phasing out swastikas on military unit flags

Rob Beschizza
Aug 31, 2025
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Finland began using the swastika in its Air Force insignia years before the Nazis appropriated the symbol, and continued to use it after Hitler's regime was ashes. It dropped the swastika from its Air Force logo in 2020, but after joining NATO in 2023, things got a bit awkward with its new military allies when certain unit flags flew. And so the last of…

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