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The Pommern Survived Both World Wars  
   

The Pommern Survived Both World Wars

with no damage and also was used to carry grain from Australia to England - quite a history
Another Courtesy Flag Needed - Åland Islands

July 28th 2014
We thought we had all the courtesy flags we needed for the countries we were going to visit this season. We were wrong, we found out that we needed another one for the Åland Islands (pronunciation: 'oland). We had to actually look up information about this group of islands. What we discovered was that this group of islands is an autonomous Swedish speaking region of Finland which is located at th ... read more
Europe » Finland » Åland Islands

Finnish Flag Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. It won its complete independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its f... ... read more
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