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End of World War II in Finland

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Original – Finnish soldiers raise the flag at the three-country cairn between Norway, Sweden and Finland on 27 April 1945 after the end of Lapland War and thus, the end of World War II in Finland.
Reason
Historic and good quality image illustrates the article and event well
Articles in which this image appears
Lapland War, Military history of Finland during World War II
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator
Colonel Väinö Johannes Oinonen
  • Support as nominatorManelolo ( talk) 21:05, 26 February 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Comment – Unfortunately, a very unbalanced composition. I would support only if the image would be cropped as seen in the previous low-res uploads (check the image page). Do that crop in hi-res, and I'll support because of the historical significance and the very high EV. -- Janke | Talk 07:17, 27 February 2018 (UTC) reply
    • Did it myself, slightly less drastic crop than previous low-res versions. Support now. -- Janke | Talk 07:48, 27 February 2018 (UTC) reply
      • Thanks Janke! I was pondering of doing it myself too (since it's a lot better composed this way), but with historical photos I'm always a bit wary. Manelolo ( talk) 08:42, 27 February 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Comment – An interesting footnote to the history of WWII, which in Finland was complicated. Not too bad for a 73-year-old B&W, but I'm not sure there's enough readily accessible visual info for TFP. The crop helps some – could be more on left & bottom, maybe even a bit on top. Sca ( talk) 15:32, 27 February 2018 (UTC) reply
    • @ Sca: Quite right. I cropped it a bit more from the left and bottom, but let the top stay as it is. Pinging Janke as well if he is ok/has further comments. Manelolo ( talk) 16:01, 27 February 2018 (UTC) reply
      • Quite OK - we seek consensus, right? -- Janke | Talk 16:48, 27 February 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Lookin' good. Sca ( talk) 17:14, 27 February 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Support - Looks fine to me... a few white spots that seem to be damage, but nothing too distracting.  —  Chris Woodrich ( talk) 04:12, 28 February 2018 (UTC) reply
  • SupportBammesk ( talk) 02:07, 1 March 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Info - FYI, just created a full-fleshed article of the flag-raising if anyone wants to read the background and circumstances. Manelolo ( talk) 08:21, 2 March 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose Low qiuality, even for that time, and not much historic. -- PetarM ( talk) 10:30, 2 March 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Support, another iconic flag-raising photo with historical import. Daniel Case ( talk) 18:47, 2 March 2018 (UTC) reply
  • Support - Supporting since there's now an article as per Manelolo chsh ( talk) 01:09, 7 March 2018 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Kolmen valtakunnan rajapyykki 27.4.1945.png -- Armbrust The Homunculus 13:39, 9 March 2018 (UTC) reply