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by doodlebugging 515 days ago
8136 photos in this collection covering the war years in Finland. They appear to be slides.

Lots of WWII-era aircraft, vehicles, naval assets, etc in color.

There are many events documented with multiple slides that are out of order but these photos appear to all have dates assigned and references to locations so it should be possible to identify what was happening.

Someone could assemble this collection in chronological order and it would likely tell a coherent story of the war as it affected Finland.

There are also war-time videos and the entire collection according to the site contains more than 160k photos. They were taken by units tasked with documenting the war and its effects.

This is a huge resource with a lot to see.

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Presented on a map with a time slider would be a nice way to explore.
I agree. That's a good idea for any historical photo series. It would be a massive project but it seems that it could be done with this photo set since they are dated and locations are noted.