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TK company

A Finnish patrol hoists a flag at the Three-Country Cairn on 27 April 1945 after the TK men had brought a larger flag and a better flagpople and organised the soldiers for the photograph.[1]

In wartime Finland, TK companies (the abbreviation TK comes from the Finnish word tiedotuskomppania, 'information company') were units under the information division of the Finnish army founded before the Winter War, which were active during the Continuation War and the Lapland War. Soldiers working in the companies were called TK men (Finnish: TK-miehet), whose civilian professions usually were journalists, teachers or advertisers.[2] Some of the men were notable authors, illustrators and radio reporters. They acted as war correspondents, war reporters, cinematographers, photographers, illustrators, guides, announcers and announcement designers.[3]

  1. ^ Oilinki, Pekka: Kun Poikolan Antti lopetti Lapin Sodan, Kirjasto Virma. Libraries of Northern Ostrobothnia. Accessed on 2 February 2014.
  2. ^ Kumpulampi, Kari: Jatkosodan kielletyt kirjoitukset, Pirkanmaan Sanomat 2 May 2012. Pirkanmaan Lehtitalo. Accessed on 27 November 2013.
  3. ^ Valistus- ja tiedotustoiminta sekä propaganda, Veteraaniperinto.fi. Veteraanien perintö – Itsenäinen Isänmaa. Accessed on 28 November 2013.
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