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Weird Geography on Discovery Channel

Taken from Discovery Channel`s Battlefield series from the episode Scandinavia- the Forgotten Front. A rather strange understanding about the placement of nations in Europe.

posted by matjusm
5/9/2008 1:20:39 PM

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SensiBreeze (Admin) : LVL 49: VP 5: said:

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71 days 6 hours ago...

while I know that Norway was once occupied by Nazi Germany, I do not think that Denmark was ever controlled by Finland.

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matjusm : LVL 12: VP 2.1: said:

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71 days 2 hours ago...

The strange thing is that half the episode was about Finland`s war with the Soviet Union and the graphic design people still managed to screw it up.

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SensiBreeze (Admin) : LVL 49: VP 5: said:

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70 days 7 hours ago...

^ ha,weird

come to think of it Finland isn`t even on th map

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Aeroboy : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

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70 days 7 hours ago...

And this is why Discovery`s documentaries are rarely 100% accurate.

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tuprexcunex : LVL 11: VP 2: said:

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70 days 3 hours ago...

this is sparta!!!!!

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mufasa1023 : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

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70 days ago...

and for the Americans:

the joke is that the country of Denmark is listed as Finland, whereas Finland is actually a country to the east of Sweden (Sweden would be the unnamed land in the upper right, east of Norway)

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