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| | Lapua Movement Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | Lapua Movement (Lapuan liike) was a political movement in Finland, started in 1929, initially dominated by ardent anti-Communists, emphasizing the legacy of the White Guards and the Civil War in Finland, however soon turning into more of a Fascist movement. |
 | | Many politicians, and also high military officers, were initially sympathetic with the Lapua Movement, as anti-communism was the norm in the educated classes after the Civil War. |
 | | Finland's foreign relations and reputation were without doubt damaged by the broad support the Lapua Movement initially was shown by Finland's elite, and by the ties between the Movement, the White Guards and Finland's army. |
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