1940 & 1944, Olympics cancelled in various places
Due to World War II, 4 games were cancelled in this time period.
The first poster was later re-used when Helsinki was able to host the games after the war, with a slight alteration to the map.
The second poster shows a version with Germany in it. I don't have any details on why, perhaps someone can enlighten us to why it seems like some of the games would be held in Germany?
I assume the third is a stylized version of Mt. Fuji.
And the forth ironically has a japanese soldier on it. Ironic because it was cancelled due to the war.
2nd subtitle says "Didn't happen due to the war forced upon us" lol
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Thanks for the translation. :)
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"In the spring of 1939, the IOC gave the 1940 Winter Olympics, now scheduled for February 2–11, to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, where the previous 1936 Games had been held. Three months later, Germany invaded Poland, on September 1, to ignite World War II and the Winter Games were cancelled in November. Likewise, the 1944 Games, awarded in 1939 to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, were cancelled in 1941. St Moritz held the first post-war games in 1948, while Cortina d'Ampezzo hosted in 1956."
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Winter_Olympics
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Ah, I was mostly curious about why both Germany and Finland was on the same poster. But with the translation above I can assume it was a public message that both games were cancelled, both the winter and summer.
I see that Japan cancelled theirs before the world war II because of their own war in 1938 as well. They were going to hold both winter and summer olympics originally.
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You really put a lot of work into this train. I appreciate it. Much more interesting than puzzles or potatoes.
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I should have made an olympic coloured potato flag with letters hidden on the 5 potatoes!
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It would have been epic.
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I second this, this is a really nice train to go through.
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Thank you for all of the giveaways! Marked as received. :)
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