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A view in 2007 to the south-east from Sturmbock-Stellung, a fortified German position in Finland 100 km (62 mi) from Norway. Germany and Finland had been at war with the Soviet Union (USSR) since Operation Barbarossa began in June 1941, co-operating closely in the Continuation War and Operation Silver Fox with the German 20th Mountain Army (German: 20.
The town of Rovaniemi was the capital of Lapland, the northernmost province of Finland. During the Second World War it was an important transport hub since it lay on the road to the Petsamo area and the only free port in the north, Liinahamari.
Moscow Armistice, Lapland War; Risto Ryti. 63,204 [4] Lapland War (1944–1945) Part of the Second World War
Operation Nordlicht (German, 'Northern Light') was a German operation during the end of World War II.After Finland had made peace with the USSR, the Germans planned to fall back to defense lines built and equipped in advance across Finnish Lapland (Operation Birke).
Detached Battalion 4 (Finnish: Erillinen Pataljoona 4 (ErP4)) was a special forces unit of the Finnish Army during the Continuation War and Lapland War, serving from July 1943 to November 1944. The battalion was founded under the Intelligence Division of Defence Command from the already operational long-range reconnaissance patrol detachments ...
This category contains historical battles fought as part of the Lapland War (1944–1945). Please see the category guidelines for more information. Pages in category "Battles of the Lapland War"
The German Military Cemetery (Finnish: Saksalaisten sotilaiden hautausmaa, German: Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof) of Rovaniemi is located on lake Norvajärvi, in Finnish Lapland. [1] It is the final resting place of 2,530 German soldiers who died in the Finnish regions of Lapland and Oulu during World War II.
The Lapland Group (Lapin Ryhmä) was a formation of the Finnish Army during the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union. The group was formed on 13 December 1939 from troops of the North Finland Group. The group was placed under the command of Major General Kurt Martti Wallenius and had its headquarters at Rovaniemi.