Hjalmar Siilasvuo
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Hjalmar Fridolf Siilasvuo was a Finnish lieutenant general, a knight of the Mannerheim Cross and a member of the Jäger Movement. He participated in the Eastern Front of World War I, the Finnish Civil
Hjalmar Siilasvuo (right) receiving a situation report during the Battle of Raate-Road
General Hjalmar Siilasvuo in 1939
General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (left) with Major General Hjalmar Siilasvuo (right) at the start of the Continuation War.
Operation Silver Fox
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Operation Silver Fox or the Murmansk operation from 29 June to 17 November 1941, was a joint German–Finnish military operation during the Continuation War on the Eastern Front of World War II against
A German column during the advance on Murmansk, July 1941
Finnish soldiers east of Kestenga in the arctic forest.
Captured Soviet equipment
This grave at the "Memorial for the Defenders of the Soviet Arctic" on the Litsa River symbolizes the savagery of a four-year long Arctic stalemate.