Lapland War
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During World War II, the Lapland War saw fighting between Finland and Nazi Germany – effectively from September to November 1944 – in Finland's northernmost region, Lapland. Though the Finns and the G
A sign which the Germans left in Muonio, Lapland, written on it: 'As thanks for not demonstrating brotherhood in arms!'
A view in 2007 to the south-east from Sturmbock-Stellung, a fortified German position in Finland 100 km (62 mi) from Norway
Operations Birke and Nordlicht, the German withdrawal from Finland from 6 September 1944 to 30 January 1945
Gebirgsjäger of the XVIII Mountain Corps attacking behind Panzer cover in 1942 when Finland and Germany were still at war with the USSR together
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.