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  2. Lapland War - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Finland in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Finnish soldiers raise the flag at the three-country cairn between Norway, Sweden, and Finland on 27 April 1945, which marked the end of World War II in Finland.. Finland participated in the Second World War initially in a defensive war against the Soviet Union, followed by another, this time offensive, war against the Soviet Union acting in concert with Nazi Germany and then finally fighting ...

  4. List of military operations in the Nordic countries during ...

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    Vehvilainen, Olli. "Scandinavian Campaigns." in A Companion to World War II (2012) ed. by Thomas W. Zeiler and Daniel M. DuBois : vol 1 pp 208–21. Vehvilainen, Olli. Finland In The Second World War: Between Germany and Russia (2002) excerpt and text search

  5. List of wars involving Finland - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of wars involving Finland since its declaration of independence ... Part of the Second World War Finland Germany: ... Lapland War 1944–1945] (in ...

  6. 20th Mountain Army (Wehrmacht) - Wikipedia

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    The 20th Mountain Army, initially known as the Lapland Army, was a field army-level military formation of the German Army during World War II. The 20th Mountain Army was one of the two army echelon headquarters controlling German troops in the far north of Norway and Finland during World War II. It was formed in June 1942 by renaming the ...

  7. Battle of Rovaniemi - Wikipedia

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    Aseveljet vastakkain – Lapin sota 1944–1945 [Brothers in arms against each other – Lapland War 1944–1945] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kirjayhtymä. ISBN 951-26-1726-9. Lunde, Henrik O. (2011). Finland's War of Choice: The Troubled German-Finnish Alliance in World War II. Newbury: Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-61200-037-4

  8. Operation Silver Fox - Wikipedia

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    Operation Silver Fox (German: Silberfuchs; Finnish: Hopeakettu) from 29 June to 17 November 1941, was a joint GermanFinnish military operation during the Continuation War on the Eastern Front of World War II against the Soviet Union.

  9. III Corps (Continuation War) - Wikipedia

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    The III Corps (Finnish: III Armeijakunta, III AK) was a corps of the Finnish Army during the Continuation War, where Finland fought alongside Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union. Formed from the peacetime V Corps and subordinated to the German Army High Command Norway , III Corps fought initially in northern Finland on the flank of the German ...