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Title
Tarnet, Norway
Description
When Finland dropped out of the war. the German 20th Mountain, operating on the Arctic coast, found it necessary to withdraw into Norway. Soviet forces did not enter Finland but did cross the narrow Russo-Norwegian frontier in pursuit. The Germans, pausing to evacuate civilians and material through the part of Kirkenes, nearly came to grief when the city's electric power supply was threatened.
Subject
Publisher
Date
1944-10-22
Scenario#
22
Scenario Description
When Finland dropped out of the war. the German 20th Mountain, operating on the Arctic coast, found it necessary to withdraw into Norway. Soviet forces did not enter Finland but did cross the narrow Russo-Norwegian frontier in pursuit. The Germans, pausing to evacuate civilians and material through the part of Kirkenes, nearly came to grief when the city's electric power supply was threatened.
Location
Tarnet, Norway
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Liberation of Finnmark was a military operation, lasting from 23 October 1944 until 26 April 1945, in which Soviet and Norwegian forces wrested away control of Finnmark, the northernmost county of Norway, from Germany. It started with a Soviet offensive that liberated Kirkenes.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Liberation of Finnmark
Scenario Link
External Link
Combatants
German
Russian
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