Liberation of Northern Norway
| Liberation of Finnmark | |||||||
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| Part of World War II | |||||||
.jpg) Soviets meet Norwegians sheltering in a mine in Finnmark |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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 Sweden
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 Nazi Germany
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Kirill Meretskov Vladimir Shcherbakov Arne Dagfin Dahl
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Lothar Rendulic Franz Böhme
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Soviet Union: 14th Army Northern Fleet Norway: 3,000+ soldiers & police troops 1,500+ militia 2 corvettes 3 minesweepers Various auxiliary vessels United Kingdom: Home Fleet |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Soviet Union: 6,084 killed or missing 15,149 wounded Norway: 10 killed 14 captured 1 corvette sunk 6 fishing vessels destroyed |
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| Over 300 civilians died while evacuating Finnmark | |||||||
Allied victory
Soviet Union Norway
Naval support:
United Kingdom
Canada
The liberation of Finnmark was a military operation, lasting from 23 October 1944 until 26 April 1945, in which Soviet and Norwegian forces wrestled away control of Finnmark, the northernmost county of Norway, from Germany. It started with a major Soviet offensive that liberated Kirkenes.
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