Lapland War
1944 CE – 1945 CE · 1 year
After Finland signed an armistice with the Soviet Union, it was required to expel German troops from Finnish Lapland. Germany's scorched-earth retreat devastated Finland's northernmost region, destroying 40% of all buildings and leaving 100,000 people homeless.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Finland
- Nazi Germany
Key moments
Defining events in the Lapland War.
- 1944 Battle of Tornio
- 1944 Battle of Kemi
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Giant's Causeway
3000 BCE – still standing.svg/500px-Flag_of_Saar_(1947%E2%80%931956).svg.png)
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1939 CE – 1945 CE
Landmark · Europe
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3000 BCE – still standingPolity · Europe
Germany (UK)
Founded 1945 CE · attested to 1945 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1944 CE and 1945 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Lapland WarSot.virk. A.Viitasalo · Public domain
- Plitvice Lakes National ParkZysko serhii · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of GermanyUser:SKopp, User:Madden, and other users · Public domain
- Continuation WarSot.virk. Uuno Laukka · Public domain
- Giant's Causewaycode poet on flickr. · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Flag of Saar (1947–1956)Khardan · Public domain
- World War IIRichard Opitz · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Danube DeltaEuropean Space Agency · Attribution
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