| Battle of Olhava | |||||||
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| Part of the Lapland War of World War II | |||||||
 Memorial stone for the battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Germany |
 Finland | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Obersturmführer Zimmermann | August Kuisto | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| SS-Intelligence Battalion 6 | 15th Brigade | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 killed | 5 killed | ||||||
The Battle of Olhava occurred during the Lapland War on 28 September 1944. A brief armed struggle occurred in Northern Finland between retreating German troops and north of the advancement of the Finnish troops. The previous day the first skirmish between German and Finnish troops in Pudasjärvi. In Olhava, troops for the first time opened full-scale fire against each other and the casualties were the first of the Lapland War.