Battle of Tornio

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Battle of Tornio
Part of the Lapland War of World War II
Finnish Panzerschreck team near Tornio
Date 1-8 October 1944 Location Kemi-Tornio area, Finnish Lapland Result Finnish victory
Belligerents
Germany	Finland
Commanders and leaders
Mathias Kräutler	Hjalmar Siilasvuo
Strength
7,000 11 tanks & artillery	12,500 2 gunboats
Casualties and losses
500 killed 1,600 wounded 400 captured 4 tanks lost	375 killed 1,400 wounded 23 captured

The Battle of Tornio (October 1–8, 1944) was the first major engagement between Nazi Germany and Finland in the Lapland War; although hostilities had already begun elsewhere (see Tanne Ost).^[1]