| Operation Platinum Fox | |||||||
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| Part of Operation Silver Fox | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Germany Finland |
 Soviet Union | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Eduard Dietl |
Valerian A. Frolov | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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2nd Mountain Division 3rd Mountain Division 2 additional SS regiments[1] Finnish 14th Infantry Regiment[2] Finnish Ivalo Border Guard Battalion 27,500 men (initially)[3] |
14th Rifle Division 52nd Rifle Division 1st Polar Division Soviet Northern Fleet | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 10,300 overall[4] | Unknown | ||||||
Operation Platinum Fox (German: Unternehmen Platinfuchs; Finnish: operaatio Platinakettu) was a German and Finnish military offensive launched during World War II. Platinum Fox took place on the Eastern Front and had the objective of capturing the Barents Sea port of Murmansk. It was part of a larger operation, called Operation Silver Fox (Silberfuchs; Hopeakettu).